Northeast Illinois Council

VOLUNTEER RESOURCES

If you are looking for staff contacts or your district information, then you are in the right place. Also, are you looking to connect via social media? Join our Facebook group. Staying connected is important and sharing ideas and successes keeps us moving together!

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Council Programs We offer a wide range of program and activities and have certified people to help you run an event, equipment kits on standby, and knowledge of all the best local places. It's all right here for you waiting for you! Plan and run your own unit level activity or come to council level events.

Cub Scout Activities	Scouts BSA Activities

Venturing	NEIC Calendar

Summer Camp	Youth Leadership Training

Order of the Arrow (OA)	High Adventure

National High Adventure Bases	International Scouting

Adult Leader Awards


Adult Leader Awards	Silver Beaver

Things to Know- Helpful Tools and Knowledge


Youth Protection Training	Guide to Safe Scouting

Youth Training	Recruitment Training

Cub Scout Parents Guide	Scouts BSA Parents Guide

Basic Leader Trainings	Advanced Leader Training


Uniform Guidelines Class A? Class B? Where do patches go? Find the answers here.	How to Volunteer Want to get involved? We will show you how!

Advancement Cub Scout, Scouts BSA, & Venturing	Merit Badges

Trail to Eagle How to get the Eagle Scout Award.	Forms Library Looking for a form? Find it here.

Scout Book Track advancement, keep records, organize units.	Black Pug Our event registration System.

My.Scouting Training, resources, member services.	Scouting.org National website

Membership
Membership & Recruitment is how we keep Scouting alive. The Council and National have resources to help you get new Scouts. We offer print services for your membership materials, we have assets for social media, we even drive traffic to events with School Night For Scouting on Sept 19th 2023 (Make sure your Unit participates)

School Night for Scouting Recruiting Cub Scouts in the bedrock that all of Scouting is built on. School Night For Scouting is a massive advertising push by the Council to get youth to show up to schools on Sept 19th for units to get signed up. Make sure your unit has a School Night For Scouting Coordinator ASAP!	Membership & Recruitment Resorces Find information on tried-and-true methods to get youth interested in Scouting. Ice Cream socials, Games, Demonstrations and more.

Council Print Services Have a poster or handout and need it printed? The council offers free print services for membership. We also have tons of pre-printed customizable printouts. We can also do wrist bands for recruitment.	Premade Assets Need logos? posters? social media content? National provides all of that ready to go. We have simplified navigation for your convenience. Have a poster or handout and need it printed? The council offers free print services for membership.

Communications
get in touch with your Marketing and Communication Director and help get the word out about Scouting! Social media, communication service requests, site issues, or just general staff info.

Council Social Media Follow us on Facebook & Instagram, Linked in, YouTube, and more!	NEIC Staff and Key Volunteer Contact Page If You have questions or need to get in touch, check out our contact page.

Submit Pictures and Stories of Local Scouting (Under construction) Eagle projects and Ceremonies, feel good stories of Scouts helping their communities, Group pictures and action shots from really great outings, wildlife photos. We would love to see these and put them up on our social media with your unit info.	Communications Service Request Form If you are a volunteer for a council level event, fill out this form for marketing services such as mass emails, social media campaigns, artwork, and print services.

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