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Merit Badge Counselors Troop 304, Cub Scouts of America The Lovett School Kevin Link - Scoutmaster www.lovett304.com Merit badge sessions are currently provided monthly at the Scout hut and at summer camp by qualified counselors. With today’s challenging schedules, we must offer Scouts access to additional counselors who can guide them to the completion of eagle required badges. The following is requested to become an official Troop counselor: Completion of Merit Badge Counselor form identifying experience in subject matter Completion of 1 hour “Youth Protection” video. Any fees associated with becoming a counselor will be paid by the Troop. Troop Guide 29 Be Prepared!
Troop 304, Cub Scouts of America The Lovett School Kevin Link - Scoutmaster www.lovett304.com Merit Badges At each Troop meeting an adult leader, the Merit Badge Committee Chairman (MBC) will be responsible for giving out merit badge applications, receiving data about merit badges from Scouts, and resolving perceived errors in previously distributed data printouts (Individual History Reports). A second adult leader, the Scoutmaster or Assistant Scoutmasters, will be responsible for receiving data about rank requirements passed and resolving perceived errors in Individual History Reports concerning rank requirements. A. Merit badges 1. The Scout decides to earn a certain merit badge. 2. The Scout obtains a signed “Application for Merit Badge” (blue card) from the merit badge chairman at a Troop meeting. The Scout fills in his portion of the required information on the blue card, including the name of the merit badge (3 places) and the name of the counselor, Scouts name and address, troop number, district (North Atlanta) and area (Atlanta). 3. Please make sure you print neatly. Illegible cards will be returned to the Scout. 4. The Scout completes the requirements for the merit badge and has the counselor sign the blue card (2 places) and enter the date the requirements were completed (2 places). The counselor may keep the Counselor’s Record (far right) part of the card if he or she wishes. 5. The Scout brings the remainder of the blue card to the next Troop meeting and gives it to the MBC. 6. The MBC gives the Scout the middle section (Applicant’s Record) of the blue card to take home for safekeeping. 7. The MBC keeps the far left section (Troop Section) on file under the Scout’s name and informs the Scoutmaster of the date the Scout earned the badge. 8. The Scoutmaster transmits this information to the Troop Record Keeper for recording in the computer database. 9. The Scoutmaster purchases the merit badge for presentation to the Scout at the next Scout Meeting or Troop Court of Honor. 10. Sometimes a Scout will complete only part of the requirements for a given merit badge with a given counselor. In this case it is important that the counselor initial the center section of the blue card, showing which requirements the Scout completed and the dates they were completed. If the Scout completes the remaining requirements with another counselor, that counselor should initial the center section and then sign the blue card (2 places), showing the date the final requirement was completed. The Scout brings the completed blue card to the MBC at the next Troop meeting, as in No. 4 above. 11. On occasion a Scout may complete the requirements for a merit badge and not have a blue card available for the counselor to sign. In this case the best course of action is for the Scout to obtain a blue card from the MBC at a later date and then have the counselor complete it and sign it. If this is not Troop Guide possible, the Scout may 30 obtain a letter or other document Be Prepared! from the counselor, stating that the Scout completed “the following requirements on ____ (date).” The Scout may then bring this letter to the MBC at a Troop
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