Scout Skills: Pie Throwing
Scouts who sold $500 during the last week of our wreath sales fundraiser earned the right to throw a pie at their favorite adult leader. Don’t worry if you missed your chance this year, pie throwing will be back for 2024!...
Welcome Webelos with costumes and pumpkin carving
Troop 35 welcomed Webelos to their pumpkin-carving meeting. Scouts from Troop 35 voted for the best Webelo-carved pumpkin, and the Webelos voted for the best costume. Take a look at some photos from this fun-filled night:...
Troop 35 adds a twist to bowling
Bowling with pumpkins? Yes, please! At Troop 35’s weekly meetings, they learn new skills, work on requirements and always have time to have some fun....
Scouts learn fire-making skills
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...
Troop 35 thrives, even during pandemic
Scouts have worked creatively to keep Troop 35’s traditions alive during the pandemic. Every year, the troop welcomes Webelos at the electronics lock-in. This year, the troop held it virtually, and scouts still enjoyed games together and stayed up late having fun. Webelos even received a pizza delivery! Troop...
Troop 35 hosts fun open house
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....
Troop 35 goes virtual during pandemic
Not much can stop Troop 35 from keeping up its Tuesday night meetings. Not even COVID-19. This week, scouts met virtually. They logged on to their phones, tablets or computers, and they linked together through videoconferencing. In the coming weeks, the scouts will learn more about merit badges and...
Remember this?
With only about a week of summer left before most students go back to school, we thought it might be fun to take a look at this photo from June. Troop 35 celebrated the start of summer with a bonfire, complete with the burning of homework! You can see...
Amazing bowling adventure
Had an amazing bowling adventure , Troop 35 at our last troop meeting for the year at Fox bowl in Wheaton. We had 30 scouts battling it out in the bowling contest. Everyone had a lot of fun! Happy Holidays Scouts!! Reminder – our next meeting is Tuesday, January...
Troop 35 enters the 21st century…
Depending on your source, Troop 35 was founded in 1912 or 1923 – long before all of today’s scouts. Regardless, Troop 35 is one of the oldest continuously chartered scout troops in Illinois. The troop is fortunate to have been sponsored the entire time by Gary United Methodist Church...