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Troop 23 Outings Outings are a very important portion of the Scouting experience. Most of the word “Scouting” is “outing” and here is where the scouts learn and practice their outdoor skills. Camping, cooking, fire building, compass work, canoeing, hiking, biking, nature study, staying dry when the weather turns bad and most important of all, our troop's first and only law “Safety First” and finally working within the patrol method. We try to have an outing every month. You can get your equipment lists here: This is the Regular Equipment List and this is the Winter Equipment List (Boys Scouts of America considers 50 degrees cold weather camping) Patrol Leaders and Assistant Patrol Leaders: here are your Duty Rosters and Menu Planning Sheets!! Please note: Dues dates are posted for a reason. Proper planning requires that you signup for an outing by the date due. Have consideration for the people making all the plans by allowing them enough time to work the plan. Please do not ask to be added to the outing if the due date has past as your request will be denied. If you need this outing for advancement, it is your responsibility to turn your information and money in promptly. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Day Trip to Pratt's Wayne Woods May 10, 2008 May 4, 2008 We will be going to Pratt's Wayne Woods in northern DuPage County. There will be hiking, hooverball, ultimate frisbee, touch football and overall patrol competition. A high adventure backpacking trail lunch will be provided. We have a huge picnic shelter for our use so the outing will take place rain or shine as usual. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Blackhawk Scout Stave Camporee April 18, 19 & 20, 2008 March 20, 2008 We will be attending the Blackhawk District Camporee at Camp Lakota. This years theme will be a celebration of the Scout Stave. Each Scout will receive a Scout Stave. They will use their stave to perform feats of skill and rescue. Also, the opportunity to personalize their stave will be provided. This should be a great outing! Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Scout Skills Outing March 14, 15 & 16, 2008 March 6, 2008 Our Scout Skills weekend will be at the Rainbow Scout Reservation near Morris Illinois. We will be practicing our Scout Skills and working on rank requirements. Practice for the Camporee will also be on the menu. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Orienteering/Scavenger Hunt Outing February 22, 23 & 24, 2008 February 7, 2008 We will be doing something different this month. We will be going into Chicago via the El to the Lincoln Park area and staying overnight at St Pauls United Church of Christ. During the day on Saturday, we will have a orienteering/scavenger hunt style activity, through the surrounding neighborhood, parks and zoo. For safety reasons, each group of boys will be accompanied by at least two adults as they move around the course. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. 2008 Ski Outing January 25, 26 & 27, 2008 January 10, 2008 Our annual Ski Trip! New location! New lodging! We will be skiing at Cascade Mountain in Portage, Wi. We will be staying at the Best Western Hotel in Lodi, Wi. We will spent the day at Cascade Mountain and then have a pizza dinner Saturday evening. We will have access to the Hotel swimming pool too! Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Click here for Rental fee information, and for the adult outing form - click here. Also please click here for the liability form. Open Gym and Skating Outing Dec. 15, 2007 Dec 13, 2007 We will be enjoying a period of “open gym” from 5-6pm. We will have the gym all to ourselves! At 6-7pm the Pizza eating frenzy occurs! From 7-9pm we will be able to participate in the “open skating” in the main skating rink. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Shabbona Lake Hike/Fishing Nov. 9, 10 & 11, 2007 Oct. 25, 2007 This trip will include a 5-mile hike and an afternoon of fishing at Shabbona Lake State Park, located in Southern DeKalb County, in Northern Illinois Shabbona Lake has been declared the "MUSKIE CAPITOL OF ILLINOIS" and local fishing experts predict that the next State Of Illinois Record Walleye will be caught at Shabbona Lake in the very near future. It also has outstanding catches of Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Crappie, Bluegill and Perch. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Moraine Hills State Park Bike Outing Oct. 12-14, 2007 Sept. 27, 2007 Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Kankakee River Canoe Outing Sept. 21, 22 & 23, 2007 Sept. 6, 2007 We will be exercising our canoe skills on the Kankakee River with a 6 mile trip and tent camping at the Kankakee River State Park. Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. A waiver form is also required by Reed's Canoe Trips. