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In 1960, Velma Hill was elected the president of the Illinois based NAACP Youth council. She led a "wade-in" at the South Side Chicago Rainbow Beach, effectively desegregating the public beach. The largest NAACP Youth Council during the Civil Rights Movement was the Peekskill, NY NAACP Youth Council from 1955 to 1956.
W.D. Boyce Council is served by Wenasa Quenhotan Lodge #23. [2] Camp Ki-Shau-Wau is a former Boy Scout camp owned by the Starved Rock Area Council (and later by the W.D. Boyce Council after the merger in 1972) located two miles southeast of Lowell, Illinois along the Vermillion river. Its first name was Camp Pontiac.
The Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation is located in northern Wisconsin and serves the Scouts of the Northeast Illinois Council based in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Originally a logging camp, the scouts purchased the land and first had campers in 1929. The 1,560 acres (6 km 2) camp serves over 2,300 scouts each summer.
Construction for the Illinois Youth Center in Lincoln is being held off as they are set to receive funds from the governor’s new budget. It was announced in February 2021 that the former Lincoln ...
Pages in category "Youth organizations based in Illinois" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Pathway to Adventure Council is a Boy Scouts of America local council headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Created from the merger of four councils, it now spans over a large portion of Chicago metropolitan area and part of Northwest Indiana. The council operates two camps and four service centers and has over 21,000 youth members. [1]