Burke Museum
Sat., June 6, 2012 | 10 am – 3 pm
$10 per Boy Scout; troop leaders and adult chaperones are free

Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts are invited to earn their Geology awards at the Burke with a special day of earth science activities. Geologists will be on hand to answer questions and direct activities for earning the Geology Merit Badge, Webelos Geologist Pin, Cub Scout Belt Loop, and Geology Academics Pin. Activities are scheduled to include mountain building, earth science careers overview, origins of fossils, volcanoes, mining and mineral recovery, Mohs’ scale of hardness and more! A merit badge counselor is available to certify completion.

To register for the Boy Scout Geology program, sign up at the Seattle Council event site. Register early as the event will close when full.

For more information, contact Burke Education 206-543-5591 or email burked@uw.edu.

Note: When we last went, it was a comprehensive program taught by a PhD, with the assistance of a geological engineer. Scouts who come with an eagerness to learn should be able to complete their badge on a Saturday afternoon. Parents can visit the rest of the museum, or remain with their Scouts (also open to Cubs and Webelos). Workbooks are provided by the Burke, and need to be completed in order to earn the badge.

If you haven’t yet completed your Indian Lore badge, several of the requirements can be fulfilled at the Burke exhibits after you finish Geology. Or take your GPS and explore some of the many Geocaches in the area for your Geocaching badge. This is an especially good idea if you’re taking the ferry and bus.

Directions to the Burke Museum

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Brinnon Fire Department
272 Schoolhouse Road, Brinnon

This is a First Responder merit badge day. Experts including Fish & Wildlife, Detectives, Police Officers, Firefighters, and EMTs will teach Scouts throughout the day. This is a great opportunity to learn from professionals in their fields.

In order that badges may be completed in a Scout-like and thorough fashion, each of the offered badges has prerequisites –

AM session (8:30-12:30)
American Labor (prerequisite = requirement 2)
Safety (prereq = 1,2,3b,4,6)

PM session (1-5)
Crime Prevention (prereq = 2,4,5,7)
Public Health (prereq = 5,7)

All day session (8:30-5)
Fire Safety (prereq = 6)

Cost: $10 per Scout (early-bird registration before March 17 = $5 per Scout)
To register, send email to LReynolds@BrinnonFire.org
Include Scout’s name, troop number, phone number, and choice of classes. Note: first and second choices should be listed for each session.
After emailing, please send registration check to: Lonnie Reynolds, Prepared for Life, PO Box 537, Brinnon, WA 98320.
Questions? Please email or call Lonnie at 360-765-0328

Camping the night before may be available at Camp Parsons. Contact the camp directly.

See the official flyer HERE.

November 19, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm (registration begins at 8:30 am) We will offer classes during 3 sessions:

Class 1: 9:00 – 10:30
Class 2: 10:40 – 12:10
Class 3: 12:30 – 2:00

Registration is now open.

If you are interested in a particular merit badge, teaching a merit badge at the fair, or have other questions please contact Clay Wilson

Location
LDS Bellevue South Stake Center 15205 SE 28th Street, Bellevue,
Behind the LDS Seattle Temple, East off 148th Avenue SE at the fire station
Mapquest is mostly correct, but follow SE 28th all the way to the end.

All Boy Scouts in the Cascade and Alpine Districts – *Now open to Boy Scouts from other districts & councils*

This is an opportunity for Boy Scouts to meet merit badge counselors, get started on a merit badge, possibly complete a badge, or complete a partial merit badge. Completing a merit badge start-to-finish in 90 minutes is highly unlikely. However, if you come prepared, having done most of the work beforehand, it is possible to finish the discuss, demonstrate, and explain portions of the badge.

What should you bring:

* Signed Blue Cards
* Paper and pencil for notes
* Merit Badge Book or printout of requirements
* Worksheets
* Evidence of completed projects
* Sack Lunch (lunch will not be served, but there is a break to eat sack lunches)
* Wear your uniform

One really nice thing about Cascade’s fair is that they will add badges if there is enough interest. So, when you sign up, make sure to use the request block at the bottom for other badges you may be interested in; say, Coin Collecting, Inventing, or Weather.

Please join us for our merit badge day!
On Saturday, September 10th, in observance of the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, we present:
Prepared. For Life.
In Case of an Emergency
A Meriting with the Experts series.

This is a day based around seven first responder type merit badges. Alan Peters, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Portland is the honorary chair for the day.

Experts, such as FBI Agents, Police Offices, Fire Fighters, and EMT’s, will teach Scouts merit badges throughout the day. Merit Badge Counselors will be available to sign off completed requirements for Scouts. Agencies will include Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, and Beaverton Police Department.

