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Event Details

Natural State Council (Arkansas) Merit Badge University

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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Merit Badge
5/3/2025
9:00am
5/3/2025
11:30pm
4/7/2025
5/3/2025
0 (# badges a single scout can attend)
$10.00 (Cost to attend this event)
by Invitation Only (Who is invited)
Natural State
Pinnacle
Troop

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Email James Britt DVM (jobritt@sbcglobal.net), the Event Manager
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ActivitySessionClass FeeSeats Available
American Heritage PM 0 0
Animal Science AM 0 15
Archaeology PM 0 15
Architecture All Day 0 8
Art AM 0 6
Art PM 0 6
Automotive Maintenance PM 0 12
Automotive Maintenance AM 0 12
Aviation All Day 0 30
Bird Study AM 0 15
Bird Study PM 0 100
BSA Scuba BSA AM 0 12
Chemistry All Day 0 12
Chess All Day 0 8
Citizenship in the Community* PM 0 12
Citizenship in the Community* AM 0 12
Citizenship in the Nation* All Day 0 90
Citizenship in the World* All day 0 40
Climbing Not in 2025 0 10
Communication* AM 0 20
Communication* PM 0 20
Cooking* PM 0 15
Crime Prevention PM 0 20
Crime Prevention AM 0 20
Digital Technology All Day 0 16
Disabilities Awareness AM 0 12
Dog Care AM 0 15
Dog Care PM 0 12
Electricity AM 0 20
Electricity PM 0 20
Electronics AM 0 10
Electronics PM 0 10
Emergency Preparedness* All Day 0 16
Engineering All Day 0 16
Environmental Science* All Day 0 10
Environmental Science* PM 0 10
Fingerprinting PM 0 0
Fingerprinting AM 0 0
Fire Safety AM 0 16
Forestry May 17, 2025, All Day, Pinnacle State Park 0 10
Genealogy PM 0 12
Geology AM 0 16
Healthcare Professions AM 0 16
Indian Lore All Day, May , 3 2025, arrive by 9:30 0 16
Journalism tba 0 10
Law AM 0 16
Leatherwork AM 0 6
Leatherwork PM 0 6
Lifesaving* pending 0 10
Medicine see Healthcare Professions 0 0
Metalwork 2 days, May 10-11, 2025 tentative 0 3
Music AM 0 0
Music PM 0 0
Nuclear Science Zoom 0 16
Oceanography PM 0 16
Personal Fitness* AM 0 16
Personal Fitness* PM 0 16
Personal Management* AM 0 12
Personal Management* PM 0 12
Photography PM 0 12
Photography AM 0 14
Programming AM 0 12
Programming PM 0 12
Public Speaking PM 0 8
Radio AM 0 0
Railroading PM 0 6
Railroading AM 0 6
Reading PM 0 8
Robotics PM 0 6
Robotics AM 0 6
Safety All Day 0 0
Scuba Diving 0 0
Search and Rescue All Day 0 12
Space Exploration All Day 15 12
Sports PM 0 12
Surveying AM 0 11
Sustainability* All Day 0 16
Traffic Safety AM 0 16
Truck Transportation PM 0 15
Veterinary Medicine PM 0 10
Weather pending 0 12
Welding AM 0 20
Register my unit

Sponsor Information



Registration is at naturalstatecouncil.org beginning April 3, 2025. Be sure that you have your troop log in information in advance from your troop leaders or the Council.


Class locations and maps will be available at the Facebook page.

Facebook for updates: Merit Badge University Natural State Council Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463435007501751
 Class locations and rooms at UALR and other sites: pending

UALR Map: dropbox.com

UPDATE ON REGISTRATION. Registration with class sign ups will be at quapawbsa.org by your troop. Option is to pay now or lrter as a troop or individuals can call in payments for their scouts (less desireable).


Council office: 501-664-4780

Scout Shop: 501-663-7157







 

Event Description

 (Updates soon for UALR) Packet pickup for the troops will begin at the UA Little Rock, 7:40 a.m. Flag ceremony will be at 8:30 a.m. Classes begin at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. with some leeway for classes that are all day and farther away. Scouts in all day classes should bring a bag or credit card to eat in the campus cafeteria.

Mail payments to: Natural State Council, BSA, 3220 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, AR 72202. Please email or fax a copy of your class roster with the number of Scouts/money due to Scout office also...kim.brainard@scouting.org



Council office: 501-664-4780

Scout Shop: 501-663-7157

   

Sustainability: Scouts will be responsible to their troops to turn in their 3-month home utility bills     

Reading --must read or have read 4 books and give info and short synopsis to counselor. Do 4 hours of service outside of the class.

Welding/Safety is from 8:00 am to noon with a lunch. Only those Scouts should b go directly to their class in Jacksonville

Metalwork (Blacksmith) is May 6-7 in Mabelvale












































































































































































































































































































































    


































































































































































































 

 

Counselor Information

 

 Send your payment to Natural State Council, $10 per Scout. No charge for adults. Contact Jim Britt, Dean, with questions, 501-912-1449, jobritt@sbcglobal.net



   

Unit Sign-up Instructions



 

Unit Payment Instructions

Go to naturalstatecouncil.org with your troop log in information to register. REGISTRATION OPENS April 7, 2025. You can add more Scouts later and pay later.

Directions

Parking will be in U.A. Little Rock Lots 13 (Jack Stephens center) on north end of campus and Lot 8, north side of Engineering and Information Technology Bldg. Flag ceremony will be at 8:30 in front of EIT Bldg.

Campus map:  U.A. Little Rock campus map

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