Lake Travis Area Scouting
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Merit BadgesWe are working on three Eagle required merit badges in at our regular troop meetings. Those badges being Personal Fitness lead by Troy Cranford and Lee Blankinship, Personal Management led by Elizabeth Davis and Family Life led by Crystal Turnipseed and Cathi Brown. MBUMBU is on Saturday, February 18, 2006. Registration is now closed. See below for a definition of MBU. Merit Badge ProcessYou can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn merit badges. There are more than 100 merit badges. Any Boy Scout may earn any merit badge at any time. You don't need to have had rank advancement to be eligible. Pick a Subject. Talk to the Scoutmaster about your interests. Read the requirements of the merit badges you think might interest you. You can find the requirements at Meritbadge.com Pick one to earn. The Scoutmaster will give you the name of a person from a list of counselors. These counselors have special knowledge in their merit badge subjects and are interested in helping you. Scout Buddy System. You must have another person with you at each meeting with the merit badge counselor. This person can be another Scout, your parents or guardian, a brother or sister, a relative, or a friend. Call the Counselor. Get a signed merit badge application from your Scoutmaster. Get in touch with the merit badge counselor and tell him or her that you want to earn the merit badge. The counselor may ask you to come and see him so he can explain what he expects and start helping you meet the requirements. When you know what is expected, start to learn and do the things required. Ask your counselor to help you learn the things you need to know or do. You should read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject. Check with our troop librarian to see if we have a copy of the pamphlet. Show Your Stuff. When you are ready, call the counselor again to make an appointment to meet the requirements. When you go take along the things you have made to meet the requirements. If they are too big to move, take pictures or have an adult tell in writing what you have done. The counselor will ask you to do each requirement to make sure that you know your stuff and have done or can do the things required. Get the Badge. When the counselor is satisfied that you have met each requirement, he or she will sign your application. Give the signed application to your Scoutmaster so that your merit badge emblem can be secured for you. Requirements. You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated -- no more and no less. You are expected to do exactly what is stated in the requirements. If it says "show or demonstrate," that is what you must do. Just telling about it isn't enough. The same thing holds true for such words as "make," "list," "in the field," and "collect," "identify," and "label." The requirements posted on this system might not match those in the merit badge pamphlets because the pamphlets may not have been recently revised. Troop 52 information on who to contact for a Merit Badge counselor is on the following link. If you need a blue card, here you go. Adults, if you see a blank next to a Merit Badge you have skill to teach please contact Cave Wetterau. MBU - Merit Badge University is an event offered annually by the University of Texas. Approval forms must be signed by the Scoutmaster in order for you to take specific Merit Badges. Summer Camp - Merit Badges are offered at summer camp. Approval for the Merit badges to be taken must be received from the Scoutmaster. |
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