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Eagles Nest:
  1. Preston S. 03/14/2014
  2. Nicholas R. 12/14/2015
  3. Matthew C. 04/28/2016
  4. Jarod S. 06/30/2016
  5. Ethan M. 07/19/2016
  6. Armando S. 12/15/2016
  7. Zachary N. 03/22/2017
  8. Alex S. 05/12/2017
  9. Gerald T 09/20/2017
  10. Ozair A. 09/20/2017
  11. Safwan C. 08/01/2018
  12. John M. 08/06/2018
  13. Tanner S 10/03/2018
  14. Keegan C 07/10/2019
  15. Mark M 08/28/2020
  16. Thomas H 09/30/2020
  17. Jon R 11/08/2021
  18. Greyson B 03/02/2022
  19. Jacob J. 06/20/2022
  20. Nate F. 12/22/2022

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Merit Badge Counselors

Overview
Being a merit badge counselor is a very important part of scouting.  Without these counselors, boys will not be able to earn the eagle rank, the highest rank in Boy Scouts.
To be a qualified counselor, you need to be either: 1) trained, 2) experienced or 3) have a hobby in the merit badge topic.  Example, to teach the dentistry merit badge, an experienced dentist could be the counselor.  To see the list of all ~126 merit badges, you can look at: http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_Badges.

Signing up as a counselor
To be a registered merit badge counselor in Troop 1978, you need to follow 4 steps:
1.       Fill out an adult application that can be downloaded here: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/524-501A.pdf.  In the unit position area, use code 42.  For this form, there is no cost for merit badge counselors.  You must fill out this form (again) even if you are a registered adult leader.
2.       Fill out the merit badge counselor specific form at: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/34405.pdf.
3.       Take the youth protection training, which is online at: http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx
4.       Work with the committee chairman or advancement chairman to have a clear understanding of the level of quality that the troop expects or our scouts.

Counselor Training
As stated above, the troop has a requirement to have a high quality for our scouts.  We hold this level for all adult leaders who interact with our scouts.  We are happy to have a training session with any merit badge counselor so the counselor understands what is expected.



Submitted by: ksaye on Nov 29 2010

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