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Welcome to Thunderbird

Welcome to the Thunderbird District! We serve Lisle, Woodridge & Naperville (School District 203), Illinois, and are part of the Boy Scouts of America, Three Fires Council.

Trailblazer Day Camp Kickoff

Trailblazer Camp Kickoff Open House

Saturday, Jan. 28th, 2012 - INFO FLIER

9 a.m. to Noon - LDS Church Building, 7201 Woodridge Dr, Woodridge
It’s time to start registering for Trailblazer Cub Scout Day Camp! Send your camp coordinator or a representative from your pack to pick up your supplies. You can come anytime between 9 and noon and only stay as long as you need to!

Summer Camps OPEN

JOIN US FOR SAFARI 2012

ONLINE REGISTRATION is now live in the TFC Camp Store for all Three Fires Cub Scout Daycamps, overnight camps & Boy Scout resident camps. This year ALL TFC Summer Camp reservations will be made online. Payments can be made online with a credit card, or at a TFC Scout Shop. If paying offline, please print a copy of your online receipt to attach to your payment. A  deposit / Scout will hold your reservation. Early Bird fees apply if paid in full by April 1st! Don't miss out on the FUN of summer camping! Register now!!!

Eagle Dinner

2011 Eagle Class Recognition Banquet - Friday, February 10, 2012

A Gathering of Eagles

Close to 300 young men in the Three Fires Council will received their Eagle Award in 2011. To honor their achievement, the Eagle Banquet Committee has scheduled the 2011 Gathering of Eagles Recognition Banquet for Friday, February 10, 2012 at the Wyndham Hotel, 3000 Warrenville Rd, Lisle, 60532. A general reception and fellowship will begin at 6:30 pm. Dinner will be served at 7:00 pm. followed by our program. This will be a very special evening for the 2010 class, Eagle Alumni, sponsors and guests.  It is our hope that you will help make this a memorable event by sponsoring one or more Eagles from the Eagle Scout Class of 2011, as well as attend this gala event.

• On-line Registration with pay option - 2011 Eagle Class Gathering of Eagles Dinner
• 2012 Eagle RSVP form - Paper Registration
• 2012 Sponsor Form RSVP - Paper Registration
• 2012 SM reply form - Paper Registration
• 2012 NESA Sponsor RSVP - Paper Registration
• 2012 NESA under25 RSVP - Paper Registration

Law Merit Badge Day

Twelfth Annual Law Merit Badge Day

Saturday, March 10th 2012
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Kane County Judicial Center
*lunch will be provided*
FLIER
There is an $8 non-refundable registration fee
Please send check made out to “KCLL” along with registration form
You MUST pre-register by March 2nd

Attending Boy Scouts must be a 1st class Scout or higher and have studied the
Law Merit Badge Booklet 
Attendees should be in BSA uniform and bring their ‘blue cards’
Registration is limited to 30 Scouts

Roundtables & OA Meeting

Cub & Boy Scout Roundtables & our OA Chapter Meeting will meet on Thursday, February 9, 2012 (the Second Thursday of the month) from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. at the Naperville LDS Stake Center, 1320 Ridgeland Ave., Naperville just south of Diehl off of Naper. Click here to get a map!

CUB SCOUT ROUNDTABLE: Get those uniforms snazzed up! In January, we will be having a CSRT uniform inspection complete with prizes!

Opening Ceremony & Flags - Pack  70/ Skit or Ceremony - Pack 507 / Game - Pack  562/ Song - Pack 511

BOY SCOUT ROUNDTABLE: Special Features: Better communication with Cub Scout Packs/B&G Dinner, Bridging - Theme/Program feature: Eagle project changes

ORDER OF THE ARROW: Check with your Senior Patrol Leader and your OA representative to select a date (and a backup date) to hold OA elections in your unit. Thunderbird chapter representatives will be contacting you to find out the dates selected for your unit elections. OA representatives come to Chapter meetings at roundtable to get the information you need to fulfill your responsibilities as your troop's OA representative!

See the Down & Derby Movie

You are invited to a showing of ‘Down and Derby’ on Saturday, January 21st at 10:00 a.m. / Ogden 6 Theatre 1227 East Ogden Avenue, Naperville
Organized by the Thnunderbird District & Pack 503 of Naperville
Contact Jen Cain ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 630-428-2585) to order tickets. Tickets will also be available at the District Roundtable in January. Remaining tickets will be sold at the theatre the day of the show. Only 350 seats available, so get your tickets early! Tickets: $5.00 each FLIER for Down & Derby Show

Wood Badge

Three Fires Council is holding a Wood Badge Course in 2012

Wood Badge Course C7-127-12   Course Information FLIER

Sunday, Aug 5, 2012 (Sunday) 1-4 pm / Orientation Meeting

August 24-26, 2012 (Friday 7am - Sunday 5pm - 3 full days) Part 1 of the Course

September 21-23, 2012 (Friday 7am - Sunday 4pm - 3 full days) Part 2 of the Course

All 3 sessions will be held at Camp Big Timber in Elgin, IL.
Dan Zedan - 2012 Wood Badge Course Director

2013 National Jamboree

What is the National Jamboree?

Every four years, the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America organizes the ultimate Boy Scout experience, the National Jamboree! Over 50,000 Scouts and Scouters attended the last Jamboree  and all the excitement of past Jamborees will be incorporated with new themes and shows. Three Fires Council will send 6 troops of 40 scouts (36 youth and 4 adults) and 2 venture crews (each crew containing 9 scouts [both boys and girls] plus 1 adult) to the 2013 National Jamboree at the Bechtel Summit (the new Scout base in West Virginia) It will be held July 15-24, 2013.

Registration is now open for the 2013 Jamboree -REGISTER FOR THE 2013 NATIONAL JAMBOREE which will take place from 7/14/2013 to 7/24/2013. For more information click on the TFC Jamboree Page of our website.

Journey to Excellence

Enter your Journey to Excellence – Service Projects!
Post your unit’s service projects on the Journey to Excellence website. Call the Three Fires Council office if you need any assistance in logging your service projects on the website. We’d be happy to log your hours for you. Just fill out the Service Project JTE Report Form and submit it to Three Fires Council or bring it to the JTE midway booth at the upcoming Training Academy, on November 12th at East Aurora High School.

Put Your Unit on the Map - Be A Scout

Make it EASY for New Scouting Families to Find You! Put Your Unit on the Map with BeAScout.org -   LEARN HOW HERE - Step By Step Instructions
BeAScout.org is the application that puts your Pack, Troop or Crew on the map! Potential Scouts and volunteers can go to BeAScout.org find Scouting in their neighborhood. If your unit’s pin is up to date they’ll find you!
• Raise Your Pack, Troop or Crew’s Visibility in the Community
• Recruit More Youth and Volunteers and Help Grow Scouting
• Customize your Google ‘pin’ with contact information, photo, special message and even your unit Web site. Our council’s goal is to have all our unit pins updated by August 1 – in time for Scout Nights our media buy which includes TV, Radio, large scale local events & malls, double opt-in email, Chicago Parent, Radio Disney, Scholastic Parent, banner advertising, and blogs. That places a real importance on having current and updated unit pins on BeAScout.org. Please help us get the word out to all leaders today!