Al Cowsky is our Scoutmaster. TL Voelker is our committee chair. Troop 72 was chartered in 1929 and has been continuously sponsored by the United Methodist Church in Libertyville, Illinois.
Our event calendar is available online. Click on the Calendar link on the left of this page, or click on a date on the calendar in the right navigation pane to see what is going on today. Upcoming events are also listed on the right. Each event and month is printable directly from your browser, so you can always be up to date on Scouting events for Troop 72. Anyone in the troop community is invited to send us content. You can provide information for the troop web site by registering as a member to our site, and your submission will be approved for publication by our webmaster as soon as possible.
Because of an increasing number of spam and spider attempts to flood our website with junk news items, I have changed the Submit News link so you MUST be a registered member to submit news items. Make sure you sign up so that your news items can be considered for inclusion.
MaKaJaWan
Please note that a $50.00 non-refundable deposit for Camp MaKaJaWan is due between Jan. 4th and Feb 22nd. Submitted by Jennings
NEIC website has the list of the merit badges being offered at the Great Lakes Merit Badge Training Day on November 14th. There are 3 Eagle Badges offered: First Aid, Swimming, Personal Fitness. Each class has different costs. Registration is on line only and starts at 10 am on Monday, October 5th. There needs to be at least 2 adult leaders. We can determine the number of leaders/drivers are needed after we determine how many boys are signing up for the classes. The list of leaders/drivers is not needed until November 10th. First Aid is the prerequisite for Emergency Preparedness so I recommend for those scout and all first year scouts to consider 1st Aid. There are 100 spots this year which is doubled from years past.
From scouting in Troop 72 to Aptakisic District Executive of NEIC
Congratulations to Kyle Cashman! We are pleased to announce the selection of Kyle Cashman to serve as the Aptakisic District Executive for the Northeast Illinois Council, Boy Scouts of America effective September 16, 2009.
Kyle has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and he is an Eagle Scout from Boy Scout Troop 72 in Libertyville, Illinois.Please join me in congratulating and welcoming Kyle as he joins us to begin furthering the Scouting program in our Northeast Illinois Council. Submitted by Jennings
Please Join Us in Congratulating our New Eagle Scouts! *UPDATED* Timothy P. Clifford (Troop 48), Joshua Doo (Troop 903), Christopher Michael Geraty (Troop 60), Mark Hamilton (Troop 78), Brian Heffernan (Troop 388), David A. Johnson (Troop 156), Thomas J. Knudson (Troop 90), Patrick W. Looby II (Troop 48), Matthew Scott Molitor (Troop 60), Casey P. Murdock (Troop 9), Alexander Joseph Ruggles (Troop 46), Raymond W. Wittenberg (Troop 72), Alexander Eric Dulin (Crew 18) Submitted by Jennings
Rank Requirement Changes The centennial edition of the Boy Scout Handbook will soon be available, and with the new handbook come several rank requirement changes that will be in effect as of January 1, 2010. Click here to view these changes. Submitted by Jennings
