Merit Badges ...

ATTENTION.....

Robotics, Inventing, GeoCashing, & Drafting are now full

If you are interested in Merit Badge Counselor Training click on the link below

Prompt merit badge registration assists camp directors in ~

arranging for merit badge counselors and assistants,
planning trailhead events, and
purchasing accurate advancement supplies.

AdvanceCamp provides scouts with the opportunity to complete advancement begun at another scout event, to start and complete advancement with the completion of all requirements during the camp, or to begin work on and make a contact with a counselor to complete a merit badge at a later time.

A few merit badges may have additional fees, i.e. leatherwork or basketry kits.
Scouts going for the Swimming MB or Lifesaving MB must come prepared to complete all phases of water requirements during Saturday clinic, including a change of clothes.
All merit badges will be completed using worksheets available at U. S. Scouting Service Website, so print out the worksheets using the links on the MB worksheet page here for each merit badge you plan to work on and bring them along with you to camp.
Each troop is to provide scouts with blue cards for merit badge advancement and scouts should bring their merit badge books to camp.

Make sure to send your merit badge signup form early to reserve your sessions and help make the camp experience more enjoyable for all by enabling us to be prepared!

Many Merit Badges has Prerequisites that should be completed before you come to camp. We have created a list to help you know if the Merit Badges you are working on have any of these prerequisites. Click this link to see the list.

Merit Badges offered in camp ...
Merit Badges for this years event

Attention~ The Merit Badges in bold represent Eagle Required Merit Badges

All Badges are Half day Unless Noted.

Those In Bold are Eagle Required

GeoCashing MB Students:You must Read the notes at the bottom of this page to participate in the Merit badge!!!!

*Drafting Merit Badge worksheet has been updated Please read and print the new Worksheet.

Merit Badge Prerequisites

American Heritage	Electricity	Orienteering
Art $10 Extra Cost	Emergency Preparedness	Personal Fitness
Astronomy	Environmental Science	Personal Management
Auto Maintenance	Family Life	Photography
Aviation	Fingerprinting	Public Health
Basketry $10 Extra Cost	Fire Safety	Public Speaking
Camping	First Aid	Pulp and Paper $10 Extra Cost
Chemistry	Geocaching	Railroading
Cit in the Community	Indian Lore	Reptile and Amph Studies
Cit in the Nation	Inventing	Robotics $25 Extra Cost
Cit in the World	Law	Safety
Communications	Leatherworks $10 Extra Cost	Scouting Heritage
Computers	Lifesaving ALL DAY CLASS 13yrs & over $10 Extra Cost	Sculpture $10 Extra Cost
Crime Prevention	Mammal Studies	Swimming $10 Extra Cost
Dentistry	Music $10 Extra Cost	Weather
Disability Awareness	Nature	Wilderness Survival
Drafting	Nuclear Science 13yrs & over	Woodcarving 13yrs & over $10 Extra Cost

Geocaching MB Prerequisites

2011 Advance Camp

To be able to successfully complete your Geocaching MB at Advance Camp 2011 you absolutely must do the three items below BEFORE arriving at Advance Camp.

· Get an e-mail account. You will need to have an e-mail account or have free use of your parents/guardian’s account. You need this to communicate with the Geocaching MB consular and to set up free user account at geocaching.com. Work with your parent/guardian to set this up. Good options for free e-mail accounts include yahoo.com, hotmail.com, or gmail.com.

· Get a Basic Membership (free) at geocaching.com. Geocaching.com manages the worldwide listing of over 1.4 million geocaches. You will not be able to complete your Geocaching MB without a membership, and completing some of the requirements at Advance Camp will be more difficult. More on signing up for you geocaching membership is provided below.

Although not absolutely required, it would be helpful to watch the two videos below. This will make the MB class at advanced camp go much more easily. Combined this videos are less than 5-1/2 minutes. These videos are as follows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4VFeYZTTYs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsE5XGIfHgo

What to bring to Advance Camp for the Geocaching MB

· At least two pens

· Your e-mail username and password (Remember for your own security never share your password with anyone)

· Your geocaching.com username and password (Remember for your own security never share your password with anyone).

· Swag. Swag is small tradeable items of negligible value. At geocaches you can take something if you leave something. Good trade items are very small toys, marble, polished rock, foreign coin, etc..

· Walking shoes. We will walk to find a few caches.

· GPS unit ONLY if you already have one and know how to use it. Do not purchase a GPS unit for Advance Camp or do not bring your unit if you don’t already know how to use it.

· A stamped, self addressed envelope.

What will be provided at for your use at Advance Camp.

· Loaner GPS unit to share.

· Loaner Geocaching MB booklets

· Geocaching MB worksheet.

· A trackable Geocaching Merit Badge geocoin that you will release into the “wild”.

· A stamped envelope addressed to your Geocaching MB consular.

What you will need to do after Advance Camp to complete your Geocaching MB

· After 30 days, go to geocaching.com and log into your account

· Either printout the page showing where your trackable has been OR transcribe the (1) list and order of where you geocoin has been and (2) what is the total mileage/kilometers your geocoin has traveled. If your geocoin didn’t go very far, write that down, sometimes that’s the way it goes.

· Write one paragraph about what you found interesting about your geocoin’s travels (or lack of travel).

· Mail your notes, paragraph, and blue card to the Geocaching MB consular in the envelope he provided. The MB consular will mail your fully signed blue card back to you.

Instructions for signing up for a Geocaching.com Basic Membership (free). You absolutely MUST do this before Advanced Camp.

1. Get an email account if you do not already have one.

2. Go to: http://www.geocaching.com/

3. Go to the upper right hand corner of the screen, click on “Register”

4. Scroll down a little. To the right of "Show me the Difference", click on "Get Basic Membership".

5. Fill out the basic membership form. You will need to create a user name and password, both of which you will need to remember and bring to advance camp. Read the limitations section click the box that you read it, and submit. You will need your e-mail account address to complete this form.

6. A verification e-mail will be sent to your email account. Click on the link to verify you account at geocaching.

7. Bring you user name and password to Advanced Camp, you will need it.