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Merit badges are awards earned by members of Scouting America, based on activities within the area of study by completing a list of periodically updated requirements. [1] The purpose of the merit badge program is to allow Scouts to examine subjects to determine if they would like to further pursue them as a career or vocation.
Of the discontinued original merit badges, four were offered in 2010 as part of the Boy Scouts of America centennial. These merit badges are listed in beige. Soon after the introduction of merit badges, the ranks of Life, Star, and Eagle were created to recognize the earning of merit badges; Star was moved before Life in 1924.
In others, the merit badge's name has been changed, with or without significant revision to the badge's requirements. In 2010, in celebration of Scouting's 100th anniversary, four historical merit badges were reintroduced for one year only—Carpentry, Pathfinding, Signaling, and Tracking (formerly Stalking). Bugling merit badge was briefly ...
The Boy Scouts of America ended the Varsity Scouting program, effective January 1, 2018. Adult Varsity leaders were able to earn the Varsity Letter and activity pins. They met the same requirements as the youth and also had to complete Fast Start and Basic Leader Training (New Leader Essentials and Varsity Coach Leader Specific Training ...
The history of merit badges in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has been tracked by categorizing them into a series of merit badge types.In addition to the Boy Scouts of America, many other Scouting and Scouting-like organizations around the world, such as Pathfinders, Baden-Powell Scouts and Royal Rangers, issue merit badges or their equivalent; though they are sometimes called honors or ...
Scouts BSA Handbook is the official handbook of Scouts BSA, published by the Boy Scouts of America. It is a descendant publication of Baden-Powell 's original handbook, Scouting for Boys , which has been the basis for Scout handbooks in many countries, with some variations to the text of the book depending on each country's codes and customs.
As of 2010, most of the board members were Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts in their youth and have obtained their programs' highest youth honors. All of the board members have served at the local Council level as unit leaders, commissioners and committee chairs and collectively have more than 400 years of service.
For the Boy Scouts of America Centennial, a new centennial handbook was released in July 2009. [1] The handbook had many features returned that were removed years ago and put into the BSA field handbook. Two new youth leadership positions were added: Webmaster [2] and Leave No Trace Trainer. [3] The book is organized by topic now rather than by ...