OA Information & 2010 Calendar - A 2010 Calendar of Events in our Lodge & information on what the OA is!


OA PICNIC & GAME DAY: DATE CHANGE: The chapter is holding a social event on June 26 at Greene Valley Forest Preserve near Hobson Rd and off of Green Rd. The event be between 11am and 4pm. We will be cooking and playing games. OA and non OA members are welcome. We need notification so we will know how much food to buy. Please contact Graham Johnson or Matt Shanahan

• Game Day Flier

THANKS TO THOSE TROOPS WHO HELPED THE STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE: May was the postal food drive in Naperville. The Thunderbird Chapter had Scouts from the following troops: Troop 107, Troop 133, Troop 505, Troop 507, Troop 133, Troop 501, Troop 222, & Troop 510. We had 70 hours of service today. Thank you so much for your cheerful service! Graham Johnson


NOTE FROM LOVES & FISHES:Dear Friends, Thank you all for your outstanding efforts this past Saturday with our Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. I know people were disappointed that we did not collect as much as we had last year, but we must look at this as “the glass half full,” and that we have raised over 31,000 pounds of food that we did not have before for people in need. That is wonderful work! We have also raised considerable awareness in the community that hungers exists, and that we need everyone to be a part of the solution to end it. Loaves & Fishes is deeply grateful for your steadfast support of this food drive. You are all awesome, great friends to the pantry and to the many people served through your generosity. Warm regards, Charles

Read the PRESS RELEASE
Charles P. McLimans - Executive Director - Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry

We hope you had a great time at our 100th Anniversary Scout-O-Rama at Cantigny and our Camporall at St James Farm. Over 14,000 Scouts, Scouters & visitors came to Scout-O-Rama and were able to see first hand what Scouting is all about. Our many thanks to our sponsors, volunteers & professionals who gave of their time, talent, & resources to make these events possible! Photos of these events are available in our Three Fires Council Photo Gallery in the Camporall and Scout-O-Rama & Scout-O-Rama #2 albums.

THIS IS SCOUTING - NEW BASIC TRAINING COURSE: Required for all leaders wishing to be basic leader trained. - "This is Scouting" was added to the BSA's Online Learning Center on March 15, 2009. "This is Scouting" replaces New Leader Essentials as required course for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturing volunteers to earn the "Trained" leader emblem. All Scouters are encouraged to create a MyScouting account and access this training through the MyScouting portal, as credit for this training will be recorded in their training record upon completion. * Note: If you have already taken the former New Leaders Essentials course, it will still qualify for this general orientation segment of your basic training.

Training Fliers & Information

• SM/ASM Specific Training - Sat, Sept 11, 2010 - 8am - 4pm - Von Oven Scout Reservation, Naperville - John Lansing - 630-416-1897
• BALOO Training - Sat, Sept 11, 2010 - 8am - 4pm - Von Oven Scout Reservation, Naperville - John Lansing - 630-416-1897
• Cub Leader Specific - Sat, Sept 18, 10 - 8:30am-12 noon - St. John's Episcopal Church, 750 Aurora Ave, Naperville - Jennifer Griffin 630-848-0136
• Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders - Sept 27 & Oct 1-2, 2010 - Camp Big Timber, Elgin - Sherry Herzog - 630-629-3850
• Outdoor Leader Skills - Sept 27 & Oct 1-3, 2010 - Camp Big Timber, Elgin - Sherry Herzog - 630-629-3850
• Training Academy - November 13, 2010 - TBA - Phil Hilliard, 2010 Chair
• OKPIK Cold Weather Camping - Nov 18, 2010 , Dec 11, 2010 & Jan 14-15, 2011 - Dave Daly
• Wood Badge - 2011 Course C-38-10 FLIER- Apr 8-10, & May 13-15, 2011 - Camp Big Timber, Elgin, IL - Deb Brown, Course Director
• Wilderness First Aid Training - A list of Providers who offer this course

THUNDERBIRD ROUNDTABLES: Thunderbird Roundtables take a break for June & July, so there will be no meetings during these two months! Enjoy your summer & join us on Thursday August 12th for our Cast Iron Chef Roundtable which will be held at Von Oven Scout Reservation on West Street in Naperville. Coals will be ready at 6:30pm & our theme is "Where's the Beef"!

