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Welcome to Green Oaks / Libertyville Troop 194's website.

We don’t build a Troop. We build Scouts. Scouts build the Troop...Scout led.

We hold our meetings from 7:00 to 8:15 Pm on Mondays at Holy Cross (at 29700 N St Marys Rd). Troop 194 is part of the Aptakisic District which serves the communities of: Highland Park, Highwood, Ft. Sheridan, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Green Oaks, Libertyville, Rondout, Mundelein, Vernon Hills, Deerfield, Bannockburn, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods, Mettawa, Kildeer, Long Grove and Northeast Buffalo Grove.

If you have any questions about Troop 194 in Green Oaks / Libertyville, Please contact us by clicking on the "Contact Us" link on the left under menu.

Old Number 1 Birthday Bash

Posted by nrupczynski on Jun 25 2025 - 8:14am

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Mr. McLean of the Old #1 Fire Truck Preservation Committee has asked for the help of our scouts to perform an opening flag ceremony

at the birthday bash for Old # 1 Mundelein's 100 year old fire truck.

Troop 194 merchandise : online shop open

Posted by hbenavides on Jun 18 2025 - 5:34am

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Hey Mighty Oaks!!

We have an online shop open until Monday, 6/23 for ordering of t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, and performance fabric t-shirts.

Purdue University : 100+ Merit Badges at University of Scouting

Posted by hbenavides on Jun 4 2025 - 9:10am

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University of Scouting at Purdue University

December 6 at Purdue University, Armory located at: 812 3rd Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907

Registration goes live on 15 June for Parent/Leader Guide and Course Catalog

Registration goes live on or before 1 July.

Largest University of Scouting or like event in Scouting America. Over 100 merit badges offered in 10 hour event. Event books up fast. They are looking for parents/leaders that are sticking around that day to take a Purdue provided YPT training and the just be a body in a room. They have 150 classrooms and computer labs reserved plus offsite classes.

Check in/registration, lunch, vendor midway, toy drive, and blood drive will be at Purdue Armory

The opening ceremony at the Elliott Hall of Music.

PRE-REQUISITES will be listed in the Course Catalog and on Black Pug, not the Leader Guide to save a little space in the Parent/Leader Guide.

TEST LAB: They are offering all 3 of the Test Lab Merit Badges: Wildland Fire Management, Auctioneering, and Life Skills.

MERCH: lineup this year includes shirts, hoodies, patches, and neckerchiefs.

We have all of the Eagle Scout required Merit Badges besides Cooking and Camping, Can't do those in this environment.

Here is a laundry list of the confirmed Merit Badges: American Business American Cultures American Heritage American Labor Animal Science Archaeology Archery Architecture Art Astronomy Automotive Maintenance Aviation Backpacking joint with Hiking Basketry Bugling joint with Music Canoeing Chemistry Chess Climbing Citizenship in Society Citizenship in the Community Citizenship in the Nation Citizenship in the World Coin Collecting Collections Communications Composite Materials Crime Prevention Dentistry Digital Technology joint with Programming Disabilities Awareness Dog Care with Pets as a bonus Drafting Electricity Electronics Emergency Preparedness Engineering Entrepreneurship Environmental Science Family Life Farm Mechanics Fingerprinting Fire Safety First Aid Fish and Wildlife Management joint with Mammal Study Forestry Genealogy Geocaching Health Care Professions Home Repairs Horsemanship Intro to Leadership Skills for Troops (not a merit badge) Indian Lore Insect Study Journalism Kayaking Landscape Architecture Law Lifesaving Multi Sport Nature Nuclear Science Orienteering Painting Personal Fitness Personal Management Plant Science Plant Science Plumbing Programming Public Health Pulp and Paper Radio Reading joint with Scholarship Robotics Rowing Salesmanship Scouting Heritage Scuba Diving Signs, Signals, and Codes Skating Soil and Water Conservation Space Exploration Stamp Collecting Surveying Sustainability Swimming Theater Traffic Safety Truck Transportation Vet Medicine Welding Wildland Fire Mgmt.

Troop 194 scouts discuss interest to carpool and optimize the commute to and from West Lafayette, IN.

Scouting America, Sagamore Council

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Personal Fitness Activity

Posted by klacrosse on May 2 2025 - 10:05am

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Event Details: Personal Fitness class will run through the summer, meeting periodically to test against the benchmark skills (sit-ups, push-ups, sit & reach, and a 1-mile run.) For new Scouts, participation will meet the requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First-Class rank. For older Scouts, the 13-weeks of tracking will meet requirement #8 for the merit badge. This is one of the Eagle-required merit badges. You don't want to miss it! Dress ready to run. Register using link below. Test 1 (Week 0) Monday, May 12 at 6 pm.