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Welcome to our annual Merit Badge Clinic.  Each year our commitment is to provide at least 50 different merit badges.  We had 72 different merit badges last year and 70 in 2016.  Our merit badge clinic is free and open to all Boy Scouts and Varsity Scouts.  This is a "must do" event so put us on your calendar.  It is always the second weekend in November . . . that's November 9 & 10 in 2018.   November 8 & 9 in 2019.  Check back often to see what merit badges are being added to our catalog.



Visit www.LDSMeritBadgeClinic.com for more information.

                                      

Each merit badge is different.  Some can be completed at the Merit Badge Clinic.  Others will require projects outside of class and more than one session.  Your counselor will contact you before the event with a list of prerequisites if needed.  Please come prepared with paper, pencil, and a copy of the MB Requirements book for each merit badge on your schedule.  You will also need to get a signed blue card from your Scoutmaster for each merit badge.  Read your MB Pamphlet, wear your Scout uniform and come prepared to focus, learn, and have some fun.



Thank you for participating.   

How to Register 101:

Schedule:

Check in Friday: 5:30 PM

Session 1:  6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Check in Saturday: 8:30 AM

Opening Ceremony: 8:45 AM

Session 2:  9:00 AM to Noon

Lunch:  Noon to 12:30 PM

Session 3:  12:30 PM to 3:30 PM

If you only have a Saturday afternoon session, you need not check in in the morning.  Simply come a few minutes before your 12:30 session and let us know you are there.

If taking a combo merit badge, be sure to sign up for both merit badges.  For example, if you take the Welding/Farm Mechanics combo, be sure to sign up for both the Welding merit badge and the Farm Mechanics merit badge in the same time slot for both.

"How do I get the six merit badges listed as possible in the '# badges a single scout can attend' section in the event details at the top of this page?" 

Most Scouts will earn a total of three merit badges; one for each 3-hour session attended.  Some will earn less if they enroll in a Merit Badge that takes two sessions to complete such as Horsemanship or Aviation.  However, each year we have some sessions during which a Scout could earn two merit badges.  Entrepreneurship/Salesmanship combo is such a class.  On the rare occasion that a Scout signed up for three “double” MB sessions, he could feasibly earn six merit badges.  It’s never happened, but I list it as a possibility in case it ever does.  (Actually, it did happen in 2014.  One scout took my comments as a challenge and signed up for three doubles and worked on six merit badges.)  Way to go!

For more information, contact the MB Clinic Director,

Steve Hanna, with questions

stevehanna@email.com (preferred) 

 

Your Choice of Twelve Locations:



(LDS Church) 5060 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27609

(LDS Church) 7312 Forestville Road, Knightdale, NC  27545

(LDS Church) 1524 Jenkins Road, Wake Forest, NC 27587

(LDS Church) 300 Jones Street, Zebulon, NC  27597

(This address doesn't always show up on online mapping programs.

It's on North Arendell Ave. right behind Sonic in Zebulon.)

(LDS Church) 590 Bryan Drive, Apex, NC 27502

(LDS Church) 1811 Seabrook Ave, Cary, NC 27511

(LDS Church) McCrimmon Parkway, Morrisville, NC 27560

(LDS Church) 6528 Johnson Pond Rd, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526

(LDS Church) 1433 Aversboro Rd, Garner, NC 27529

(LDS Church) 1615 Graham Avenue, Henderson, NC  27536

(LDS Church) 151 Old Rock Springs Cemetery Rd, Pittsboro, NC  27312

(LDS Church) 303 Canterbury Road, Smithfield, NC  27577

Additionally, some merit badges are taught on location at

a farm, dental office, chem lab, climbing gym, rifle range, swimming pool, etc.  

Scouts will need to be taken to these locations by parents or leaders.

Addresses are posted in the "Location" column.

If climbing at Triangle Rock Club, fill out this permission form:



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This year, our Climbing MB session has fallen short of the needed minimum number to execute.  However, we will be offering this again in 2019.  It will be a great deal for a larger troop who wants to have an exceptional experience.

To clarify, during the Climbing MB Team Building event, Scouts will complete requirements 1a, 3, 4c, 4d, 5b, 6, 7, 10a. 

Then during the Climbing MB Lock-in event, Scouts will complete requirements 4a, 4b, 5a, 5c, 5d, 8, 10b.

These requirements will NOT be done at either event:  1b, 1c, 2, 5b, 9, 11, and 12.

Fee for the Lock-in will depend on the number of Scouts enrolled.  If we have 25 Scouts it will be $30/Scout.

For twelve Scouts, the fee would be $62.50/Scout.  Adults may climb too if they pay the same price as the Scouts.  The minimum cost per Scout is $20.  We reach this price point if we have 38 Scouts and leaders who climb.  Our total cost is $750, so divide that amount by the number of Scouts who register.  This is a wonderful opportunity for a large troop to get a great deal on climbing instruction.  No money will be collected until we have a price to which all parents/leaders agree.  If interested, contact me at stevehanna@email.com by mid-October 2019