Category: Merit Badge
Camp Out and earn the Chess Merit Badge too!
Start Date: 11/02/18 4:30 PM
End Date: 11/04/18 10:00 AM
All Day: No
Nights: 2
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park
Day 1: We’ll meet at Unity and drive to Andrew Jackson State Park, Group Camping Area to setup camp and cook dinner.
Day 2: We’ll cook breakfast at camp and drive back to Unity to participate in the Scouting for Food Service Project from 9am – 11am. Then return to camp, eat lunch, and spend the afternoon working on the Chess MB. The Scouts will then have some free time or work on other Scout Skills, and cook dinner.
Day 3: We’ll cook breakfast, break camp, have a church service, and drive back to the FM Post Office.
Get signed up in Troopmaster while spots remain!
Register now while spaces remain (20 max available spaces) for the Reed Gold Mine/Mining In Society merit badge campout on October 5th-7th. Cost is $25.
More scouts can attend, but only 20 classroom spaces are available total.
Sign up and get more details in TroopMaster
Download the Merit Badge workbook here
A Scout who is unable to complete one or more requirements can schedule later sessions with the counselor to demonstrate his knowledge or skills or requirement completions.
Preparation before class:
1. Scouts can print merit badge requirements from
a. http://www.scouting.org/meritbadges.aspx
or from
b. http://www.meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_Badge_Worksheets
Printed workbooks are optional and not mandatory but Scouts will find that workbooks from the www.meritbadge.org site will be helpful in organizing their work.
2. Scouts should bring these pages and blank paper and pen to the course for their notes and research. These items will not be supplied by the course instructors.
Preparation during class: All Scouts are expected to take notes and to write down answers to requirement questions as the information is presented during the course. These notes should be available at the end of the day to show the merit badge counselor on-site and to demonstrate your participation and learning to your Scoutmaster and other troop leaders. Scouts should keep these notes to avoid any concerns about the level of participation or accomplishment at Boards of Review or Scoutmaster Conferences.
**Mining in Society Merit Badge pre-workshop homework:**
1. Scouts should research and complete section 1(a)(b)(c) prior to arrival on site and Be Prepared to discuss with the group what they learned from this process.
a. Have answers written either in the workbook or organized on a separate sheet of paper.
2. Scouts should research 1 (one) career for section 8(b) and Be Prepared to present the selected career and related information to the group. Scouts will complete section 8(b) based on information they learn from other workshop participants during their presentations.
a. Have answers written either in the workbook or organized on a separate sheet of paper.
Click the link below to see the class schedule for scouts attending Summer Camp at Camp Bud Schiele.
2018 Camp Bud Schiele Class Schedule
Leaders and scouts of Troop 108 have the distinct privilege of providing a “good turn” for a member of our community on April 30th, 2018. The person that we’re assisting is a long-time supporter of Scouting and has a now grown Eagle Scout son.
Scouts will earn service hours and those working on Citizenship in the Community can gain some service hour time for their merit badge service requirement as well.
Here are the specifics:
- Our service project involves moving approximately 5 yards of dirt for a raised bed garden.
- Scouts should be dropped off and picked up at 110 Patterson Street, Ft Mill (see map below)
- Drop scouts off between 5 and 6pm.
- Pickup time between 8 to 8:30 (scouts will call if we complete our tasks early)
- Bring a BSA activity shirt (troop t-shirt or similar BSA related shirt)
- Bring gloves, shovel and wheel barrow if possible.
This is a great opportunity for us to get out in our community and make an impact outside of roadside litter pickup or Scouting for Food activities during the year.
| For those that signed up for Merit Badge Courses next week at the Spring Camporee, please note that there are some prerequisites to a few of the Merit Badges that must be taken care of before the boys arrive in class.
