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.

Cameron Cox – Eagle 2023

Congratulations Cameron Cox on completing your Eagle Rank! Cameron completed his Eagle this year after many years of hard work in scouts. He has continued to come to meetings to help and pass on his experience and we look forward to seeing what comes next for this Scout. Words...

Van Buren State Park – 2023

One last outing snuck in before school starts. Van Buren has a nice campground walking distance to a quiet strip of beach. Weather started out a little rainy, but before lunch it had cleared and had warm sunny weather rest of day....

Philmont – 2023

Our 2023 expedition has returned from a successful trip. Philmont is the type of outing a scout will remember and carry with them a lifetime. These are a few of the photos chosen to share of many many more. Family who would like to look through the entire catalog...

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....