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due U.S. Grant Pilgrimage - Galena April 27-29, 2007 April 12, 2007 The U.S. Grant Pilgrimage is a weekend full of activities and fun for everyone. There will be a bucket brigade, blind tent pitch, crafters, obstacle course, museum tours, big parade, trail hike, tug-o-war, and other ongoing activities. If we have enough scouts, we will be able to march in the parade. We will be staying at the Palisades State Park Campground, which is a few miles from the town of Galena. Don't forget your essay!! Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Winter Equipment List Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Scout Skills Outing March 16, 17 & 18, 2007 March 6, 2007 Yukon Daze will be a fun filled morning and afternoon of Scout skills with a theme of fighting off an evil empire trying to take over the planet. Your patrol and others will navigate a course of trials and skills that if successful, will save the world. You can be Superheros!! There will be messages to de-code, compass bearings to take, first aid, knots, axe yard work, fire building skills to name some of the activities for your patrol. Your Patrol will move from town to town in the frigid wilderness of the Yukon Territory and overcome various obstacles in your quest. Patrol Leaders: Be sure to have someone in your patrol bring a sled or toboggan (with a pull rope) for each patrol. Teamwork and Scout skills will get you through this fun activity. Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Cold Weather Outing February 23, 24 & 25, 2007 February 8, 2007 Cold weather tent camping to test you skills! We will be brushing up on Scout Skills at Lakota in preparation for our March Scout Skills outing. Iron Chef is the theme for cooking. A special dated patch has been created for this outing! Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Mount Morris Ski Outing January 26, 27 & 28, 2007 January 11, 2007 We will be staying at the Mt. Morris Camp and Conference Center in Wautoma, WI. (mt-morris.org) We are sleeping in very comfortable heated cabins at night and have use of the full kitchen and dinner area of the Arrowhead Center. Then off for a day of skiing or snowboarding at the Nordic Mountain Ski facility (nordicmountain.com). Please download this sheet to figure out your rental and lesson costs Click here for the sheet. Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Skywalker Ropes Challenge Course December 16th, 2006 November 30, 2006 This outing is a ropes challenge course designed to teach teambuilding. We will have about one hour of training on the use of the equipment, break for pizza, then spend the rest of the evening climbing the ropes course. Here is the description from the YMCA. The Skywalker Party is an event recommended for ages 12 years old and up. This party includes Skywalker ground school lead by our staff which teaches the participants how to use their equipment on the high ropes course, use of the high ropes course, and a party room with a fridge and microwave. This party is great for teambuilding, overcoming fears, or just having fun. Each participant is required to have a waiver signed by a parent/guardian to participate. The YMCA requires everyone to fill out a waiver. Click here for the blank form. Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Starved Rock State Park Hike November 10, 11 & 12, 2006 October 26, 2006 We will be camping at the Starved Rock State Park Youth Group Campground area. Exploring the majestic bluffs and canyons is the park's primary attraction, and there are 13 miles of well-marked trails to help you enjoy them. Starved Rock State Park derives its name from a Native American legend of injustice and retribution. In the 1760s, Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa tribe upriver from here, was slain by an Illiniwek while attending a tribal council in southern Illinois. According to the legend, during one of the battles that subsequently occurred to avenge his killing, a band of Illiniwek, under attack by a band of Potawatomi (allies of the Ottawa), sought refuge atop a 125-foot sandstone butte. The Ottawa and Potawatomi surrounded the bluff and held their ground until the hapless Illiniwek died of starvation- giving rise to the name “Starved Rock.” Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Sugar River State Bike Trail October 13, 14 & 15, 2006 September 28, 2006 New Glarus Woods is a beautiful 411-acre state park offering camping, hiking, picnicking and snowshoeing. The Park offers direct access to The Sugar River State Trail, a 23-mile, 265-acre trail surfaced with compressed limestone for bicycling and hiking. New Glarus Woods State Park is located in New Glarus, Wisconsin. Download this handy Bike Check-Up List Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Kankakee Canoe Outing September 15, 16 & 17, 2006 September 1, 2006 The Troop will practice their Canoe Skills on the Kankakee River with a 12 mile Canoe trip. Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due King Kong Camporee April 21, 22 & 23, 2006 April 6, 2006 The Troop will attend the Spring Camporee at Camp Big Timber in Elgin. The Theme for the Camporee will be KING KONG; there will be competitions for monkey bridge races, baking monkey bread in Dutch ovens, building a giant ape cage and knocking the giant ape off of the Empire State building among other events. Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Scout Skills Outing March 17, 18 & 19, 2006 March 2, 2006 The Troop will practice their Scout Skills at Camp Lakota, set up camp Friday night; each patrol will participate / demonstrate their Scout skills Saturday, returning in the afternoon on Sunday. Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Eagle Cave Outing February 25 & 26, 2006 February 9, 2006 The Troop will spelunk in the Cave Saturday and spend Saturday night in the cave. Click here for more outing information, and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Nordic Mountain Ski Outing January 27, 28 & 29, 2006 January 12, 2006 The Troop will hit the Nordic Mt. Slopes Saturday and spending Friday and Saturday nights in cabins at Mt Morris Camp and Conference Center, and returning in the afternoon on Sunday. Click here for more outing information, click here for the rental info and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Adventure Rock Climb December 10, 2005 December 1, 2005 The Troop will be climbing at Adventure Rock. There will be a food stop and the Troop will be giving each Scout $5.00 for a bite to eat on the way home. A Climbing Liability Form must be filled out by each participant. Click here for more outing information and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Devils Lake State Park November 18, 19 & 20, 2005 November 3, 2005 The Troop will be spending Friday and Saturday nights at Devil's Lake St. Park in the town of Baraboo, WI, and returning in the afternoon on Sunday. Click here for more outing information and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Maquoketa State Park Hike October 14, 15 & 16, 2005 September 29, 2005 The Troop will be spending Friday and Saturday nights at Maquoketa Park in the town of Maquoketa, and returning in the afternoon on Sunday. We will drive to Maquoketa State Park (7 miles) to hike and explore the parks caves Click here for more outing information and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Shades State Park Canoe Outing September 17, 18 & 19, 2005 September 1, 2005 This outing will be canoeing in Indiana. Click here for more outing information and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Blackhawk District Camporee April 15, 16 & 17, 2005 March 31, 2005 This Camporee's theme is First Aid and Emergency Preparedness. It will feature different First Aid scenarios that the boys can show off their First Aid skills as well as learn new ones. Click here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Scout Skills Outing March 18, 19 & 20, 2005 March 3, 2005 This trip will teach and exercise Scout Skills. Click here for more outing informationand here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Winter Klondike Outing February 25, 26 & 27, 2005 February 10, 2005 This trip will include winter camping and activities. The Troop will be spending Friday and Saturday nights at Camp Betz in Berrien Springs, Michigan and returning in the afternoon on Sunday. Click here for more outing informationand here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Mt. Morris/Nordic Mountain Ski Outing January 28, 29 & 30, 2005 January 13, 2005 This will be our annual trip to Nordic Mountain in Mt. Morris, Wisconsin for a day of skiing or snowboarding. We will leave Friday night and stay at the Mt. Morris Conference Center in Hancock, WI. Click here for more outing information, click here for the rental info and here for your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Adventure Rock Lock-in Climb December 11 & 12, 2004 November 11, 2004 This trip will include an evening of rock climbing at Adventure Rock. Climbing Merit Badge is offered, we will participate if 10 boys sign up for the badge. A Climbing Liability Form must be filled out by each participant. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Starved Rock State Park Hike November 12, 13 & 14, 2004 October 28, 2004 This will be a trip to Starved Rock State Park in Utica, Illinois. We will leave Friday night and setup camp in the Starved Rock State Park Campground. Saturday will include a hike in the State Park. Enjoy the fun at the Saturday evening campfire Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Warren Dunes State Park - sand sledding October 15, 16 & 17 2004 September 23, 2004 This will be a trip to the Warren Dunes State Park in Sawyer, Michigan. Activities include sledding in the dunes and a fun campfire on Saturday night. