Merit Badges

Here is a list of Merit Badges that Scouts can take through Merit Badge Counselors in the Troop. Below that is a list of Merit Badges that require counselors. Any Scout wishing to take a Merit Badge should talk to the Scoutmaster or one of the Assistant Scoutmasters.

Badges that are bold and underlined are Eagle Required Merit Badges

Troop 53 Available Badges (70)

Archery

Architecture

Astronomy

Automotive Maintenance

Aviation

Backpacking

Camping

Canoeing

Chemistry

Chess

Citizenship in the Community

Citizenship in the Nation

Citizenship in the Society

Citizenship in the World

Coin Collecting

Collections

Communication

Cooking

Crime Prevention

Cycling

Digital Technology

Dog Care

Drafting

Electricity

Electronics

Emergency Preparedness

Energy

Engineering

Environmental Science

Family Life

First Aid

Fishing

Game Design

Gardening

Geocaching

Hiking

Home Repairs

Leatherwork

Lifesaving

Mammal Study

Motorboating

Music

Orienteering

Painting

Personal Fitness

Personal Management

Pets

Photography

Pioneering

Plant Science

Programming

Public Speaking

Reading

Reptile & Amphibian Study

Rifle Shooting

Robotics

Safety

Scholarship

Scuba Diving

Search & Rescue

Shotgun Shooting

Skating

Soil & Water Conservation

Space Exploration

Sports

Sustainability

Swimming

Traffic Safety

Water Sports (waterskiing)

Weather

Wilderness Survival

Troop 53 Badges in Need of a Counselor (66)

American Business

American Cultures

American Heritage

American Labor

Animal Science

Animation

Archaeology

Art

Athletics

Basketry

Bird Study

Bugling

Climbing

Composite Materials

Dentistry

Disabilities Awareness

Entrepreneurship

Farm Mechanics

Fingerprinting

Fire Safety

Fish & Wildlife Management

Fly Fishing

Forestry

Genealogy

Geology

Golf

Graphic Arts

Horsemanship (I have a possible counselor)

Indian Lore

Insect Study

Inventing

Journalism

Kayaking

Landscape Architecture

Law

Medicine

Metalwork

Mining in Society

Model Design & Building

Moviemaking

Nature

Nuclear Science

Oceanography

Plumbing

Pottery

Public Health

Pulp & Paper

Radio

Railroading

Rowing

Salesmanship

Scouting Heritage

Sculpture

Signs, Signals, & Codes

Small-boat Sailing

Snow Sports (skiing)

Stamp Collecting

Surveying

Textiles

Theater

Truck Transportation

Veterinary Medicine

Welding

Whitewater

Wood Carving

Woodwork