Introduction to Merit Badges via Scouting.orgMerit Badge Workbooks / Worksheets via usscouts.org__________________________________________________________________________________
Merit Badge Procedures
~No one may start a
MB until they have met with the Advancement Chairperson.~
1. Visit
http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mbindex.asp
- read through the merit badges and their requirements.
2. Choose
a Merit Badge (MB) that interests you.
3. Meet
with Advancement Chairperson to request a Merit Badge Counselor (MBC).
4. Print
the workbook for your MB.
5. Work
with your MBC to complete your MB.
6. When
you have completed all requirements for your MB, bring your workbook w/MBC
signature and date to the Advancement Chairperson.
7. Within
two weeks (generally), you will receive your blue card and merit badge at
Closing of the meeting.
8. At
the next Court of Honor (CoH – held twice per year), you will receive your
official MB card.
9. All
MB cards (blue and green/white), should be put in a safe place (baseball card
pages in a notebook work well for this).
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Whenever working with your MBC, you MUST
always have a buddy. This is a National
Advancement Committee requirement. Your
buddy can be a friend, fellow scout, adult (male or female), or parent. Your buddy does not have to do the MB with
you – they just need to be present with you.
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All MBs will be stapled onto blue cards the way
they should be sewn onto the sash – some MBs have no clear top or bottom so
hopefully this will help you properly orient them on your sash. Tips for sewing the first MBs on your sash
are available upon request (the goal is to sew them on once - J).
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Exceptions to the above procedures:
o
Summer Camp – Camp Rainey Mountain (CRM) will
provide a report to the Advancement Chair
o
Advance-a-Ramas (i.e. Walk-in-the-Woods,
Pathfinders) – these events dictate their own procedures so be sure if you register
at these events you email the Advancement Chair so that proper paperwork can be
provided or collected
Revised 07/01/12
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Counselors Needed!
These are the Merit Badges that still need counselors. All that is needed is to fill out an application, and info form - there is NO FEE to be an MBC. With more Merit Badge Counselors, we can offer more MBs to our boys more easily.Youth Protection Training
Merit Badge Counselor Information & Requirements
Merit Badge Counselor Information Form - Required
Adult Leader Application - Required
The following MBs have
additional training required for MBCs: Rifle Shooting, Shotgun
Shooting, Canoeing, Climbing, Lifesaving, Rowing, Scuba, Swimming, Snow
Sports, and Whitewater. Anyone interested in these MBs should
see Kim Ferbrache for further information.
All MBCs should also take
Hazardous Weather training available from the same site as YPT and MBC
training - this is something new they are asking for.