Troop 35 retires flags on Flag Day
Scouts from Troop 35 retired 24 flags in honor of Flag Day. The troop used a newly-created firepit at Northside Park in Wheaton, which was the Eagle Scout project of a Troop 35 scout....
Congratulations to Troop 35’s latest Eagle Scout
Well done, James Podell! You are now among the elite of the elite. Troop 35 to me is similar to that of a family where everyone knows and likes each other. The people you meet in scouting will be life long friends!! So enjoy scouting to the fullest, and...
Troop 35 bikes to latest campout
Scouts from Troop 35 biked more than 10 miles each way to their campsite at Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve in Wayne. The scouts cooked, camped, played games, checked all the troop’s tents to make sure they were in working order and biked home....
Eagle Scout project creates accessible planters
Scouts from Troop 35 built several wheelchair accessible planters at the Sensory Garden Playground in the Danada South area of the DuPage Forest Preserve. They worked with the Wheaton Park District, built the planters from the ground up and filled them with soil. Take a look at the photos...
First Eagle Ceremony since the pandemic
Congratulations to Troop 35’s 159th Eagle Scout, Ryan Kammerzell. It was wonderful to celebrate your accomplishment at Gary United Methodist Church....
Troop 35 serves others
Scouts from Troop 35 installed gravel and dirt around the base of a new gazebo at Winfield Community United Methodist Church and removed buckthorn from near the fire pit....
Great weekend for camping
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....
Troop 35 hosts Easter egg hunt like no other
Instead of candy inside Easter eggs, scouts hunted for plastic eggs with a scouting skill inside. The patrol that demonstrated the most skills was declared the winner. The Flaming Arrows, the youngest patrol, earned bragging rights and a chocolate prize....
Troop 35 sleds “for real”
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!...
Troop 35 sleds on cardboard
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...