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Young Eagle's Airplane Rides
The Young Eagle's will be at the airport giving rides Saturday morning. If you want to participate in their program, you will need to have a parent sign the form that is available here: https://youngeaglesday.org/?6090
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Space Jam - 17 Registration OPEN
August 4-5th 2023 Space Jam 17 will be the place to be. The registration forms are up to date, ready for you to register. Space Jam 17 will be the last On-Sight Space Jam, and we plan to have Friday Night camping. A big thanks to Denny Anderson "Friends of Troop 17", he has Co-Lead SJ for 17 y...
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Classes are starting to Fill - Register NOW!
We just closed a few classes. You will want to register as soon as possibly for best selection. Remember there is no on-site camping, and we kindly ask you take your trash out with you. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BSA Insurance is the issue with Camping. Things change and we adapt. Very Excited to S...
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Citizenship in Society Added
WOW we have added the newest Eagle Required Merit Badge Citizenship in Society. So Excited! Engineering was also added. Keep those registrations coming, and we will see you Saturday Auguest 6th!
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Space Jam 16 is open
You can now find the Space Jam 16 merit badge schedule and register forms (Scouts & Webelows) for Space Jam 16 under the Register tab. We will work on refreshing the whole website in the coming months, but till then you have everything you need to "Early Register" and get the best rates. See y...
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Live, In Person, Saturday Only
Space Jam 15 will be a live, in-person event; but will be one day, Saturday only, merit badge classes. Circumstances beyond our control make us choose between this or a digital event (which we've all had enough of).
There will be no overnight camping but 'day- camp' sites will be available as...
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Safety First
We are all looking forward to a return to normal but we are not quite there and the SAFETY of all in attendance is our highest priority.
You will be required to follow all BSA recommended measures, plus all federal, state and local recommendations. These will include mask wearing, social dist...
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SPACE JAM 15 is Live!
There is a bit of house cleaning still to do, but SJ-15 is now open for registration! We have confidence that a vaccine will make a return to a near normal, in-person event possible. We plan to still have safety procedures in place like smaller, open air classes, plus we'll follow all state and...
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Space Jam 14 going Digital
We have worked for the past year to prepare for Space Jam 14 in three forms. The Illinois Commerce and Development has given us their written opinion that our event is compliant with the Illinois Phase 4 covid-19 reopening requirements. Yet the Council has just cancelled our insurance. We are ...
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SJ 14 is GO IL phase 4
We are five weeks out and Illinois is firmly in Phase 4 of the 5 phase state plan.
While still committed to all CDC recommendations and state requirements, we are currently leaning towards a near typical year outdoors event with the new normal restrictions...with smaller classes, sanitatio...
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