Our Mission
The mission of the Boy Scouts of America, Northeast Illinois Council is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.
The Scout Oath
On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
The Scout Law
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent
Where We Serve
Already involved in Scouting in North Star? Follow the North Star channel on IHUB!
North Star District serves the following communities:
- Antioch
- Beach Park
- Fox Lake
- Gages Lake
- Grayslake
- Great Lakes Naval Base
- Gurnee
- Ingleside
- Island Lake
- Lake Villa
- Lakemoor
- Lindenhurst
- Millburn
- North Chicago
- Park City
- Round Lake Communities
- Third Lake
- Volo
- Wadsworth
- Wauconda
- Waukegan
- Wildwood
- Winthrop Harbor
- Zion
Already involved in Scouting in Aptakisic? Follow the Aptakisic channel on IHUB!
Aptakisic District serves the following communities:
- Bannockburn
- Buffalo Grove (Northeast)
- Deerfield, Fort Sheridan
- Green Oaks
- Highland Park
- Highwood
- Kildeer
- Lake Bluff
- Lake Forest
- Libertyville
- Lincolnshire
- Long Grove
- Mettawa
- Mundelein
- Riverwoods
- Roundout
- Vernon Hills
Already involved in Scouting in Potawatomi? Follow the Potawatomi channel on IHUB!
Potawatomi District serves the following communities:
- Evanston
- Glencoe
- Glenview
- Golf
- Kenilworth
- Northbrook
- Northfield
- Skokie (Skevanton areas)
- Wilmette
- Winnetka
Visit Us
Kasperson Center for Scouting at Morrison Park & Pauly Scout Shop
850 Forest Edge Drive
Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061
Phone: 847-433-1813
Service Center Hours:
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
Pauly Scout Shop Hours:
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Tuesday – Friday
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Saturdays
Our Leadership
President, Kenneth Morrison
Executive Vice President, Beth Micksch
Council Commissioner, Reed Snyder
Treasurer, William Ratzer
VP Development, Armin Gerhardt
VP Administration, John Wolfson
VP Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility, Iris Farley
VP Legal, Steven Hunter
VP Communications, Jeffrey Wyne
VP Membership, Russ McNeilly
VP Member-at-Large, Ron Peterson
VP Member-at-Large, Dan Peterson
VP District Operations, Pat Klemens
VP Program, Tom Macfadden
Immediate Past President, Greg Lawless
Scout Executive/CEO, Nick Roberts
Reed Snyder
Ronald Peterson
Kenneth Morrison
Paul Bateman
Jane Bryant-Klett
Robert Dold, Jr.
Iris Farley
Richard Gallagher
Armin Gerhardt
Lee Haak
Andrew Hopkins
Steven Hunter
Dan Kempf
Patrick Klemens
Gregory Lawless
Thomas Macfadden
Larry Marshall
Amy McJoynt
Russell McNeilly
Bethany Micksch
Kenneth P. Morrison
Curt Nerenberg
Michael Nerheim
Jeffrey Pandolfino
Daniel Peterson
Ronald Peterson
Gregory Pinter
Jennifer Powers
William Ratzer
John Riddle
Leon Rockingham
Keith Ross
Michael Rummel
Kevin Rupprecht
Ayal Sharvit
Matan Sharvit
William Sholten
Jennifer Smith
Reed Snyder
Allison Waggoner
John Wolfson
Jeffrey Wyne
Council J. “Pete” Armstrong
LeRoy Bair
Kevin Baldwin
Brian Buesing
Bruce Chudacoff
H. Clark Federer III
John “Jack” Fox
Bob Krause
Andy Langan
Robert Markoff
Stephen Murrill
Joanne Osmond
Michael Rubison
Richard Schneider
William Stewart
Donald Swanson
Albert Tucker, Jr.
Larry Young
Annual Reports
Our annual report tracks our success and vision for the future.