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Scout Skills / Apple Cider Century bike outing Sept 24, 25 & 26, 2004 April 22, 2004 This will be a combination trip to Three Oaks, Michigan. We will leave Friday night and setup camp in the Warren State Park Campground. Saturday we will spend the day in camp working on some scouting skills. Sunday morning we will be served a pancake breakfast and begin our bike ride in the Apple Cider Century. When the ride is over we will be served a spaghetti dinner and will come home. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due US Grant Pilgrimage - 50th Anniversary April 23, 24 & 25, 2004 April 8, 2004 The U.S. Grant Pilgrimage is a weekend full of activities and fun for everyone. There will be a bucket brigade, blind tent pitch, crafters, obstacle course, museum tours, big parade, trail hike, tug-o-war, and other ongoing activities. Everyone that completes the historical hike will receive a medal. There are very few medal hikes anymore! Don't miss this opportunity!! Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Scout Skills Outing March 19, 20 & 21, 2004 March 4, 2004 This is the outing that all Scouts can benefit from! Younger Scouts are taught a variety of skills while having fun to the theme of Pirates of the Caribbean and older Scouts teach them! We will be tent camping at Lakota Campground in Woodstock, IL. This outing is completely FREE!! Don't miss this opportunity! NOTE: We need to know when Parents are coming on the outing, you MUST fill out this form by the deadline if you plan on coming to this outing. Click here to get the Adult Form. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due US Silversides Outing Feb 21 & 22, 2004 October 30th, 2003 This outing is an overnight stay on the Submarine US Sliversides in Muskegon Michigan. The Troop will be sleeping in the actual bunks the sailors used when at sea. SILVERSIDES served with the Pacific Fleet in the Empire waters along Japan's coasts and in the East China Sea as well as through key enemy shipping routes around the Marianas, Carolinas, Bismarck, Archipelago and along the Solomon Islands to Guadalcanal. Her mission was to stop raw materials and supplies like oil, bauxite, rubber, coal, food and iron ore from reaching Japan. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Mt. Morris Ski Outing January 23, 24 & 25, 2004 January 8th, 2004 This is our annual ski outing for Scouts of all ages. We will be staying in cabins near by in Wautoma at Camp Conference Center. Skiing will be available on Saturday from 10am - 10pm. Ski & Snowboard Lessons are required by all Scouts, unless a waiver is signed by the parent. This waiver is located on the bottom of the rental fee form. NOTE: A Parent needs to come in to sign your son up for this outing. There is another form that we MUST turn in to Nordic Mountain that must be signed by the Parent. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Click here for Rental Fees. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Adventure Rock Rock-N-Lock-N Climb December 13, 14, 2003 November 20th, 2003 This trip will include an evening of rock climbing at Adventure Rock. The Troop will be spending the night at Adventure Rock which is north of Milwaukee, Saturday night, and returning mid-afternoon to Mount Prospect on Sunday. Rock-N-Lock-N This is a great lock-in program for scouts. The program runs from 8pm-8am and the first 2 hours of the program will be spent teaching the participants how to use the gym on their own. The gym closes to the public at 10pm and your group will then have the facility to yourselves. The program includes an evening pizza snack and light breakfast. Includes all climbing equipment (except shoes). A Climbing Liability Form must be filled out by each participant. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Shabbona Lake Hike/Fishing November 21, 22 & 23, 2003 November 6th, 2003 This trip will include a 5-mile hike and an afternoon of fishing at Shabbona Lake State Park, located in Southern DeKalb County, in Northern Illinois Shabbona Lake has been declared the "MUSKIE CAPITOL OF ILLINOIS" and local fishing experts predict that the next State Of Illinois Record Walleye will be caught at Shabbona Lake in the very near future. It also has outstanding catches of Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Crappie, Bluegill and Perch. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Kalhaven Bike Trail in South Haven, MI October 24, 25 & 26, 2003 October 9, 2003 This outing will be a 25 mile bike ride down the Kal-Haven Trail. As you traverse the Kal-Haven Trail, you'll go through many towns and villages, cross over bridges, pass points of historical interest and go through some of Michigan's most beautiful countryside. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip PLEASE ..download this Bike Check-up Letter, don't wait to the last minute to check-out and fix up your bike. