$1.8M in expenses

The council works through community partners to deliver scouting programs that develop character, citizenship, personal fitness, and leadership skills. During 2024, the organization supported 167 units, serving 4,349 youth members working in partnership with 1,794 registered adult volunteers throughout 14 central-illinois counties.ingersoll scout reservation is a year-round scout camp operated since 1964. The reservation comprises 646 acres of lakes, forest, and rivers near london mills, illinois. Isr serves as an outdoor learning laboratory where scouts grow their leadership skills, connect with nature, and advance in scouting. The camp hosts resident and weekend programs serving nearly 15,000 youth and adults in 2024. Cache lake is a remote wilderness retreat in unorganized ontario canada. In 2024, nearly 2,000 scouts and adults journeyed to the canadian wilderness, many experiencing their first adventure outside the united states. More than 350 scouts received financial support through camperships, scholarships, and scoutreach programs. Scoutreach afterschool programs are specialized adaptations of the cub scout and scouts bsa programs to meet the unique needs of low-income students. Youth from inner-city and rural families take part in programming designed to build character, teach leadership skills and instill lifetime values through the use of financial assistance, and paid staff where consistent adult volunteer leadership is not otherwise available.