Merit Badge Blitz

Scouts and Parents,


Need Volunteers, Volunteers will help with food prep, purchase groceries, teach, chaperone at overnight etc.  MB Counselors who haven't signed up (need to turn in paperwork), other classes maybe offered with MB counselor.  The Merit Badge Blitz takes place from 27 Oct 6:00 pm to 29 Oct ~12:30.    Please come to the meeting, I will assign you a task and sure appreciate the team effort this requires.  Meeting scheduled for Wed has changed to Thursday Oct 6 @ 7:00 pm.   If you are interested in teaching please contact me immediately.  I will do what I can to help you through the application process (very simple).

Badges being offered at the merit badge blitz
Cooking
Communications
Citizen in the World
Family Life
Personal Management (1st Class and Above)
Automotive Maintenance (Permit or driver's license required/limited to 1st 6 who sign up)
Music
Art
Traffic Safety
Engineering
Disabilities Awareness
Scholarship
Aviation
Scouting Heritage (For all scouts/don't need to sign up)

Scouts will be allowed to take two Eagle badges and one other.  Please  make a fourth choice as a back-up.  You may email me your selections and if you forget there will be a sign up at the Troop 219 Court of Honor, Sunday 9 October at 6:30 pm in the JLC.  The Court of Honor ceremony will take place after a potluck meal.  More details to come regarding specifics for the Court of Honor.  For new scouting families this is where all the scouts receive their badges and advancement patches for their uniforms.  This takes place of the Sunday meeting.  All are welcome to join and support the scouts advancing and receiving awards from camp and other Merit Badge work completed since June 16.

YIS

Lou Rivera-Murray
Troop 219 Committee Chairman
907.748.4350