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Merit Badges are the second main area of the Boy Scout advancement program. Unlike rank advancement, there is a degree of choice in the Merit Badge program. A sub-group of merit badges are known as Eagle required Merit Badges. To earn Eagle Scout, most of these badges must be earned although some are "either/or" badges. The remainder of the badges help with earning rank advancement, as well as Eagle Palms after the Eagle Scout award has been earned. Boy Scouts may work on merit badges from they time they join a Scout troop until they turn 18 years old. There is no time limit for completion of merit badges other than age 18.
A note on Merit Badge work: You must seek out the M. Badge counselor before you begin the worsheets in order for him/her to approve and sign off on the "blue card". The counselors involvement is an intregal part in learning and mastering the topic that you are studying and they need to be challenging and training you throughout the entire process. Do what you can to gain their knowledge
and insight.
Here is the link to the Merit Badge website, where all of the most recent worksheets can be found. The requirements for each Merit Badge change as the various Merit Badges are reviewed, revised, and updated. Make sure that you and your Merit Badge Counselor are both working from the latest edition of the BSA Merit Badge book and/or worksheet:
Other helpful links:
Merit Badge blue cards
http://www.scoutingvermont.org/pubs/lib/adv/34124.pdf -online "blue card" form. This needs to be printed with the 2 sided printer option so that the "blue card" has a front and back
Merit Badge Counselor application http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/34405.pdf-
Current Merit badge Counselors: ** indicates an Eagle required Merit Badge. You must have 12 of the 15 Eagle required badges to reach the rank of Eagle. Aviation- Chris Fields American Business- Dave Bollinger American Heritage- Hunter Melville, Terri DeDell Animal Science- Archeology- Hunter Melville, Terri DeDell Architecture- John Kamb Athletics- Carl Hurd Backpacking- Jeff DeDell Bird Study- Chris Fields, Terri DeDell **Camping- Jeff DeDell Canoeing- Jeff DeDell **Citizenship/community-Dennis Shillen, Dwight Camp **Citizenship/Nation- Dwight Camp **Citizenship/World- Chris Fields Coin Collecting- Dave Bollinger **Communications- Chris Fields Cooking- Terri DeDell **Cycling- No Counselor at this time Disabilities Awareness- Leanne Chynoweth Drafting- Jeff DeDell **Emergency Preparedness- John Kamb Engineering- John Kamb Entrenpreneurship- Jeff DeDell **Environmental Science- Terri DeDell **Family Life- Terri DeDell, Jeff DeDell Farm Mechanics- Fire Safety- John Kamb **First Aid- Chris Fields Fish & Wildlife Mgt.- Terri DeDell Fishing- Chris Fields Forestry- Jeff DeDell Fly Fishing- Chris Fields Gardening- Jeff DeDell, Dave Bollinger Golf- John Kamb **Hiking- Jeff DeDell Home Repairs- Chris Fields, John Kamb Horsemanship- Ice Skating- Terri DeDell Indian Lore- Hunter Melville Insect Study- Terri DeDell Landscape Architecture- Jeff DeDell Law- Dennis Shillen **Lifesaving- Chris Fields, Leanne Chynoweth Mammal Study- Terri DeDell Medicine- Chris Fields Nature- Terri DeDell Oceanography- Terri DeDell Orienteering- Jeff DeDell **Personal Fitness- ** now Carl Hurd** **Personal Management- Hunter Melville Pets- Dave Bollinger Pioneering- Hunter Melville Plant Science- Pottery- Evan Williams Public Speaking- Chris Fields Reading- Jeff DeDell Salesmanship- Mark Kopf Scholarship- Dana Peterson Scouting Heritage- Dwight Camp Space Exploration- John Kamb Sports- Carl Hurd Stamp Collecting- Dave Bollinger, Carl Hurd Surveying- John Kamb **Swimming- Chris Fields, Leanne Chynoweth Textiles- Terri DeDell Veterinary medicine- Wilderness Survival- Jeff DeDell Wood Carving- Mark Lackley Woodworking- Mark Lackley |
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