Electronic Version of Merit Badge Pamphlets
1 Vote On Idea Publish electronic versions of the merit badge pamplets to cut down on paper usage. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Technology (72)
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Merit Badges
From Basketry to Robotics, merit badges are where Scouts meet the wider world. These posts share counselor tips, workbook debates, new badge announcements and the stories behind favorite badges.
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Merit Badges posts from 2009
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Pharmacy Merit Badge
-1 Vote On Idea Being a service profession, pharmacy is a great match for Scouts. It involves helping people at all times and in recent years a number of national surveys have concluded that pharmacists are the most trusted professionals.
Celebrate the Circle of Life Merit Badge
-3 Vote On Idea Loss, death and grief are a normal part of the circle of life. Boy Scouts offers a safe and comfortable environment where boys can begin to learn, talk and ask questions about the often confusing life journey.
ESL Merit Badge
0 Vote On Idea Bob Lucas 804-270-1026 is not a volunteer just a citizen, he was watching the news where Brian Williams was talking about the Hispanic youth joining. He thought of a way to try and reach out to them.
Game Design Merit Badge (opens in a new tab)
1 Vote On Idea Since so many boys are interested in video game design, I think we should offer a merit badge based on this career. This could include storyboarding, graphic design, animation, illustration, testing, and marketing. Many colleges offer this as a major, so finding merit badge counselors should not be a problem.
Merit Badges
-6 Vote On Idea Instead of us all proposing individual new merit badges on the site, how about a total revamp of the system. I believe that Merit Badges should be categorized: Careers; Hobbies; Sports & Physical Fitness; Scoutcraft (or something like that).
Merit badge counselors
1 Vote On Idea Most adult unit volunteers are also merit badge counselors. It would be helpfull if a check box on the adult registratioin form was available for Merit Badge Counserlors to check off. It would save time, even if additional paperwork was required. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Applications & Registration (32) Mark as duplicate
Scouting Heritage Merit Badge
Have you heard about the Scouting Heritage Merit Badge yet? No? Well, that is probably because there is no such merit badge... yet. On the BSA Innovation Engine (found at http://ideas.scouting.org/ ) there are a lot of ideas thrown around for new merit badges.
Merit badge Counselors pay registration and do youth protection
1 Vote On Idea In order to keep a clean merit badge list, back ground check, and youth protection standard. We should charge a nominal fee for Merit badge counsselors. The national Scoutnet does not work in keeping this list current.
Skateboard Merit Badge
12 Vote On Idea Recently, the Innovation and Strategy Group received a request from the Action Sports Association, a non-profit organization focusing on increasing awareness, education, promoting activities and preserving awareness for the action sports industry especially, skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, and bmx biking.
Merit Badge program question
First I want to thank all the readers of the blog and listeners of the podcast for having the confidence in me or at valuing my opinion. The reason I write this is because over the last year or so emails flood my inbox asking questions, giving me feed back, and asking for my opinion.
Merit Badge Counselor-On-line training module-from myscouting.org
0 Vote On Idea In recent years I have noticed a trend in our council away from qualified individuals in the community who serve as a merit badge counselor toward Scouts only earning them in group sessions at the troop level or at summer camp.
Scouting Heritage Merit Badge
0 Vote On Idea Include Scouting Heritage as a Merit Badge. Many of our Scouts do not know about the movement of Scouting. Requirements could include some of the following. 1. Write an essay about one of the Founders of Scouting 3.
Merit Badge Counselor roster changes
1 Vote On Idea Would it be possible to modify the adult application so we can note which merit badges people are counselors for? This way, when we go to Scoutnet, we could run a report on who the counselors are for and what subjects there are counselors for.
Boy Scouts earn Composite Materials Merit Badges (opens in a new tab)
When thousands of composites manufacturers, suppliers and consultants converged on the Tampa Convention Center last week for COMPOSITES+ POLYCON 2009, 31 local Boy Scouts joined them. On Saturday, January 17, these young men attended the conference and trade show as part of "Think Composites," an outreach program for students developed by the American Composites Manufacturers…
Sporcle Merit Badge Game (opens in a new tab)
Hat Tip: BoyandGirlScouts.com: Play the Merit Badge Game Sporcale has a Boy Scouts Merit Badge Quiz Game on its website. The goal of the game is to list all 121 Boy Scout Merit Badges in under 10 minutes. About Sporcle Originally begun as a sports pick'em site, Sporcle changed directions with the response to the…
Duct Tape Merit Badge revisited (opens in a new tab)
I wanted to share something with you all. I don't think it will surprise any of you to know that we can look at the stats for this blog and see what posts are being looked at. Today, for the second time this month, one that I wrote just under a year ago got two…