Resources for finding Merit Badge Counselors and earning Merit Badges
(Last Updated 9/10/2011)
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Merit Badge Red = Eagle Required |
Available at Yawgoog | Available at Resolute (not yet available) | Merit Badge College |
| American Business | x | ||
| American Cultures | x | ||
| American Heritage | x | ||
| American Labor | x | ||
| Animal Science | |||
| Archaeology | |||
| Archery | x | ||
| Architecture | x | ||
| Art | x | x | |
| Astronomy | x | x | |
| Athletics | |||
| Automotive Maintenance | x | ||
| Aviation | x | ||
| Backpacking | |||
| Basketry | x | ||
| Bird Study | |||
| Bugling | |||
| Camping | x | ||
| Canoeing | x | ||
| Chemistry | x | ||
| Cinematography | x | ||
| Citizenship in the Community | x | ||
| Citizenship in the Nation | x | ||
| Citizenship in the World | x | ||
| Climbing | x | ||
| Coin Collecting | x | ||
| Collections | x | ||
| Communications | x | ||
| Composite Materials | x | ||
| Computers | x | ||
| Cooking | |||
| Crime Prevention | x | ||
| Cycling | |||
| Dentistry | x | ||
| Disability Awareness | x | ||
| Dog Care | |||
| Drafting | x | ||
| Electricity | x | ||
| Electronics | x | ||
| Emergency Preparedness | |||
| Energy | x | ||
| Engineering | x | ||
| Entrepreneurship | x | ||
| Environmental Science | x | ||
| Family Life | |||
| Farm Mechanics | x | ||
| Fingerprinting | x | ||
| Fire Safety | x | ||
| First Aid | x | ||
| Fish & Wildlife Management | x | ||
| Fishing | x | ||
| Fly Fishing | x | ||
| Forestry | x | x | |
| Gardening | |||
| Genealogy | |||
| Geocaching | x | ||
| Geology | x | ||
| Golf | |||
| Graphic Arts | |||
| Hiking | |||
| Home Repairs | |||
| Horsemanship | |||
| Indian Lore | x | x | |
| Insect Study | |||
| Inventing | |||
| Journalism | x | ||
| Landscape Architecture | x | ||
| Law | x | ||
| Leatherwork | x | ||
| Lifesaving | x | ||
| Mammal Study | x | ||
| Medicine | x | ||
| Metalwork | |||
| Model Design & Building | |||
| Motorboating | |||
| Music | x | ||
| Nature | x | ||
| Nuclear Science | x | ||
| Oceanography | x | ||
| Orienteering | x | ||
| Painting | |||
| Personal Fitness | |||
| Personal Management | |||
| Pets | |||
| Photography | x | ||
| Pioneering | x | ||
| Plant Science | |||
| Plumbing | x | x | |
| Pottery | |||
| Public Health | x | ||
| Public Speaking | x | ||
| Pulp & Paper | |||
| Radio | x | ||
| Railroading | x | ||
| Reading | |||
| Reptile & Amphibian Study | x | ||
| Rifle Shooting | x | ||
| Rowing | x | ||
| Safety | x | ||
| Salesmanship | x | ||
| Scouting Heritage | |||
| Scholarship | |||
| Scuba Diving | |||
| Sculpture | |||
| Shotgun Shooting | x | ||
| Skating | |||
| Small-Boat Sailing | x | ||
| Snow Sports | |||
| Soil & Water Conservation | x | ||
| Space Exploration | |||
| Sports | |||
| Stamp Collecting | x | ||
| Surveying | |||
| Swimming | x | ||
| Textile | |||
| Theater | x | ||
| Traffic Safety | x | ||
| Truck Transportation | x | ||
| Veterinary Medicine | x | ||
| Water Sports | |||
| Weather | x | ||
| Whitewater | |||
| Wilderness Survival | x | ||
| Wood Carving | x | ||
| Woodwork |
Boy Scouts of America, in conjunction with the Knox Trail Council, have recently implemented new standardized requirements for all Merit Badge Counselors. As a result, a listing of official Council-wide Merit Badge Counselors is now being maintained by Knox Trail. The Knox Trail Council list is not publicly available, but Scouts can request Merit Badge Counselor contact information from either their Scoutmaster (Paul Hurney) or their Troop Advancement Records chairperson.
Scouts:
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Remember to obtain a signed blue card from the Scoutmaster before beginning work on a merit badge. |
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Any Merit Badge you start working on must be counseled by an approved Counselor from the offical Knox Trail Council list or through Yawgoog / Resolute / Cachalot / Merit Badge College. |
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Once you have completed all of the requirements for a Merit Badge and have every requirement signed off by your Counselor, be sure to hand in the completed blue card to Troop 182's Advancement Records chairperson. |
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There are a lot of merit badge resources available on the web including requirements, worksheets, reference material and helpful links: |
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Merit badge books can be borrowed from the Troop 182 library or purchased at the Scout Store |
In addition, to help Scouts plan their work for earning various Merit Badges, the lists below summarize merit badges that can be earned at Yawgoog, Camp Resolute, and the Fall & Spring Knox Trail Merit Badge Colleges (subject to change on short notice):
The following table provides a list of Troop 182 Merit Badge Counselors approved by the Council or in the process of being approved (periodically updated):
| Merit Badge Counselor | Merit Badges |
| Berlin, Chuck | Communication, Family Life, Cit. Comm/Nation/World, Personal Mgmt., Camping, Computers |
| Blum, Andrew | First Aid, Medicine |
| Bowden, James | Citizenship in the Comm./Nation/World, Golf, Skating |
| Craig, J Scott | American Business, Personal Mgmt., Public Speaking |
| Goldberg, Nancy | Composite Materials, Textiles, American Cultures, Scouting Heritage |
| Greiman, Virginia | Citizenship in the Comm./Nation/World |
| Hurney, Paul | Camping, Backpacking, Scholarship |
| Jain, Sanjay | Chemistry, Collections, Cycling, Emergency Preparedness, Family Life, First Aid, Home Repairs |
| Matzka, Michael | Computers, Genealogy, Law, Photography, Woodwork, Inventing |
| Murphy, Lauren | Family Life |
| Preston, Roger | Computers, Electronics |
| Preston, Sara | American Business |
| Siegal, Bruce | Family Life, Coin Collecting, Salesmanship, Collections |
| Wolfson, Beth | Law, American labor |
| Yuan, Liang | Environment Science, Family Life |
| Zabriskie, Star | Golf |