For $20 each Scout will have a full day to work on three merit badges. Some badges will be able to be complete in full, others will be partial completions. Please rate the merit badges in order of preference. 1 is the badge you are the most interested in, 7 is the badge you are least interested in. If you have already earned a badge please choose “already earned”. We will do our best to give everyone their top 3 badges. The price goes up to $30 on September 1st, so hurry and sign up today!

Check in will begin at 8:00 am with our opening ceremony at 9:00 am. Lunch and snacks will be provided. Our day will complete by 5:00 pm.

This event will be held at Whitford Middle School, 7935 SW Scholls Ferry Rd., Beaverton, OR 97008.

Final schedules will be provided to Scouts once classes have been set. Each Scout should bring a signed blue card for each badge they are signed up for.

We are offering the following 7 merit badges:

Crime Prevention

Emergency Preparedness (Requirements 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Fingerprinting

Fire Safety (Requirements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12)

First Aid (Requirements 2, 3, 6, 7)

Public Health (Requirements 3, 4, 6, 7)

Safety

Merit badge counselors are needed to be available throughout the day to work with Scouts as they complete their requirements. Are you interested in helping as a Merit Badge Counselor for this event? Click here to let us know you can help!

Click here to register.

Registration is now open to Scouts in all districts. Simply go HERE to sign up for badges.

This clinic is hosted over three days — some classes are a single session; others run the full time. There is a large selection, but spots fill quickly, so don’t delay. Don’t forget your pre-requisites (they’re listed).

SIGN UP HERE or at http://MeritBadgeClinic.org
Full flyer available here

Location: 625 M St. NE * Auburn, WA 98002 (look for the LDS building)
8 am – 12 pm
The fee is $4 per Scout for up to four MBs

Badge offerings:

Eagle Required MBs
First Aid, Citizenship in the World, Citizenship in the Community, Emergency Prep

Elective MBs
Pulp and Paper, Inventing, Surveying, Safety, Scouting Heritage, Geocaching

Historical MBs (completion deadline for Historical MBs is December 31, 2010 – Please review the requirements carefully before choosing these merit badges.)
Pathfinding, Signaling, Carpentry, Tracking

Please contact Richard & Melani Hunt at 253-833-2992 or Accuspect@comcast.net to register for your choice of four merit badges. Fee is $4.00 per boy. First Aid will count as two choices. Registration deadline is October 7, 2010.

** Each scout is responsible for providing their own unit leader signed blue cards for each merit badge.


(Editor’s note: This is a very well-run clinic with historically excellent counselors. Parents should know, however, that last year’s Citizenship in the World class was taught from a decidedly “left of center” slant where opposing Scout views were dismissed.)

Become one of the first Boy Scouts in the U.S. to earn the new Inventing merit badge! EurekaFest at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will be held on Saturday, Oct. 30, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Inventing merit badge counselors will be on hand to work with you at the museum and available to counsel you until you complete the merit badge.

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) partnered with the Lemelson-MIT Program, to develop the Inventing merit badge. The Lemelson-MIT Program is also sponsoring EurekaFest at OMSI. The badge focuses on the importance of being creative and inventive with solving real world problems. BSA and the Lemelson-MIT Program jointly introduced the badge at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in June and to the greater BSA community at the 2010 National Jamboree. Activity patches will be given to boys who bring their blue card and enthusiasm for inventing to EurekaFest at OMSI!

Download the worksheet for the Inventing merit badge and complete requirements 1, 3 a-c, and 5 before coming to EurekaFest at OMSI. There will be a meeting room at OMSI for Boy Scouts to discuss these requirements and get signed off on these and other requirements that can be met while at EurekaFest at OMSI. By the end of the day, Scouts will be prepared to go home and build an invention to solve a real-world problem of their own.

Boy Scouts must wear their complete Class A uniform for free museum admission to EurekaFest at OMSI.
(Free admission is for Boy Scouts only and does not include family members or friends.)

Click here for more information on the new Inventing merit badge.”

Yes, we know the patch is one of the UGLIEST of all, but the badge is pretty cool. It no longer requires a patent, but does need a good idea. OMSI is a fantastic science museum! Bring your whole family and make a day of it. If you live more than 100 miles away, an annual membership is only $60 for the whole family — the best part of that is that it’s a reciprocal membership; you can use it all year long at Pacific Science Center, the Museum of Flight, and 200+ more museums in the USA. Since the badge requires and idea, model, and prototype, Scouts should be prepared to receive a “partial” here, but should then be well-equipped to finish the badge locally.

The Evergreen Aviation Museum (Spruce Goose Museum) has its own Scouting coordinator. In addition to Astronomy, Aviation, and Space Exploration classes throughout the year, hundreds of Scouts get together for the annual Scouting University.

What better place to learn about Aviation than the home of the Spruce Goose and dozens of other aircraft! Instead of simply reading about Space Exploration from a book, enjoy the simulators, the actual crafts, and a rocket launching you’ll not forget inside the Space Museum. Pay a little extra and watch the I-Max Hubble 3-D movie.

