Merit Badges
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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.
Merit badges are part of the requirements for earning high rank:
| Rank | Total badges | Including at least this many from the list below |
|---|---|---|
| Star | 6 | 4 |
| Life | 11 | 7 |
| Eagle | 21 | all 12 |
Required list for Eagle:
- Camping
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communications
- Environmental Science
- Family Life
- First Aid
- Personal Fitness
- Personal Management
- One of (Cycling, Hiking, Swimming)
- One of (Emergency Preparedness, Lifesaving)
Counselors
- List of counselors (last updated August 26, 2010)
- New counselor application: Microsoft Word format / PDF format
- Annual counselor renewal form
- Merit Badge Midway - Saturday, February 5, 2011 (tentative)
(annual merit badge workshop)
