Our Troop

Meetings: - Tuesdays from 7:15pm - 8:30pm at St. John's located across from Naperville Central High School.
- We assign each patrol a role in the meeting. There are four roles including setup, opening, game, and clean-up.

Map Of St. Johns

Troop Size: - We currently have 48 registered scouts. The troop size varies between 40 and 50 scouts.
- Our goal is to add about 10 new scouts each year.
- The troop consists primarily of scouts from Naperville's school districts 203 and 204.

Troop Organization: - The troop is organized into 5 patrols, with a mixture of ages in each.
- New scouts wil be set up into a "new scout patrol" for approximately six months, working closely with the scoutmasters.
- Meetings are "Scout Run" by the senior scouts in the troop.
- Ten scouts became Eagle in the last four years.
- We currently have one Scoutmaster, and seven Assistant Scoutmasters.

Troop Activities: - We have 13 monthly activities planned for the 2009-2010 year, including 9 troop campouts and summercamp at Camp Ransburg in Indiana.

- In July 2007 we went to Sea Base in the Florida keys for the Out Island Adventure.
- In July 2008 we went to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.
- The 2009 high adventure outing was going to Northern Tier High Adventure Base in Minnesota.
- Currently no 2010 high adventure has been arranged by our high adventure chairman.
- The troop is well equipped with tents, cooking gear, and a huge bright red trailer for our scouts to use during camping outings.