Below is a list of Merit Badges and the current Troop 37 counselors.
Please note, this is not a full list of merit badges. Theses are the merit badges that Troop 37 has counselors for. For a full list of merit badge counselors in the Five Creeks District, or to become a Merit Badge Counselor, please contact Rob Nesvacil.
Camping - Dr. John Bush
Citizenship in the Community - Rob Nesvacil
Citizenship in the Nation - Rob Nesvacil
Citizenship in Society - Rob Nesvacil
Citizenship in the World - Rob Nesvacil
Communication - Bethany Larson
Cooking - Dr. John Bush
Cycling* - Mike Bertermann
Emergency Preparedness** - Mike Bertermann
Environmental Science*** - Open (often completed at summer camp)
Family Life - Bethany Larson, Jill Hughes
First Aid - Rhiannon Rose
Hiking* - Dr. John Bush
Lifesaving** - Mike Bertermann
Personal Fitness - Rob Nesvacil, Jill Hughes
Personal Management - Jill Hughes
Swimming* - Kyle Ritchey
Sustainability*** - Kyle Ritchey
* - Cycling, Hiking and Swimming: only one of the badges listed can be used as an Eagle-required badge. If another in the grouping is earned, it can be counted as one of the 7 optional merit badges required to reach Eagle rank.
** - Emergency Preparedness and Lifesaving: only one of the badges listed can be used as an Eagle-required badge. If another in the grouping is earned, it can be counted as one of the 7 optional merit badges required to reach Eagle rank.
*** - Environmental Science and Sustainability: only one of the badges listed can be used as an Eagle-required badge. If another in the grouping is earned, it can be counted as one of the 7 optional merit badges required to reach Eagle rank.
Art - Rob Nesvacil
Automotive Maintenance- Bill Wilczynski
Backpacking - Kyle Ritchey
Canoeing - Mike Bertermann
Climbing - Rhiannon Rose
Disability Awareness - Bethany Larson
Dog Care - Bethany Larson
Engineering - Matt Larson
Fishing - Will Haigh
Fly Fishing - Will Haigh
Fish and Wildlife Management - Will Haigh
Gardening - Rob Nesvacil, Bethany Larson
Graphic Arts - Rob Nesvacil
Journalism - Jill Hughes
Motorboating - Bill Wilczynski
Music - Mike Bertermann
Photography- Rhiannon Rose
Programming - Mike Bertermann
Public Health - Jill Hughes
Orienteering - Dr. John Bush
Reading - Rob Nesvacil, Bethany Larson
Scholarship - Rob Nesvacil
Snow Sports - Rob Nesvacil
Theater - Jill Hughes
Welding - Matt Larson
Woodworking - Matt Larson