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Lower Fox Canoe Trip September 26, 27 & 28, 2003 September 11, 2003 This will be a fun weekend paddling down the Fox River. Click here for more outing information, and your permission slip Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Blackhawk District Spring Camporee April 11, 12 &13, 2003 March 9, 2003 (at Mr. Ender's House) This will be a “Quest for the Blackhawk Grail” on a journey into the past. Click here for more outing information, permission slip and an equipment list Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Scout Skills Campout March 14, 15 &16, 2003 February 27, 2003 (At the Parent's Meeting) This will be a weekend of fun and challenge featuring interactive demonstrations and competitive events in first aid, fire building, orienteering, lashings and knots, woods tools, nature studies and wilderness survival skills. Click here for more outing information, permission slip and your WINTER/COLD WEATHER equipment list and a regular equipment list Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Yukon Daze Campout February 21, 22 & 23, 2003 February 6, 2003 This weekend will test your winter camping training and your scout skills as we participate in our Winter Games at Camp Lakota. The weekend games will include surprises and challenges for all participants. PLEASE READ! Special information letter Click here to read Click here for more outing information, permission slip and your equipment list Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Napowan/Nordic Mountain Ski Outing January 31, February 1 & 2, 2003 January 16, 2003 Our annual trip to the North Lands for winter fun will be coming soon. Both skiing and snowboarding will be available. And we will ski/snowboard both day and night at Nordic Mountain Ski Resort. There will be opportunity to work on Snow Sports Merit Badge Click here for more outing information, permission slip and your equipment list Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Do-It-All Outing December 7, 2002 November 25, 2002 Get a break from shopping, relax and enjoy yourself. Click here for more outing information and your permission slip. Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Blackhawk Trail Hike November 8, 9, & 10, 2002 October 24, 2002 This weekend will test your stamina on a 10-mile hike on the Blackhawk Trail. There will be an option to complete the 10-mile return trip for those who need to complete a 20-mile hike requirement for the Hiking Merit Badge. Click here for more outing information, permission slip and your equipment list Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Glacial Drumlin Trail Bike Outing October 25, 26 & 27, 2002 October 10, 2002 This will be a fun weekend featuring a 25 - 30 mile bike trip on the Glacial Drumlin Bike trail. Download this handy Bike Check-Up List Click here for more outing information, permission slip and your equipment list Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Nippersink Canoe Outing September 20, 21 & 22 2002 September 5, 2002 This will be a weekend that will test and refine your paddling skills on a trip down the winding Nippersink Creek. The Troop will be camping near Spring Grove, Illinois on Friday night, canoeing Saturday, camping Saturday night and returning mid-day to Mount Prospect on Sunday. Click here for more outing information, permission slip and your equipment list Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Galena Outing April 26, 27 & 28 2002 April 11, 2002 48th U.S. Grant Scout Pilgrimage This will be a fun weekend featuring a 5 mile walking tour of the town, museum tours, trading post, demonstrations from the 1800's, a Civil War encampment, parade and lots of time to explore this historic town! The completion of the Hike earns you a MEDAL! About 8,000 Scouts attend this event each year from as far away as Canada! Click here for more outing information and your permission slip Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Scout Skills Outing March 22, 23 & 24 2002 Photo Album Come to Castaway Island!! This will be a weekend of fun and challenge featuring interactive demonstrations and competitive events in first aid, fire building, orienteering, lashings and knots, woods tools and wilderness survival skills. Click here for more outing information and your permission slip Activity Name Activity Date Waiver, Permission Slips & Money Due Eagle Cave Outing February 22, 23 & 24 2002 Photo Album Time to go Spelunking!! We will be staying overnight in Eagle Cave! We will also be doing a short hike during the day outside the cave with the possibility of doing some orienteering depending on weather conditions. Click here for more outing information and your permission slip Training | Outings | Summer Camp | Cooking | Advancement | Venture | High Adventure Photo Gallery | Parents Guide | Fundraising | Lost and Found | Brad's Page | Flock of Eagles | Links This site linked to NorthWest Suburban Council, BSA This site hosted courtesy of Byte Me!Computer Sales and Service, Inc.