TROOP 23 BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA
2008
- 2009 TROOP PROGRAM AND PLANNING CALENDAR
August
8-10
Annual
Planning Conference for Patrol Leaders and other Troop
Officers
- Whitehall, Michigan
25 1st Troop
Meeting
SEPTEMBER THEME: CYCLING
1 No meeting - Labor Day
13 Order of the Arrow Fall
Fellowship - OA members only
18 Troop Leaders Council
Meeting and Dinner 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Church
19-21 Biking
Campout - Glenwood Park Forest Preserve, Batavia
22 Troop Court of Honor and Parents Night 7:30 p.m. at Church
29 Patrol Leaders Elections
OCTOBER THEME: COOKING
6 New Patrol Leaders take
office
13 Senior Patrol Leader Election
16 Troop Leaders Council
Meeting and Dinner - 6:00 -7:00 p.m. at Church
18 Webelos Open House - 1st Congregational Church, Glen Ellyn
24-26
Troop
Cook-Off Campout at Greene Valley Forest Preserve, Naperville.
PARENTS INVITED for dinner -
Parents arrive at 5:00 p.m.
27 Troop Halloween Party - Costume or Class A - Northside Park Cabin
NOVEMBER THEME:
CLIMBING
2 Daylite Savings Time Ends
15-16
Troop
Campout - Blackwell Forest Preserve - meet at Church 7:00 A.M.
On 15th - climbing
at Vertical Endeavors
20 Troop Leaders Council
Meeting and Dinner - 6-7 p.m.at Church
22 TROOP MEMBERS
PICK UP WREATHS AT DU PAGE TECH CENTER AND BEGIN DELIVERY!
24
-28 Thanksgiving Break - no
school
27 Happy Thanksgiving
DECEMBER THEME: WINTER SPORTS
11 Troop Leaders Council
meeting and dinner - 6 - 7 p.m.
15 Troop Holiday Party/Gift
Exchange (gift optional - $12.00 range)
19 High School - Semester ends
20 Troop Ski Trip -
Details TBA
22 Winter Break Starts (until
January 2nd)
22 No Meeting/Happy Hanukkah
25
Merry
Christmas
29 No Meeting
JANUARY THEME: SUBMARINING/LUGE
5 School starts - 1st meeting of New Year
5 PATROL LEADER ELECTIONS
12 Troop Order of the Arrow
Elections
15 Troop Leaders Council
Meeting and Dinner - 6-7 p.m. at Church
17-18
CAMPOUT-USS
SILVERSIDES SUBMARINE AND LUGING IN MUSKEGON,
MICHIGAN - MAY EXTEND TO 19TH
19 No School - Martin Luther King Day
20 No School
26 New Patrol Leaders take office
FEBRUARY THEME: SEARCH AND RESCUE/SURVIVAL
1 SCOUT
SUNDAY - 8:00 A.M. AT CHURCH/PIZZA LUNCH AT GINO’S IN WHEATON
6-7 DISTRICT KLONDIKE DERBY AT CANTIGNY PLACE,
WINFIELD
16 No School
19 Troop Leaders Council Meeting
and Dinner - 6 - 7 p.m.
20 Council Eagle Recognition
Dinner
21-22
TROOP
CAMPOUT - JOHNSON’S MOUND FOREST PRESERVE, BATAVIA
23 TROOP COURT OF HONOR
& POTLUCK DINNER AT CHURCH
27 No school
MARCH THEME:
13-15 TROOP CAMPOUT AT KANKAKEE RIVER STATE PARK
19 Troop Leaders Council
Meeting and Dinner 6 - 7 p.m.
30 Spring
break
30 Troop Swim - West
Chicago High School Pool
APRIL THEME: SCOUTING/CITIZENSHIP
10 No School
16 Troop Leaders Council Meeting
and Dinner - 6 - 7 p.m.
24 TROOP CAMPOUT - U.S.GRANT
PILGRIMAGE IN GALENA, ILLINOIS
27 PATROL LEADER
ELECTIONS
MAY THEME: FISHING, CANOEING, KAYAKING
15-17 TROOP CAMPOUT - SHABBONA LAKE STATE PARK
21 Troop Leaders Council
Meeting and Dinner - 6 - 7 p.m.
25 MEMORIAL DAY PARADE, COURT OF HONOR AND
PICNIC
AT
MEMORIAL PARK, WHEATON - MEET AT BANDSHELL 9:30 A.M.
JUNE THEME: SHOOTING SPORTS
6-7 CAMPOUT - ST. CHARLES SPORTSMAN’S CLUB
TBA Summer Camp
15 Last Troop Meeting
JULY
30
TO AUGUST 2 - Troop Annual Planning Conference in Whitehall, Michigan
PLEASE
NOTE: TROOP 23 MEETS EVERY MONDAY NIGHT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR FROM 7:30 P.M.
TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN WHEATON UNLESS IT IS
NOTED THERE WILL NOT BE A MONDAY MEETING. PATROL LEADERS MEET MONDAYS FROM 7:00
P.M. TO 7:15 P.M. AND AS DIRECTED BY THE SENIOR PATROL LEADER. IF A MONDAY NIGHT MEETING IS LISTED ON THIS
CALENDAR IT IS TO DESCRIBE AN ACTIVITY OR SPECIAL EVENT THAT NIGHT.

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