Category: Scout Skills

Scouts from Troop 35 recently enjoyed climbing. Take a look at the photos below:...

Take a look at some photos from the Klondike Derby… what a fun time!...

Troop 35 camped out for the first time since the pandemic began. The scouts went orienteering at Blackwell Forest Preserve and enjoyed the time outdoors. The parent volunteers showed off their cooking and smoking skills....

Twice in one week, Troop 35 took advantage of our February snowfall and enjoyed sledding. First, on cardboard sleds they made themselves. This time, on real sleds down a hill at Blackwell Forest Preserve. Take a look at the fun they had!...

Scouts in Troop 35 love sledding, but sledding on cardboard? Well, take a look for yourself. The photos tell the story of a great time at the Northside Park sledding hill. Patrols created their own sleds out of a huge cardboard box, and the first to make it down...

Troop 35 turned a lesson of fire safety into something like an episode of CBS-TV’s “Survivor.” A friendly competition of which patrol could create a fire big enough to burn through a string made learning hands-on and fun. Who do you think would be the winner? Older scouts? Scouts...

Scouts had a blast at the Webelo open house. Troop 35 scouts led the Outdoor Adventurer Advancement for the Webelo Arrow of Light. The Cub and Boy Scouts made their own fried dough, tied bowline knots, and played Gaga ball and badminton....

When the pandemic put a pause on Troop 35’s annual trip to Tesomas summer camp, some older scouts stepped into action. They planned a multiple-day outdoor camp at Winfield Church where scouts could earn merit badges, achieve rank advancements and have fun....