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Sacred Heart Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 611

We are a new Boy Scout Troop in the Arrowhead District,
which is part of the Chicago Area Council.
LINKS:

Troop 611 Home Page

Troop Calendar

Scout Oath

On my honor,
I will do my best
to do my duty,
to God and my Country,
to obey the scout law,
help other people at
all times,
to keep myself
physically strong,
mentally awake,
and morally straight.

Scout Law

A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
Other Links of Interest:

The Scarlet Sassafras An Owasippe E-zine

Merit Badge.com
Offers many scout related ideas!

Cub Scout Pack 4611 Home Page

Homeschooled Scouts


Custom stained glass - specializing in awards & recognition plaques for scouters.


Hoagy's Home Page

Grassroots Homeschoolers

 Updated October 5, 2002

Boy Scout Troop 611

is chartered out of Sacred Heart Church, 11652 S. Church Street, in Chicago. It is a beautiful, historic, little church located in the Morgan Park neighborhood.

We are proud to have Sacred Heart sponsor this new unit.

Chicago Area Council proposes to sell Camp Hoover and Camp Owasippe

Since September 27, 2002, news has been released regarding the possible sale of the two Chicago Area Council campgrounds. Visit The Scarlet Sassafras for up-to-date information.

As leaders, we do not want this sale to happen. As of October 3, 2002, Chicago Area Council leaders are asking all scouts, scout leaders and other concerned people to write letters to the Chicago Area Council board officers and executive committee letters asking to reconsider the sale of these camps.

In the words of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts:
Where is there a boy, even in these materialistic times, to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal? Maybe it is the primitive instinct, anyway it is there. With that key a great door may be unlocked, if it is only to admit fresh air and sunshine into the lives that were otherwise grey. ... Through Scouting the boy has a chance to deck himself in frontier kit as one of the great brotherhood of backwoodsmen. He can track and follow sign; he can signal, he can light his fire and build his shack and cook his grub. He can turn his hand to many things in pioneering and camp-craft.

As leaders, we ask: how are our scouts supposed to experience camp without a council camp to attend? How are we to put the "outing" in scouting when the paid professional staff who runs the Chicago Area Council is proposing to sell off our campgrounds?

If you value the scout program, please take time to write letters to the following people BEFORE October 11, 2002.

Thank you,
David Hoogland, Scoutmaster Troop 611
Karen Hoogland, Troop Committee Chairman Troop 611

Chicago Area Council Board Officers and Executive Committee:

LEWIS B. GREENBLATT, Council President, Michael Best and Friedrich LLC, 401 N Michigan Ave, #1900, Chicago, IL 60611

EDWARD B. STEIN, VP-Sea Exploring, 180 E. Pearson #3601, Chicago IL 60611

ALGER B. (DUKE) CHAPMAN (VP-Foundations), ABN-AMRO Inc, 208 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago IL 60604

LARRY A. GREEN, VP-Scoutreach, Winston and Green, 225 W. Washington #525, Chicago IL 60606

LOUIS P. VITULLO, Legal Counsel, Wildman Harrold Allen Dixon, 225 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago IL 60606

BEN W. PERKS, Asst Treasurer, Navigant Consulting Inc, 615 N. Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60611

DR. JOHN P. GELSOMINO, Council Commissioner, P.O. Box 202, Riverside, IL 60546,johngel@aol.com

MICHAEL F. HUGHES, VP-Properties, Huen Electric, 1801 W. 16th Street, Broadview IL 60153

MICHAEL W. GONZALEZ, VP-Field Services, PRIMERA, 25 E. Washington #510, Chicago IL 60602

C.A. HEMPFLING, VP-At Large, 8 Birch Lakes Drive, Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047

HARRY J. HARCZAK JR, Treasurer, CDW Computer Centers, 200 N. Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL 60061

DENNIS H. CHOOKASZIAN, CAC Pat President, CNA Insurance Companies, CNA Plaza #41S, Chicago IL 60685

GEORGE H. WALPER JR, VP-Program, The Spectrem Group, 118 S. Clinton, #200, Chicago IL 60661

JEFFREY L. ARFSTEN (VP-FOS), President, Midwest Region, Bovis Lend Lease, One N. Wacker Dr #850, Chicago IL 60610

CHARLES BRUMMELL JR, VP-Nominations, 6 Bridget Court, Burr Ridge, IL 60521

CAMILLA MOORE, VP-At Large, 1296 S. Falcon Drive, Palatine, IL 60067

HAROLD SCHIFF, VP-At Large, The Schiff Companies, 229 E. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL 60611

RICHARD HALPERN, CAC Past President, The Rise Group LLC, 120 S. LaSalle Street #1750, Chicago IL 60603

EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED AT SCOUT CAMP

Everyone is good at something.
Take a buddy with you, it's safer that way.
Old friends are just as important as new friends.
Marshmallows taste better when toasted over a fire.
Always check your shoes before you put your feet in them.
Be a sibling to every scout.
Don't pick the wild flowers.
Reading the trail signs helps you find your way.
When your making something, get your hands dirty.
After being away for more than two days, home is almost like heaven!
We received this list in an email, from another scouter,
the author is unknown.

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This site, and the information contained within it, is put together for the scouts & families of Sacred Heart Church.
This is not an official BSA site; I have put this together for informational purposes only.

10/5/2002

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