Congratulations to our Troop 36 scouts who took on extra online classwork and early mornings to train at an indoor pool in WI two weeks ago and top off their work with open water dives this past weekend at Haigh Quarry in Kankakee-IL. Water conditions were a bit cool at 51 degrees, and visibility a little churned up at times but they did wonderful. Well done scouts! (Special thanks needs to go out to the parents who helped get their scouts to these early mornings and the extra parent drivers who helped immensely in transporting scouts and gear).

<<<REVISED 2ND WEEKEND SESSION DATES>>>   As Troop 36 SeaBase Crew prepares for next summer's outing to Florida by getting several members SCUBA certification, we would like to offer the same dive program, which has been discounted for BSA, to other scouts or family members of Troop 36. Scouts who complete this program will also receive their SCUBA merit badge. The dive shop has proposed a fun "Discover SCUBA Experience" as well for any scouts who are not ready for certification but would like to try SCUBA.

The Philmont Cavalcade Crew boarded the Amtrak-Southwest Chief train in Naperville Saturday (July 23) on their way to Raton, NM. From there the crew will take a shuttle to Philmont Ranch. Good luck scouts & leaders on a fun and exciting week in New Mexico. We look forward to seeing pictures and hearing all about the challenges and adventures you pursue. Safe travels! 

Thanks to all the Scouts and Leaders that made the 2022 Summer Camp a Great Success. The Scout completed 66 Merit Badges and had a great time with a variety of activities at Summer Camp.

Please congratulate the newest Troop 36 Order of the Arrow Members Quentin Yung and Andrew Wendt

We will be working on the Hiking Merit badge between now and April 23, 2022.

Requirements include 6 individual hikes of increasing distance, to be made in sequence.  Here are tentative dates for the coming months, weather dependent.  They have all been scheduled in the Troop 36 calendar; see individual calendar entries for specific hike times and locations.  The finish date is our April camp-out weekend at the Lincoln Pilgrimage in Springfield, IL.