These are below:
Citizenship in the Nation:
Prerequisites that the scouts need to complete ahead of time are:
#2. Do TWO of the following:
a. Visit a place that is listed as a National Historic Landmark or that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tell your counselor what you learned about the landmark or site and what you found interesting about it.
b. Tour your state capitol building or the U.S. Capitol. Tell your counselor what you learned about the capitol, its function, and the history.
c. Tour a federal facility. Explain to your counselor what you saw there and what you learned about its function in the local community and how it serves this nation.
d. Choose a national monument that interests you. Using books, brochures, the Internet (with your parent’s permission), and other resources, find out more about the monument. Tell your counselor what you learned, and explain why the monument is important to this country’s citizens. (Note: Item D will be done in class.)
#3 Watch the NATIONAL EVENING NEWS five days in a row OR read the front page of a major daily NEWSPAPER five days in a row. Discuss the national issues you learned about with your counselor. Choose one of the NATIONAL issues and explain how it affects you and your family. (Note: This can be done with online national news site.)
Take a piece of note paper and write the following For each of the five days: # date, topic read for each day. Be prepared to discuss one article in class.
#8 Name your two senators and the member of Congress from your congressional district. Write a letter about a national issue and send it to one of these elected officials, sharing your view with him or her. Show your letter and any response you receive to your counselor.
Bring a copy of that letter to class for the counselor to review and sign off on.
Communication:
Prerequisites if scouts intend to complete the badge the same day are 5 and 8.
First Aid:
Scouts will need to bring a First Aid Kit. |
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Registration for the Troop 108 Merit Badge College being held next Friday evening and Saturday during the day will close automagically sometime tomorrow.
Scouts that have signed up for merit badges should go to the site below and download, print and start working in the merit badge workbooks.
Click here for downloadable merit bade workbooks
The more things that you do before hand (like complete the cyber chip for Digital Technology), the higher the likelihood that you can complete the badge that weekend.
See the post from November 17th for more information and the sign-up link
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The Mecklenburg County Council (Charlotte Area) will be offering a merit badge college event at Belk Scout Camp (9408 Belt Rd, Midland, NC 28107) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday – December 14, 15 & 16th, 2017.
Winter Camp offers all Scouts the opportunity to work on merit badges. Star Scouts may participate in a 3-hour Saturday afternoon conservation service project as required for advancement to Life Scout rank.
Scouts will camp in canvas tents in Cub World, eat heartily in the Dining Hall with meals prepared by a volunteer Cook Team, and participate in merit badge workshops. The following merit badges (with counselors and maximum enrollment) are on our schedule:
- American Cultures (offered to all Scouts) – Scott Phillips, Stuart Tucker
- *Citizenship in the Community – 6 – Dean Loven – one course
- *Citizenship in the Nation – 6 – Dean Loven – one course
- Climbing – Rob Seate – 8 – one course
- *Communication – Brady Drummond-Ryan – 15 – one course
- *Emergency Preparedness – Tony Bateman – 12- two courses
- *Family Life – Brady Drummond-Ryan – 15 – one course
- Fire Safety – Van Swepston – 12 – two courses
- Inventing – Mike McCoy – 8 – two courses
- *Personal Management – Kary Beaman – 8 – four courses
- Photography – John Mahaffey – 8 – two courses
- Scouting Heritage – Stuart Tucker – 8 – four courses
- Signs, Signals, and Codes – David White – 8 – two courses
* required for Eagle
All Merit Badge Counselors will be registered with BSA as adult volunteers and will be current on BSA Youth Protection and Merit Badge Counselor registration with the Council.
Scouts will register and pay individually. Parents and unit leaders are welcome and encouraged to register and attend and camp. If a Scout does not have a parent or unit leader on site, one of the staff adults will serve as his supervising adult and Scoutmaster. Supervising adults will sleep in a tent in the campsite for safety and discipline. Scouts and leaders will follow BSA Youth protection guidelines.
Cost is $75 per Scout. Cost for all camping adults is $25. Cost includes food (Friday night Cracker Barrel with dessert and hot chocolate, Saturday breakfast, lunch, supper, Cracker Barrel with dessert and hot chocolate, Sunday breakfast, snacks, all meals with vegetarian options), merit badge supplies, printing costs of merit badge workbooks for all Scouts, evening movie(s), facility use fees for Dining Hall and Learning Development Center, clean up supplies, event patch.
