One of the Greatest Gifts a Father can give his Son or Daughter is Time spent together.
The Wilderness Scouts and Princesses gathered to kickoff the new season at Centennial for the annual pool party
Jumping skills were very impressive….
Water slide shenanigans
Climbing and waterworks…
Group fun with reunited friends around the school year…
Spring is a wonderful time of year; all of nature colorfully wakes up from it’s cold hibernation and kids dream of the end of the long school year. This merging of endings and beginnings are unified in the Park Ridge Wilderness Scouts and Princesses Spring campouts, the last of the three each year, which allow for a re-charge for the next year for those continuing, but also a chance to bid a heartfelt good-bye to those who will be launching into new adventures.
For this event, the Iroquois journeyed up to the Dairy State and landed at beloved Camp Minikani for the last big hurrah of the 2024-2025 season. There, they enjoyed the great outdoors…
…competed in the Tribal Games…
…took advantage of Camp Minikani’s activities: Climbing Wall, Archery, High Ropes (yup, that’s our Fed Chief up there)…
…ran all over the camp for our Plate Hunt (watching out for those sneaky double-ups) and tapped their creative energies in the Sculpture Design…
…whilst Dads sought culinary glory in the big Campout Cookoff (where everybody who eats ultimately wins)…
As with all campouts, we had our Fire Council where the Nation’s Leaders shared their wise words; also, with it being the end of the year, there were some transitions – a new Fire Starter and new Tribal Chiefs…
The weight of the night was felt with some tearful moments, where our graduates were recognized for their many years of involvement, one Princess received the SPARC Award (Special Princess Acting Responsibly in the Community) for service, and a couple of graduating Dads were designated as Navigators, an award reserved for those who have gone above and beyond in contributing to the PRWSP organization.
As an exciting finally of the weekend, the Campout Belt was captured by the Powerful Powhatan whilst the 2024-2025 Honor Tribe trophy went to the Mighty Crow.
Thank you to Camp Minikani for a fantastic weekend and to all in the Park Ridge Wilderness Scouts and Princesses for making this time-honored tradition an event to remember.
This year at the Park Ridge Wilderness Scouts and Princesses we are thrilled to announce a new tradition: the awarding of scholarships to a few of our outstanding scouts and princesses. These are young adults who had finished our program not-so-many years ago and are now about to embark upon the huge new adventure of college life. We are so proud that being a part of our Tribes and Nations has played a role in their growth over the years, and we wish them nothing but the best as they go off to conquer the future.
Congrats to Kate Wille, Luciano Binz, and Owen Tremblay!
Can you feel it in the air? Can you smell the flowers and that freshly cut grass? Spring is here! And with the Spring comes the annual PRWSP Food Drive.
It’s happening in 1 week – May 3 and 4 – please help us help others by contributing a bag or two of items.
Here is a link to our flier, which has recommended items and the drop off locations in both Park Ridge and Chicago.
Thanks so much!
We are very proud to share that we were able to continue our long standing tradition of donating to local charities. Each year, this is fueled by our Christmas Tree Sale, so we send a big thank you to everyone who was able to pick up a tree, wreath, garland, or ornament this past Fall.
The grand total was…(drum roll please)…$27,300!
And here is our list of charities for 2025:
Thanks again to everyone who helped us get there!
