Experience

Troop 35 is one of the area's longest-running Scouts BSA troops, with a rich history spanning over 100 years with Gary Church.

Leadership

Troop 35 is proudly youth-led, empowering Scouts to shape our adventures and community endeavors with enthusiasm and teamwork.

Adventure

Troop 35 is active year-round, with monthly campouts offering opportunities such as hiking, biking, rock climbing, canoeing, and skiing.

Camp Tesomas 2023

Just a very small sampling of pictures from a great week at camp with great weather. Parents/scouts who would like more can likely request access to either the shared folder or a zip file of camp pictures....

Starved Rock 2023

Catching up on last campout before we head off to summer camp this weekend. We had a great hiking weekend at Starved Rock with some great weather finally. Good food and great views. Our Philmont trek got in some good practice miles as they dial in their equipment choices...

Devil’s Lake Climbing Campout 2023

Despite some chilly weather brave scouts headed out for a weekend in WI and day of rock climbing. Some chose to get some hiking miles in, or to prep for Philmont in the months ahead....

Wilmot Ski Trip

January was a good time for snow and ski as T35 journeyed to Wilmot for a ski and tubing outing....

Camp Sullivan

This November we did a cabin campout at local Camp Sullivan area to make use of their geocaching course. Weather was cold and while cabins weren’t heated they did provide some defense from the wind and insulation. A brave group of scouts (and two adult volunteers) also braved the...

White Pines

Catching up on some old outings from last October T35 visited White Pines a short drive past Oregon, IL. Good hiking and good cooking made for a successful outing...

Kettle Moraine

September was a fun weekend in Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine park. It covers a lot of areas with many things to do. This weekend they focused on fishing mostly with a little hiking thrown in for some doing groundwork for Philmont next year....

Fall Court of Honor

This fall we celebrated our scouts who achieved new ranks and earned merit badges throughout the year. Hard work was seen all around and new milestones reached....

Michael Wagner Eagle Court of Honor

Continuing in our celebrations of this years Eagle ceremonies we are proud to acknowledge and thanks Michael for all his hard work, He waited a long time to finally be able to share this with everyone over past years. Thanks you for letting us celebrate this great achievement with...

Gary Methodist Mulch Day

Saturday we had the opportunity to show our appreciation for Gary Methodist by helping them with some yearly mulch spreading and weeding. Thanks for the many ways you support Scouting....