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Merit badges are the bread and butter ingredients for the advanced to the ranks of Star, Life, Eagle, and Palm Scout. They offer a young man a glimps of the world beyond his normal activity.  Some are critical to each of these advanced ranks, but many offer an organized way for exploring new horizions.

The troop needs counselors for every merit badge.  As a parent of a Scout or as member of the Little Rock First Baptist Church, you are encouraged to contact the Scoutmaster to be of service for a particular merit badge or badges as might relate to one of your skills. There are no dues for this service, but you must be registered with the Quapaw Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Your reward for being of help will be the satisfaction of helping a young man explore an area of deep interest to you.  To help, simply complete the MBC Personal Data form, and an adult Scout application, which you can get from your Scoutmaster or the Troop Librarian.

The merit badges are listed in the order of those required for Scout rank advancement to Eagle Scout and electives beyond.  When a boy completes a Scouting career he builds knowledge about many possible life endeavors and useful skills.  We challenge anyone to name one other activity that offers so much to a boy’s confidence building as does Boy Scouts.   If your boy isn’t in Boy Scouts, he certainly should be a member!  

Merit badges:

* = Summer Camp Option (Shotgun & Rifle--Must be 13 + 1st Class)
 @ = Summer Camp Pioneer Trail for 1st yr. Scouts     
+ = Merit Badge University Option, $6.50 registration fee    
! = Rotary Club Option, Contact Jean Hester @ Scout Off. 664-4780, x221

Required for Advancement to Eagle Scout:

Camping*!       Citizenship in the Comunity+!      Emergency Prep* OR
Communications!    Citizenship in the Nation+!         Life Saving*
Family Life                Citizenship in the World+!           Cycling* OR
Personal Fitness*    Environmental Science *             Hiking OR
First Aid+                   Personal Management                Swimming*!

           Pioneer Trail for First Year Scouts while at Summer Camp:

Knots & Lashing @          Patrol Cooking @                  Wood Tools @
Map & Compass @          Fire Building @                      Citizenship @

                                         Other Individual Electives:

American Business!           American Culture+        American Heritage
American Labor                   Animal Science              Archaeology+
Archery*                                 Architecture+!               Art+
Astronomy*                           Athletics!                          Atomic Energy!
Auto Mechanics+                Aviation!                          Backpacking
Basketry*                                Bird Study*                 Bugling (see Music)
Canoeing*!                             Chemistry                       Cinematography
Climbing*                                Coin Collecting+!           Collections
Computers+!                          Cooking*                      Crime Prevention+
Dentistry                                Disabilities Awareness Dog Care
Drafting                                   Electricity+                      Electronics
Energy                                     Energy+                           Engineering+!
Entrepreneurship                 Farm Mechanics            Fingerprinting+
Fire Safety+                           Fish & Wildlife Mgt.*       Fishing*
Forestry*                                Gardening!                       Geneology+!
Geology*                                 Golf                                    Graphic Arts+
Home Repairs                       Horsemanship               Indian Lore*+
Insect Study                           Journalism+                   Landscape
Law+!                                      Leatherwork*                 Mammal Study*+
Medicine+                              Metalwork                  Model Design & Bld.
Motorboating*!                     Music & Bugling            Nature*
Oceanography*                      Orienteering*                   Painting+
Pets                                         Photography+                 Pioneering*!
Plant Science                        Plumbing                         Pottery+
Public Health+                       Public Speaking+!           Pulp & Paper
Radio+                                     Railroading                     Reading+
Reptile & Amphibian*           Rifle Shooting*               Rowing*
Safety                                       Salesmanship!               Scholarship!
Sculpture+                             Shotgun Shooting*!       Skating
Small-Boat Sailing*              Snow Sports              Soil & Water Cons.*
Space Exploration*               Sports                              Stamp Collecting
Surveying+                             Textiles                            Theater+
Traffic Safety+                Truck Transportation   Veterinary Medicine+
Water Skiing!                          Weather+*                           Whitewater!
Wilderness Survival*           Wood Carving*                Woodworking

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