Merit Badge College/Opportunities
Click on a tab below to see what Merit Badge (MB) opportunities await your Scouts BSA or Venturing members. From our Council sponsored College, to district level Colleges or expos there is sure to be an opportunity that works for you.
2020 Resources and Information:
When:
- Registration Date: Opens on Wednesday, January 15th, 2020 at 9:00 am.
- Note – this is an individual sign up/registration. Do not attempt to sign up your whole unit, you will lose spots during process if you attempt multiple sign ups. Only a max of 4 Scouts will be able to be registered at a time.
- Class Dates: Saturday, February 29th, and May 9, 2020. 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Where:
- Interboro High School 500 16th Street, Prospect Park, Pa 19076
Cost:
- $21.00 per Cradle of Liberty Scouts BSA member
- 31.00 per Out of Council Scouts BSA member
- Cost includes:
- Registration for both days
- Blue Cards
- Patch
Cost does not include lunch. Please bring a no refrigeration needed lunch on the class days.
**Limited to the the first 750 Scouts that register online.
Space will fill quickly on registration day.**
- 2020 Event Flyer
- 2020 – Course Schedule
- 2020 – Facility Map
- 2020 – Merit Badge Prerequisite Information – List of requirments that MUST be done prior to Collge dates to finish the Badge at the College.
- Merit Badge Workbooks — Download/print these handy worksheets to help organize all of your work
2020 Merit Badge Offerings
- American Culture
- American Heritage
- American Labor
- Animation
- Art
- Astronomy
- Camping**
- Chess
- Cit. in the Community**
- Cit. in the Nation**
- Cit. in the World**
- Coin Collecting
- Communication**
- Crime Prevention
- Digital Technology
- Disability Awareness
- E. Prep.**
- Energy
- Engineering
- Fire Safety
- First Aid**
- Game Design
- Genealogy
- Geocaching
- Graphic Arts
- Indian Lore
- Inventing
- Journalism
- Law
- Medicine
- Mining in Society
- Movie Making
- Music
- Nuclear Science
- Oceanography
- Personal Management**
- Pets
- Photography
- Programming
- Public Speaking
- Pulp and Paper
- Radio
- Safety
- Salesmanship
- Scholarship
- Search and Rescue
- Sports
- Sustainability**
- Traffic Safety
- Truck Transportation
- Veterinary Medicine
- Weather
**Eagle Required MBs
**Limited to the first 750 Scouts**
All questions about Merit Badge College can be directed to:
Steve Perrone at sperrone@ppciga.org
Want to Complete your Partials from Summer Camp, Merit Badge College, or anywhere else ? If yes, we have the opportunity for you!
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Drop by anytime between 9 AM to 11 AM
No pre-registration or cost involved
Must bring your partial Blue Card(s) and documentation of the now completed requirements.
Merit Badge Counselors will be available to review the completed requirements.
Click Here to download and share the event flyer
Like Science Technology Engineering Mathematics? We have the event of the fall for you…
STEM Merit Badge College Saturday, September 28th at Holy Ghost Preparatory Academy located in Bensalem, PA.
Merit Badges offered –
Aviation Chemistry Composite Materials Electricity
Electronics Engineering Geology Oceanography
Photography Robotics Space Exploration
Nova Award –
Whoosh!
Join us in the great outdoors to earn some merit badges. October 19, 2019 from 8:00-4:30 in Nockamixon State Park.
Scouts BSA memebers can earn up to 2 merit badges (if they complete pre-requisites prior to event).
Limited to the first 200 Scouts.
No lunch provided please bring your own.
Merit Badges Offered
- Bird Study
- Enviromental Science
- Fish & Wildlife Management
- Fishing
- Forestry
- Geocaching
- Insect Study
- Nature
- Orienteering
- Plant Science
- Reptile & Amphibian Study
- Soil and Water Conservation
- Weather
- Wilderness Survival
Click here to download/print the flyer.
Click here for the pre-requirements
2019 Continental District Technical Merit Badge College
When: October 19th, 2019
- 7:15 am — Registration begins.
- 8:00 – 10:00 am — Morning 1 MB Session
- 10:00 am – 12:00 pm — Morning 2 MB session
You will need to bring completed blue cards and your pre-reqs.
Download the event flier, click here
Download the pre-reqs for the available merit badges, click here