BUFFALO WILD WINGS FUNDRAISER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS: All Friends, students, families and fans are invited to participate in a Special Needs Scouting Benefit event on Sunday, June 13, 2010 Everyone is invited to gather at Buffalo Wild Wings, 2555 west 75th Street, Naperville for lunch, dinner or a snack. On this day, 20% of all purchases accompanied by the certificate below will be donated to Three Fires Council; BSA to help support the Special Needs Scouting Program.

• FLIER - Special Needs Fundraiser

2010 WEBELOS OVERNIGHT: Mark your calendars for our annual Webelos overnight which will be held on June 5-6, 2010 at the Thunderbird Youth Campground in Greene Valley Forest Preserve in Naperville. Jennifer Griffin & her staff have been hard at work planning this event. Here are the two information packets for both Webelos & Boy Scouts.

• Webelos - Information Packet
• Troop - Information Packet

Earn Special 100th Anniversary Awards! A Year of Celebration – A Century of Making a Difference is an awards program developed specially for the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. There are five awards, each based on one of the five core values of the Boy Scouts of America: one for Leadership, Achievement, Community Service, Character and the Outdoors.

CAMP FREELAND LESLIE NEWS: On-Line Payment is now available for those Webelos, Troops Teams & Crews attending Camp Freeland Leslie Boy Scout Camp & Webelos Resident Adventure Camp this summer. Please click on the appropriate link below to make your total or installment payments for your Scouts. You may return to this system as often as you need to, as you add Scouts going to camp. If you have not yet registered to attend CFL & wish to reserve a spot, please contact Pete Dillenburg to select your session or campsite BEFORE using this payment system.

• ONLINE PAYMENT - For Camp Freeland Leslie - Boy Scout Weeks 1-6
• ONLINE PAYMENT - For CFL - Webelos Resident Camp - Sessions 1-3

Online Merit Badge sign up has begun for Scouts attending the 6 weeks of CFL Boy Scout summer camp. See the CFL website for details.

The Boy Scouts of Thunderbird District thank their neighbors for their response to our February Scouting for Food collection. More than 16,500 pounds of food were collected by more than 1,100 Scouts, leaders, adults, and siblings, and donated to the Lisle Township Food Pantry, Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry in Naperville, St. Thomas the Apostle Food Pantry in Naperville, and the Woodridge Community Pantry.
Approximately two-thirds of the Scouts distributed fliers to almost 20,000 homes in the Lisle, Naperville and Woodridge areas, and then picked up donations of food and paper goods on February 20. The other third of the Scouts picked up donations at Pack and Troop events during February.
Participating this year were thirty units from Thunderbird District: Lisle’s Pack 89, Pack 108, Troop 108, and Pack 504, Naperville’s Pack 66, Troop 68, Pack 70, Pack 87, Troop 100, Troop 107, Pack, Troop and Team 198, Troop 222, Pack 362, Troop 501, Pack 503, Troop 505, Pack 507, Pack 513, Pack 562, Pack 565, Pack 567, and Pack 5556, and Woodridge’s Pack 104, Troop 109, Troop 133, Pack 367, Pack 512, and Troop 516.
Jody Bender of the Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry emailed us “WOW! Your wonderful Scouts collected 10,111 pounds of food for us in the last few days, which is enormous!”
Scouting for Food made a significant difference in the community, providing food and personal care essentials to our neighbors in need. For more information regarding the Scouting for Food program in the Thunderbird District contact Kevin Doyle doyle-bsa@att.net.