For a Complete List of Merit
Badge Counselors in your District contact your District
Advancement Chair
If you are interested in serving
as a Merit Badge Counselor you must complete a Merit
Badge Counselor Application and an Adult Leader Application, even if you are already
a registered leader, to the District Advancement Chairman. The District
Advancement Chairman then will bring it to the District Committee
for approval. Each District Maintains there own local list
of who has been approved for what merit badges. It is recommended
that Merit Badge Counselors limit their choice of merit badges
to seven. There is no registration fee for Merit Badge
Counselors.
Introduction to Merit Badges
You can learn about sports, crafts,
science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn these
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
your Scoutmaster about your interests. Read the requirements
of the merit badges you think might interest you. Pick one to
earn. Your 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. Many troops and
school or public libraries have them.
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."
Source: Boy Scout Requirements,
#33215E, revised 2002
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