You can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn 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.

Worksheet for Building Merit Badge Counselor List
Merit Badge Counselor Application

Introductory Guide for Merit Badge Counselors
Merit Badge Validation Form

Understanding The Merit Badge Process

Merit Badge Passport Account via The Summit

Merit Badge Counselor Quiz - (Answers)

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International Awareness Religious Emblem Program     
04/05/2014
8:30 AM - 1:30 AM
Holy Resurrection Melkite Catholic Church
4611 Glenmawr Ave, Columbus

The Catholic Committee on Scouting offers an annual International Awareness emblem program. This program is one of the best kept secrets in the Columbus Diocese for any youth or adult, male or female. A fascinating and informative program is presented in the Holy Resurrection Melkite Church, an Eastern Rite Catholic Church in Columbus.The program earns each participant an International Pin and Patch for Cub Scout and a lunch and an International Pin, Patch and Medallion for Boy Scouts. This program clearly provides the best and the most interesting way to earn this emblem.

Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.


Cost: $9-$20

Contact: Catholic Committee on Scouting
Kevin Miller Chairman, DCCS

Register

Eagle Required Merit Badges

    Camping        Citizenship        Citizenship      Citizenship      Communications

                          Community           Nation              World

Environmental     Family Life          First Aid           Personal           Personal

    Science                                                               Fitness          Management

      Cycling    or      Hiking    or     Swimming

   Emergency  or  Lifesaving 

 Preparedness

   American              American          American         American          Animal               

    Business             Culture            Heritage            Labor             Science

  Archaeology       Archery           Architecture              Art                 Astronomy

    Athletics            Automotive           Aviation          Backpacking        Basketry

                            Maintenance

        Bird                  Bugling             Canoeing          Chemistry      Cinematography

      Study

    Climbing                 Coin              Collections         Composite        Computers

                              Collecting                                     Materials

     Cooking               Crime              Dentistry           Disabilities               Dog

                             Preventions                                Awareness               Care

     Drafting            Electricity           Electronics            Energy            Engineering

Entrepeneurship        Farm           Fingerprinting             Fire                    Fish

                              Mechanics                                        Safety                   &

                                                                                                      Wildlife Managment

      Fishing             Fly Fishing           Forestry           Gardening         Geneaology

   Geocaching           Geology                Golf                  Graphic               Home

                                                                                       Arts                 Repairs

Horsemanship          Indian                Insect             Inventing            Journalism

                                 Lore                   Study

   Landscape             Law                  Leather             Mammal             Medicine

  Architecture                                      Work                 Study

   Metalwork        Model Design     Motorboating           Music                Nature

                                    &

                               Building

     Nuclear          Oceanography    Orienteering         Painting                 Pets

     Science

 Photography       Pioneering             Plant                Plumbing             Pottery

                                                        Science

       Public                 Public                  Pulp                  Radio               Railroading

      Health              Speaking                 &

                                                          Paper

     Reading               Reptile                 Rifle                Rowing                Safety

                                     &                 Shooting

                              Amphibian

 Salesmanship     Scholarship           Scouting                Scuba              Sculpture

                                                         Heritage                Diving

    Shotgun              Skating             Small-Boat              Snow                    Soil

    Shooting                                         Sailing                 Sports                     &

                                                                                                          Water Conservation

      Space                Sports                Stamp              Surveying            Textile

  Exploration                                   Collecting

     Theatre               Traffic                  Truck                Veterinary            Water

                                Safety         Transportation          Medicine              Sports

    Weather           Whitewater        Wilderness           Wood               Woodwork

                                                         Survival             Carving              

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