Please read the Troop 373 Merit Badge Procedure page.
1) Some Merit Badges have more than one Troop 373 Counselor.
2) * = Eagle
Required MB ( Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving * ) (Swimming
OR
Hiking OR Cycling * )
3) Ask the Merit Badge Counselor Chair about Merit Badges not on the
list below.
4) Read the requirements
of the merit badges you think might interest you (Refer to the Merit
Badge Introduction
on the Official BSA Website). For guidance you can talk to a Scoutmaster
(or the Advancement Chairperson) about your interests or your current requirements
for advancement.
4) Some Counselors and all camps
will ask you to use a Worksheets for working on the requirements. These
are found on the SGVC
camping website or at the end of each MB at http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/meritbadges.asp.
Here
you will find the sheets in both Word Doc and PDF format. Arcadia Wilderness
Park also requires the worksheets.
5) (**) = Part of World
Conservation Award.
6) Thank you Troop 373 Leaders!
7) The Counselor may or may not teach some of the requirements, it
is up the Counselor. Counselors will answer any questions about the requirements,
but is not required to teach the MB.
8) A Scout must have a Troop Leader Signed Blue Card before calling
the Troop Merit Badge Counselor Chair.
9) Contact the Troop Merit Badge Counselor Chair for
the name and phone # of the Counselor.
Current Troop Merit Badge Counselor Chair is:
B a r b a r a S a r g e n t Phone 6 262-
3 5 1 - 0 8 5 2 e mail: bas91107 [a t] yahoo.com
The following are Merit Badges that Troop 373 has Counselors for:
American Business
American Heritage
Art
Astronomy
Automotive Maintenance
Aviation
Backpacking
Bird Study
Camping *
Canoeing
Chemistry
Cinematography
Citizenship in the Community *
Citizenship in the Nation *
Citizenship in the World * (**)
Coin Collecting
Collections
Communications *
Composite Materials
Computers
Cooking
Cycling
Dentistry
Dog Care
Drafting
Electricity
Electronics
Emergency Preparedness *
Energy
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science * (**)
Family Life *
Fire Safety
First Aid *
Fish and Wildlife Management (**)
Fishing
Fly Fishing
Forestry
Gardening
Genealogy
Geology
Golf
Graphic Arts
Hiking *
Home Repairs
Indian Lore
Insect Study
Law
Lifesaving *
Mammal Study
Medicine
Metalwork
Model Design And Building
Motorboating
Music
Nature
Nuclear Science
Orienteering
Painting
Personal fitness *
Personal Management *
Pets
Pets
Photography
Pioneering
Plant Science
Plumbing
Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper
Radio
Railroading
Reading
Reptile And Amphibian Study
Rowing
Safety
Salesmanship
Scholarship
Small-Boat Sailing
Snow Sports
Soil and Water (**)
Space Exploration
Sports
Surveying
Swimming *
Textile
Theater
Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation
Soil and Water Conservation (**)
Weather
Wilderness survival
Wood Carving
Woodwork
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Scouts Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval from your Counselor, see this link.
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The following is a list of all the BSA Merit Badges (as of 2009)
Link for current MBs from http://www.usscouts.org
Link for current MBs from http://meritbadge.org
Ask the Merit Badge Counselor Chair about Merit Badges not on the list above.
Bold are Eagle
Required MB ( Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving *) (Swimming
OR
Hiking OR Cycling *)
NEW Merit Badges.
These merit badges have been approved and are in development with the
following tentative launch dates.
* Scuba:
Q4 2009 Becomes effective January 1, 2010, but can work on it now.
* Scouting Heritage: Q4 2009
* GPS/GIS: Q1 2010
* Robotics: Q2 2010