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Boy Scout Troop 750
(Henrietta, New York)
 
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Merit Badge Overview


Merit badges are required for advancement of a Scout after they have earned First Class, but there is more to merit badges than simply providing opportunities to learn skills. There is more to them than an introduction to lifetime hobbies, or the inspiration to pursue a career—though these invaluable results occur regularly. The uncomplicated process—beginning in a discussion with a Scoutmaster, continuing through meetings with a counselor, and culminating in advancement and recognition—provides several learning experiences. It gives a Scout the confidence achieved through overcoming obstacles. Social skills improve. Self-reliance develops. Examples are set and followed. And fields of study and interest are explored beyond the limits of the school classroom.


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 or other 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 to meet you to explain what is expected of you and to start helping you meet the requirements. You should also discuss work that you have already started or possibly completed.

Unless otherwise specified, work for a requirement can be started at any time. 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 the Troop Advancement Coordinator 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."

Merit Badge Counselors in our Troop





Directory of Troop 750's own Merit Badge Counselors

Merit Badge  Counselor  Notes
American Business
Ms. Popper
 
Animation              Mr. Grimes   
Automotive Maintenance Mr. Coloccia  
American Cultures
Ms. Popper

Citizenship in the Community Ms. Zuber, Ms. Popper
Eagle Required
Citizenship in the Nation Ms. Zuber, Ms. Popper
Eagle Required
Citizenship in Society
Mr. Coloccia, Ms. Popper
Eagle Required
Citizenship in the World Ms. Zuber, Ms. Popper
Eagle Required
Communication  Ms. Popper
Eagle Required
Cooking Mr. Poccia, Ms. Popper
Eagle Required
Digital Technology Mr. Coloccia  
Disabilities Awareness  Mr. Grimes   
Entrepreneurship Ms. Popper

Family Life Ms. Popper
Eagle Required
Geocaching Mr. Coloccia  
Home Repair Mr. Coloccia  
Law  Mrs. Grimes   
Music  Mrs. Haynes
 
Orienteering Mr. Coloccia  
Personal Management Mr. Buzard, Ms. Popper
Eagle Required
Public Speaking Ms. Popper
 
Reading Mrs. Grimes, Ms. Popper
 
Scholarship Mr. Coloccia, Mr. Grimes  
Sports
Ms. Popper
 
Traffic Safety
Ms. Popper
 

RMSC Merit Badge Programs



SCOUTING AT THE RMSC

Scout programming at the RMSC provides scouts with hands-on experiments and activities centered on the Scouts BSA and Girl Scouts of America badge requirements and the RMSC’s mission of inspiring curiosity, exploration, and participation in science, culture, and the natural world.

Experience instructor-led classroom activities and experiments along with exhibit exploration at the RMSC Museum & Science Center and outdoor programs at the RMSC Cumming Nature Center. Join us with your Den, Pack, or Troop here at the RMSC!

Full details here!