Check-in will begin at 5:00 pm on Friday at the Berry Shelter near the swimming pool. All Scouts and leaders will need to turn in BSA Health and Medical Record form Parts A and B (not requiring a doctor examination). See http://www.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_AB.pdf. These health forms will be returned at check out. In the event of illness or injury, the emergency will be assessed by Scout leaders and medical personnel on site and 911 services activated if warranted.
Blue card requirement: Each Scout must present to the counselor a separate blue card signed by their Scoutmaster indicating permission to participate in that course. Scouts should fill out the requirement grid portion of the card and have the Merit Badge Counselor initial this section of the card for each completed
requirement. When the Scout has completed all requirements, the Merit Badge Counselor must sign and date the card on 2 places. Each Scout is responsible to obtain these signatures and to turn the card in to his Scoutmaster so that merit badge can be registered and awarded.
Note that Troop 108 is not participating in this event as a unit. We are simply presenting the information to our scouting families so they can decide if this is something that they would like to participate in or not.
When: Friday – December 8 – 6pm – 10pm
Saturday December 9 – 9am – 5pm
Cost: $10
Registration: Sign up using the link below. Will remain available until sometime on December 4th when it will automagically close.
Where: Unity Presbyterian Church
Merit Badges offered:
1) Citizenship in the Community (Eagle Required) – Mr. Carter
2) Communications (Eagle Required) – Mr. Helms
3) Sustainability (Eagle Required) – Mr. Ross
4) Digital Technology – Mr. Helms
5) Coin Collecting – Mr. Carter
Schedule:
Friday – 5pm – 7pm – Digital Technology (Click Here For The Merit Badge Worksheet)
Snack Time
7:30pm — 9:30pm – Coin Collecting (Click Here For The Merit Badge Worksheet)
9:30pm – Parents pick-up Scouts
Saturday – 9am – 11:30am – Sustainability (Click Here For The Merit Badge Worksheet)
Lunch – 11:30am – 1pm
1pm – 3pm – Communications (Click Here For The Merit Badge Worksheet)
Snack Time
3:30pm – 5pm – Citizenship in Community (Click Here For The Merit Badge Worksheet)
5pm – Parents pick-up Scouts
Course Pre-requisites will be discussed at the Troop Meetings. Completing as many prerequisites as possible prior to the class will give scouts a better chance of finishing the badges during the event.
Scouts may sign up for as many or as few classes as they desire. Note that Sustainability, Communications and Citizenship in the Community are all Eagle required badges – this is a great opportunity to get a head start on these.
When signing up, you must sign up as an attendee ($10.00) AND select the class(es) you want to take.
Registration Is Now Closed For This Event
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Soon we will have the opportunity to sign our scouts up for merit bade classes at Camp Rainey Mountain for 2017. The faster our leaders can be when the class signups open to get our scouts registered the more likely our scouts are to get the classes that they want.
What do we need to make this happen? We need for our scouts to look over this listing of the merit badges being offered and select the ones that they would like to take. Then write down your selections and bring them to an upcoming troop meeting BEFORE MARCH 6th
OTHER IMPORTANT SUMMER CAMP DATES & INFO:
- Payment #2 of $100 is due no later than March 31st
- Swim Test – Date Yet-To-Be Determined – Probably at the Complex On The Greenway
- Health Forms – ALL health forms will be due no later than two weeks before we depart for camp. Summer requires all three parts A, B and C be completed. Part C must be filled out by a doctor.
Mrs. Ludolph will be leading the eagle-required Family Life Merit Badge beginning at 7pm on Monday, April 11th, 2016. This is for scouts who are First Class rank and above.
Come prepared with something to write on and something to write with. The requirements for the merit badge can be found by Clicking Here and the workbook for the merit badge can be found by Clicking Here.
