Resources

Organization

• Boy Scout of America - National Site
• Be A Scout - Find a local unit
• Scout Parents - 
• Rainbow Council - Morris Illinois
• ScoutStuff.org - Official retail site of the BSA
• Forms from the national Council
• Cub Scout Specific Forms

General Resources

These are unoffical scouting sites that contain a wealth of knowledge.

• US Scouting Service Project
• ScouterMom
• Boy Scout Trail
• Scouting Web
• Scoutorama
• Meritbadge.org - Wikipedia styled site
• Scouting Magazine

Activities

• Pinewood Derby
• Scout Songs - Virtual Songbook

Hiking

• Prairieland Trails - system of trails within the Will, Grundy, and
  Kankakee Counties
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Training

• MyScouting.org - BSA Training, unit tools, etc
• Fast Tracks - On the advancement Trail

External Group Scouting Opportunities

• Scouting Outpost - Woodfield Mall, Schamburg
•  L egoland Discovery Center
• Bolingbrook Park District
• The Field Museum
• Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
• Microsoft store - Oak Brook
• Joliet Junior College - Planetarium
• Chicago Botantic Gardens
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
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Planning tools

• Sign Up Genius - Allows for sign up of time slots
• Doodle - Allows for group input for meeting days / times
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Facebook links

• Pack 464 Minooka
• Rainbow Council
• US Scouting Service Project
• Scouting Magazine

Nearby Councils

• Three Fires, Saint Charles
• Pathway to Adventure, (Chicago, Calumet, Des Plaines Valley & Northwest Suburban)
• W.D. Boyce, Central Illinois
• Blackhawk Area, Northwest Illinois
• Prairielands, Iroquois, Ford, Champaign & Douglas counties