How to start a New Merit Badge

All Merit Badge books and guides can be found online. 

Before starting your Merit Badge please make sure to: 

1. Read through your Merit Badge requirements PRIOR to contacting your Scoutmaster. 

2. Once you have read through your Merit Badge requirements, contact your Scoutmaster for a conversation and he will assign you to a Merit Badge Counselor. You can reach your Scoutmaster at scoutmaster@hongkongtroop1.org. 

3. Once you have received Scoutmaster's approval and have been assigned a counselor, you need to contact your Merit Badge Counselor for instruction and guidance.  Remember that the Merit Badge is completed on your own initiative. Your counselor is there to guide you through your learning, but your counselor's role is not to teach you the badge requirements.

You can find Troop 1's counselors below. 

You can find BSA's current list of Merit Badges by visiting BSA at Scouts BSA Merit Badge Information.

Remember, Eagle required Merit Badges take quite a bit longer to complete.

Steps to follow to get your Merit Badge awarded after completion 

Once your Merit Badge is completed: 

1. Send an email to committee_chair@hongkongtroop1.org to let your committee chair know you have completed your Merit Badge. Don't forget to copy to your email your Merit Badge Counselor AND your Scoutmaster at scoutmaster@hongkongtroop1.org.

2. Your counselor needs to sign off on your merit badge in Scoutbook.

3. You will receive your Merit Badge during the following Court of Honor.  

Troop 1 Available Counselors