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http://www.minsitrails.com/Jambo100.aspx
Or Playwicki.org news item if you forget
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Cub Scout
◦ Belt Loops: Art, Astronomy, Compass, marbles,
Map, Music, and Science
◦ Shooting Sports
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Boy Scout
◦ “Select” merit badges
◦ Building Competition
◦ Hotdog Eating Contest
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Venture Scout
◦ Non-Specific Venture Program
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Early Fee for Weekend (by Mar 1)
◦ Youth $25, Adult $10
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Regular Fee for Weekend (after Mar 1)
◦ Youth $30, Adult $15
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Day Pass (by Mar 1)
◦ Youth $20, Adult $10
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Day Pass (after Mar 1)
◦ Youth $25, Adult $15
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Scoutmaster Award of Merit replaced with
Unit Leader Award of Merit
◦ Available across all branches of Scouting
◦ Requirements are profoundly doable
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Submission Reviewed by Council and
submitted for recognition
If earned, District would be glad to aid in
presentation to recognize excellent leaders
Form available Online, click on title
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Awards and Recognitions Information
◦ Outline of available awards for youth and adults
◦ Includes unique district awards
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Online Sign-Up for District Dinner
To Sign-Up for Event, click on event title
◦ Meetings – No Registration
◦ Events by 3rd Parties – No Registration
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Why?
◦ Fun – Some activities are enjoyable even without
getting a badge
◦ Economies of Scale – Instructors time is valuable,
large groups can be more efficient
◦ Promotes year round advancement – Prove there’s
more times to get badges than camp
◦ Ensures quality of instruction – Unit leaders see
every step of instruction, can help set standard
◦ Fits into troop program – some regular troop
activities are also requirements
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How Merit Badges Work
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Pick a Subject
Get Buddy
Contact Counselor
Show Your Stuff
Get the Badge
Steps for Troop-organized Badges May Be Different
But All Parts Still Present
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Time available
◦ Time Intensive Badges – Personal Management,
Personal Fitness, American Business
◦ Logistics Intensive Badges – American Cultures,
Backpacking, Cycling, Athletics, Public Speaking
◦ Short Badges – Textiles, Fingerprinting, Pets,
Electricity, Golf, Indian Lore, Mammal Study, Music
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Difficulty
◦ Whitewater – Contains some of the hardest badge
requirements, period.
◦ Other “Designed by Zealots” – Plant Science (try
Gardening), Medicine, Nature (trust me)
◦ Lesson: Not every kid can earn every badge
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Difficulty
◦ List of alternate requirements for Scouts with
special needs:
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Necessary Resources
◦ Require Tools – Woodworking, Photography,
◦ Hard to Get Experts – Cinematography, Genealogy
◦ Required Trips – May not have local resources that
fit with troop’s schedule.
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Getting Counselor – contact AnnaMarie
Pepper at apepper@bsamail.org for list.
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While any Scout may attempt a badge, some
are best done by certain age ranges.
◦ Social Development - Auto Mechanics, Traffic
Safety, Personal Management, Family Life
◦ Physical Development – Climbing, Archery, Shotgun
Shooting, Rifle Shooting, Athletics, Whitewater
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Change badge options based on ages
Have alternate program for those who won’t
benefit.
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Don’t assume that every Scout will attend
every meeting.
Try to complete whole requirements
Plan out several meetings for time-intensive
requirements
Limit meeting pre-requisites except when
easy to do at home or impossible to do at a
meeting
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Very easy in 1-to-1 to check every kid, not
always case in troop
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Individual review while doing troop activity
Take advantage of “discuss” requirements
Use patrols with adult supervision to verify
Worksheets + Group Discussion
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Entirely during troop meetings
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Engineering
Nuclear Science
Fingerprinting
Textiles
Art
Electricity
Electronics
First Aid
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Entirely during troop meetings plus a trip
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Astronomy
Bird Study
Forestry
Composite Materials
Archaeology
Wilderness Survival
Fire Safety
Fishing, Fly Fishing
Graphic Arts
Pioneering
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Finish during troop meeting after many trips
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Hiking
Backpacking
Canoeing
American Cultures
Orienteering
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Disabilities Awareness
Drafting
Model Design and Building
Radio
Space Exploration
Law
Theater
Journalism (two trips)
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Cooking (requires each Scout to serve three
people)
Nature (a lot of requirements)
Genealogy, Family Life (very personal)
Citizenship in the World and Nation (a lot of
definitions that Scouts need to prove they
know)
American Business (kids must run a business)
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National Offering Four Historic Badges
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Carpentry
Pathfinding
Signaling
Tracking
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Requirements:
Make an electric buzzer outfit, wireless, blinker, or other signaling
device. Send and receive in the International Morse Code, by buzzer
or other sound device, a complete message of not less than 35
words, at a rate of not less than 35 letters per minute.
Demonstrate an ability to send and receive a message in the
International Morse Code by wigwag and by blinker or other light
signaling device at a rate of not less than 20 letters per minute.
Send and receive by Semaphore Code at the rate of not less than 30
letters per minute.
Know the proper application of the International Morse Code and
Semaphore Codes; when, where, and how they can be used to best
advantage.
Discuss briefly various other codes and methods of signaling which
are in common use.
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Badge Reviews – Mr. D’s Merit Badge Reviews
on Usscouts.org.
Outlines and Help – New meritbadge.org
supplemental guides, meritbadge.org/wiki
Age Appropriate Activities – Guide to Safe
Scouting’s Age Appropriateness Chart
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