About Me

Hello, my name is Ted Martinek. I am currently a Life Scout from Antioch, Illinois, and I am working on my Eagle Scout rank. I am a member of Troop 87 in Lindenhurst, Illinois, and I will graduate from Antioch Community High School this spring. After graduation, I will be joining the U.S. Army and then continuing on for Airborne training.

Scouting has been a big influence in my life – from when I was in First Grade up to the present. As part of my Scouting experience, I have served in various roles as a youth leader in my Troop, I have trained other scouts in skills and leadership, and I have been a staff member at our Scout Reservation during the summer. In Summer 2015, I joined a group of volunteer scouts from the Order of the Arrow and spent a week helping fix and maintain trails and portages in the Boundary Waters area in Northern Minnesota, and then we followed that up with a week-long canoe trip we planned. Overall we travelled over 100 miles by canoe in those two weeks.

Scouting has helped build a foundation in my life that will help me succeed in no matter what I choose to do in the future.