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 How to Get a Merit Badge at Home - Obtain a blue-card from Mr. Orlando at a meeting
- Pick out a counselor for the desired badge (Mr. Orlando will e-mail you a list of counselors)
- Contact counselor and meet with him/her to form a plan to fulfill the requirements. Meet with the BEFORE you start the badge
- Enact plan and complete requirements, check work with counselor periodically to make sure everything is correct
- Meet with counselor one last time to sign off on the blue card
- Hand blue-card in to Mr. Orlando
Congratulations, you have a merit badge!for a list of merit badges and their requirements go to
How to Get a Merit Badge at Summer Camp - Sign up for merit badges with leader in charge at the Summer Camp Meeting which will be scheduled prior to camp
- Check for any pre-requisites and complete them BEFORE you leave for camp
- Pick up blue cards you need from leader in charge at camp the day you start your first class
- Attend ALL classes, requirements will be fulfilled as classes progress
- Blue cards will be handed directly to the leaders, they will double check with you that everything is accurate
- Completed Merit Badges will be recorded and Merit Badges will be presented at the Court of Honor in September. All incomplete cards will be given out at the circle up prior to leaving camp.
While there are 130 merit badges offered, There are 13 merit badges everyone must earn to become an Eagle scout, they are:
- First Aid
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communications
- Personal Fitness
- Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving
- Environmental Science
- Personal Management
- Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling
- Camping
- Family Life
- Cooking
Note: If you receive both Emergency Preparedness and Lifesaving, only one can count as an Eagle Required badge, the other can be used as an elective merit badge. The same applies for Swimming, Hiking, and Cycling.
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In order to receive the rank of eagle scout the requirements as stated in the scout handbook are as follows:
- Be active in your team, crew, or ship for a period of at least six months after you have achieved the rank of life scout.
- Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the scout oath and law in your daily life. List the names of individuals who know you personally and would be willing to provide a recommendation on your behalf, including parents/guardians, religious, educational, and employer references.
- Earn a total of 21 merit badges including the following: (a) first aid, (b) citizenship in the community, (c) citizenship in the nation, (d) citizenship in the world, (e) communications, (f) personal fitness, (g) emergency preparedness OR lifesaving, (h) environmental science OR sustainability, (i) personal management, (j) swimming OR hiking OR cycling, (k) camping, (l) family life, and (m) cooking.
- While a life scout serve actively for a period of six months as one of the following positions of responsibility: Patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, venture patrol leader, order of the arrow representative, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, bugler, junior assistant scoutmaster, chaplain aide, instructor, or webmaster or leave no trace trainer.
- While a Life scout plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or your community. (The project should benefit an organization other than boy scouting.) The project plan must be approved by the organization benefiting from the effort, your scoutmaster and troop committee, and the council or district before you start. You must use the eagle scout service project workbook, No. 512-927 in meeting this requirement.
- Take part in a scoutmaster conference.
- Successfully complete an eagle board of review.
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As stated in The Boy Scout Handbook: While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to your religious institution, school, or your community. (The project should benefit an organization other than the BSA.) The project plan must be approved by the organization benefiting from the effort, your unit leader (Scoutmaster, Varsity Scout Coach, Venturing crew Advisor), unit committee, and by the council or district advancement committee before you start. You must use the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook (No. 512-927 or its online equivalent on the National Eagle Scout Association’s Web site, http://www.NESA.org) in meeting this requirement. http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/512-927_fillable.pdf
Does the leadership service project for Eagle have to be original, perhaps something you dream up that has never been done before? The answer: No, but it certainly could be. You may pick a project that has been done before, but you must accept responsibility for planning, directing, and following through to its successful completion.
Limitations
- Routine labor (a job or service normally rendered) should not be considered.
- Projects involving council property or other BSA activities are not acceptable.
- Projects may not be performed for businesses or an individual.
- Projects may not be of a commercial nature.
- Projects may not be a fund-raiser. Fund-raising is permitted only for securing materials needed to carry out the project.
- Donors to projects must be made aware of what entity is benefiting from the project, and that it clearly is not the Boy Scouts of America.
- Any funds raised for a project and not used for the purchase of project materials must be returned to the donors.
- No minimum number of hours is required.
- The project is an individual matter; therefore, two Eagle Scout candidates may not receive credit for working on the same project.
Before You Start
The project plan must be reviewed and approved by the beneficiary of the project, your unit leader, the unit committee, and the council or district advancement committee before the project is started.
The following questions must be answered before giving this approval:
- What is the project you are planning?
- Who will benefit from the project?
- How will they benefit?
- What representative of the project’s beneficiary will be contacted for guidance in planning the project?
- What are the project planning details?
Remember, the project must be approved before you begin, so make sure all signatures have been secured before you start the project. You must be a Life Scout before you begin an Eagle Scout leadership service project.
Does the leadership service project for Eagle have to be original, perhaps something you dream up that has never been done before? The answer: No, but it certainly could be. You may pick a project that has been done before, but you must accept responsibility for planning, directing, and following through to its successful completion.
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