It is the Merit Badge University that is the capstone of the Scout education, though. Choose from eleven different badges offered as three-hour or full-day blocks (additional badges may be added). Complete your prerequisites in order to have your blue card signed off. In addition to the day’s offerings, Astronomy happens on the night of the 28th. Camp in the Oak Grove on Friday and/or Saturday night for $7 per person and add days to your camping log. The grove is beautiful, well laid-out, and complete with full bathrooms (including showers).

Morning sessions:
Law
Composite Materials
Fingerprinting

Afternoon sessions:
Law
Fingerprinting

All-day sessions:
Automotive Maintenance
Aviation
First Aid
Photography
Radio
Space Exploration

For Scout groups that are well funded, consider adding a Night Flight. Scouts get to spend the night INSIDE the museum.

SIGN UP HERE, or email Cory Fuqua for more information.

Troops coming through Eugene, OR might consider adding a day to complete their Climbing badges at the Crux Rock Gym.
Troops coming from the North might consider the Railroading badge through Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club, or the Chehalis-Centralia station.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints * 200 S. 177th Pl., Burien, WA 98148 * (near the airport)

Pre-registration available through May 5, 2010. After that, Scouts accepted on space-available basis.

Badges offered (subject to change):

Eagle Required Merit Badges:
Camping * Citizenship in the Nation * Citizenship in the World * Communications * First Aid * Hiking

Note: Camping, Hiking, and Backpacking are offered on Friday night through Saturday morning.

Elective Merit Badges:
American Heritage * Art * Aviation * Backpacking * Energy * Medicine * Pioneering * Public Speaking * Sculpture * Weather * “Partials Class”

*Many badges include visits or community service hours that cannot be completed at a clinic. Partials will be issued when these have not been done beforehand.

Contact jsburrage@aol.com to sign up or for further information. Cost: $3 per Scout. Hot dog lunch included.

March 6, 2010 9:00 – 4:00
Chimacum LDS Church
Hwy 19 & Anderson Lake Road
Bring your sack lunch.
Doors open at 8:30 for registration, classes start promptly @ 9:00, ending times vary.
Classes will be filled by pre-registration date. Have a second choice in case first choice is full.

* The Blue Merit Badge Card signed by your Leader is your ticket to get into the class.
* Attendance alone doesn’t earn any merit badge.
* Some requirements may need to be completed outside of class.
* Wear your Scout Shirt & Be Prepared!

Merit Badges

Textile – Stamp Collecting – Scholarship – Collections – Public Speaking – Crime Prevention – Pulp & Paper – American Labor – Reading – Sports – Horsemanship – Golf – Photography – Cinematography

The most current worksheets can be found online at USScouts.

Register today: lbutler@waypt.com
Event questions, Call Kris 437-0115 or Lonnie 765-0328.

prerequisites

American Labor – (9:00-2:30) Requirement 2 – visit website and work on questions.
FULL! Cinematography – (9:00-2:30) Bring $2 for supplies
Collections – (12:30-3:30) Requirement 1 and bring your collection or a portion of your collection.
Crime Prevention – (9:00-12:00) or (1:00-4:00) Requirement 2- Home Inspection & Requirement 4- Neighborhood Inspection
FULL! Golf -(9:00-3:00) Bring your clubs and no coolers or boots are allowed on the course. Scouts golf free, adult golfers are welcome at a minimal charge. Scouts will golf Discovery Bay Golf Course.
FULL! Horsemanship – (9:00-4:00)
Photography – (9:00-12:00) or (12:30-3:30)
Public Speaking – (9:00-3:00)
Reading – (2:30-4:00) Bring completed worksheet anytime from 2:30-4:00.
Scholarship – (9:00-12:00) or (12:30-3:30)
Sports -(9:00-12:00) Requirement 5
Stamp Collecting -(2:30-4:00) Bring your completed requirements and collection anytime from 2:30-4:00
Textiles – (9:00-3:00) Requirement 2 – Bring samples of five different fabrics as described in the requirement.

time schedule

Merit Badges Morning (9:00-12:00) Afternoon (12:30-3:30)
Public Speaking All day class
Cinematography All day class (ends at 2:30)
American Labor All day class (ends at 2:30)
Textiles All day class
Golf All day class
Horsemanship All day class
Photography Session 1 or Session 2
Scholarship Session 1 or Session 2
Pulp and Paper Session 1 only
Sports Session 1 only
Crime Prevention Session 1 or Session 2
Collections Session 2 only
Reading 2:30-4:00 meet with counselor
Stamp Collecting 2:30-4:00 meet with counselor

Merit badges are EARNED; they are not given. Do not shortchange yourself by cutting corners. Read your merit badge book before class, do those requirements that cannot reasonably be done in a clinic setting, and come prepared.