Public Health Merit Badge

• 30 December 2021 7-10am 

• Ever wonder who public health concerns such as Covid 19 are handled and by whom?

• events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eiyjyzpu7134ba8a 

Health Care Professions Merit Badge

• 30 December 2021 10am-1pm

• This Merit Badge Replaces the Medicine Merit Badge

• Learn about many of the professions that make up the field of Health Care

• events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eiyjyzpd005b91b3 

Medicine Merit Badge

• Last class ever is on the 16th and 23rd December 2021 

• This Merit Badge will Retire 31 December 2021 

• Scouts who started this merit badge prior 31 December 2021 may continue to work on it

• Scouts may not start this merit badge after 31 December 2021

• conta.cc/3CWRb0j

Citizenship in Society Merit Badge

• Citizenship in Society will be Eagle required on July 1, 2022

• Our Council is running a pilot Citizenship in Society Merit Badge course over the holidays.  

• Expect more classes soon

• Read about it here:
  filestore.scouting.org/filestore/merit_badge_reqandres/CitizenshipSociety_ScoutReqs.pdf 

More Merit Badges

• Notes from previous Merit Badge Classes can be found on our Merit Badge Resources Page

• The full list of Merit Badges can be found here

• If you have already started a merit badge, you can continue to work on it until you are 18 years old

• If you are interested in starting a merit badge, take a look at the requirements and talk to your Scoutmaster

Virtual Opportunities

• Merit Badge University at MSUB will be going virtual this year. Merit Badge will be offered on Google Classroom.
  drive.google.com/file/d/1gE5qTJbjIUxvsX67G0CDFfN43yVogSux

• Jessica Spitcaufsky's list of Google Classroom MBs
  www.facebook.com/download/1365762810549880/MB%20Classes.docx 

• Merit Badge Classes with Tammy
  www.facebook.com/Merit-Badge-Classes-With-Ms-Tammy-101956748339230 

From Rebecca Benjamin T299 Last update 12/15/21:
docs.google.com/document/d/1fPCvGdWf0T6xDg4nnejzbEogDozPlK8yJdKTrXCXTVw/edit   

Community Service / Conservation

• Letters Against Isolation
  www.lettersagainstisolation.com 

• Kindness Rocks Project
  www.thekindnessrocksproject.com 

• Operation Christmas Cards for our Troops
  www.usasoa.org/christmas-cards-for-our-deployed-troops 

• Holiday Cards for Our Military Challenge
  militaryholidaycardchallenge.com/how-to-send 

Religious/Culture 

• Oct 2022 Jamboree-on-the-Air/Jamboree-on-the-Internet (JOTA/JOTI)
  www.jotajoti.info

  • ScoutWired also runs online gaming in conjunction with JOTI and allows you the ability to connect with Scouts all over the world
    scoutwired.org   

  • Participation in the event counts towards the International Spirit Award
    usscouts.org/awards/intl-spirit.asp

Merit Badge Universities etc. 

• 12/27 & 12/28 MB Extravaganza Alamo Council
  www.alamoareabsa.org/camping/merit-badge-university 

• 12/27- 12/30 Virtual MB College Cape Fear Council
  www.capefearcouncilbsa.org/event/virtual-merit-badge-college-3 

• 1/8 & 1/9 Western Los Angeles Council Virtual MBU
  bsa-la.org/vmbu

• Monthly Buckeye Council Home Scouting Adventure Club
  www.homescouting.org/hac 

• Various Dates Aviation & Weather MB Hiller Aviation Museum
  www.hiller.org/learn-and-discover/scouts-bsa-mb 

• Various Dates Chess MB Kansas City Chess Club
  www.kansascitychessclub.com/boy-scout-merit-badge-class 

• Various Dates Chess MB Saint Louis Chess Club
  saintlouischessclub.org/scoutsbsa 

• Various Dates Engineering MB Western Los Angeles Council/Harley Davidson Museum
  bsa-la.org/scout-virtual-experience 

• Various Dates Oceanography & Environmental Science MOTE Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
  mote.org/education/schools-groups/scout-badge-patches 

• Various Dates Architect MB Eastern State Penitentiary
  www.easternstate.org/scoutdays

• Various Dates Railroad MB Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation
  www.larhf.org/boy-scout-merit-badge

• Various Dates & MB’s Omaha Zoo
  www.omahazoo.com/scout-programs

• Various Dates & MB’s Burpee Museum of Natural History
  burpee.org/bsa-scouts 

• Various Dates & MB’s Scoutmaster Bucky
  scoutmasterbucky.com 

• Various Dates & MB’s Josh Cromer
  www.facebook.com/groups/283069983359318  

• Various Dates & MB’s Weavil's Virtual MB’s
  www.facebook.com/Weavils-Virtual-Merit-Badges-100239335180911 

• Various Dates & MB’s Erin McCown Foster
  www.facebook.com/groups/304002920737030 

• Various Dates & MB’s Calcasieu Council
  www.calcasieubsa.org/VirtualMB 

• Various Dates & MB’s Daniel Boone Council
  www.danielboonecouncil.org/virtual 

• Various Dates & MB’s New England base Camp
  www.newenglandbasecamp.org/online-merit-badge-classes 

• Various Dates & MB’s Epic Badges
  epicbadges.com 

Self-Paced Merit Badge Opportunities: 

• Art MB
  sandramucha.thinkific.com/courses/Virtual-Art-Merit-Badge

• Edmond Historical Museum
  www.edmondhistory.org/scout-merit-badge-programs

• Engineering Merit Badge via SAFER-SIM
  safersim.nads-sc.uiowa.edu/emb

• Traffic Safety Merit Badge via SAFER-SIM
  safersim.nads-sc.uiowa.edu/tsmb 

• Collections MB
  docs.google.com/presentation/d/1D7VlH9xzqt6i046GPpIZvWffwSo6aOWICNRBPuBVv0w

• The Henry Ford Museum Inventing MB (to use as a supplement)
  www.thehenryford.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/default-document-library/inventingmeritbadge.pdf 

• The Henry Ford Museum Entrepreneurship MB (to use as a supplement)
  www.thehenryford.org/documents/default-source/default-document-library/entrepreneurshipmeritbadge.pdf 

• First Aid course (to use as a supplement)
  www.futurelearn.com/courses/basic-first-aid

• E-Prep course (to use as a supplement)
  www.futurelearn.com/courses/emergency-planning-preparedness

• Working on Leatherwork, Basketry, Robotics, Woodcarving? Although these Merit Badges are some of the fun ones to take at Summer Camp if you decide to work on them sooner you can purchase kits online:
  blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2020/04/07/check-out-this-scout-shop-gear-to-help-work-on-merit-badges

• Bryon on Scouting lists 58 MB's that you can work on at home that does not involve a visit to a public place or company.
  blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2020/03/20/merit-badges-for-social-distancing

• MB requirements and worksheet aids:  
  usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/list.asp

• MB Depot Resource Library:  
  sites.google.com/view/meritbadgedepot