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Girl Scouts of Central Illinois serves over 20,000 girls and has nearly 5,000 adult volunteers. It was formed by the merger of Girl Scouts of Centrillio Council, Girl Scouts-Kickapoo Council, Girl Scouts of Two Rivers Council, Shemamo Girl Scout Council of Illinois, Girl Scouts, Land of Lincoln Council, and Girl Scouts of Green Meadows Council.
The Three Fires Council of the Boy Scouts of America is located in Illinois. In 1992, it was formed from the merger of Two Rivers Council and DuPage Area Council (named for Dupage County); it was briefly called "Two Rivers-DuPage Area Council". Its council service center is located in St. Charles, Illinois. [citation needed]
Prairielands Council (previously Illiana Council) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America formed in 1991 by the merger of Arrowhead and Piankeshaw Councils. The council serves Scouts in east central Illinois and western Indiana. The headquarters is located in Champaign, Illinois; an auxiliary office is located in Danville, Illinois.
Ingersoll Scout Reservation (ISR, or simply Ingersoll) is the primary resident camp of the W.D. Boyce Council of the Boy Scouts of America.Initially founded as Wilderness Camp in 1963, the camp was renamed in 1973 to posthumously honor William P. Ingersoll, a local philanthropist who helped in the camp's initial purchase.
Saukenauk Scout Reservation [6] is located 25 miles (40 km) north of Quincy, Illinois, and 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Lima, Illinois. It is the property of the Mississippi Valley Council, though it is listed on the property deed as Saukee Area Council. Saukenauk is 602 acres (2.44 km 2) that includes four sections.
Northeast Illinois Council is a Boy Scouts of America local council that is headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States.. The council, along with its regular Scouting program, owns and operates Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation near Pearson, Wisconsin, Camp Sol R. Crown near Wilmot, Wisconsin and Camp Okarro in Wadsworth, Illinois. [1]
Des Plaines Valley Council is a former Boy Scouts of America local council that was headquartered in La Grange, Illinois, United States.In 2014 the council merged with Calumet Council, Chicago Area Council and Northwest Suburban Council to form Pathway to Adventure Council.
The Ideal Scout, a 1937 statue by R. Tait McKenzie in front of the Bruce S. Marks Scout Resource Center in the Cradle of Liberty Council in Philadelphia. Scouting in the United States is dominated by the 1.2 million-member Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA and other associations that are recognized by one of the international Scouting organizations.