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What Would You Do: Ensuring Follow-Through

By Scouting magazine

Do you want to get your boys to complete their merit badge requirements after summer camp is over? Here’s how.

Merit Badge Clinic: Dollars and Sense

By Scouting magazine

The Personal Management Merit Badge is the best lesson in what money can buy.

Know Your Boy Scouts Square Knots

By Scouting magazine

Boy Scouts don’t get to have all the fun. Sure, they can earn more than 120 merit badges, but that doesn’t preclude adults from enhancing their uniforms. But for grown-ups with the urge to advance, it’ll take more than consulting a merit badge pamphlet. To earn a coveted square knot, volunteers must demonstrate continued leadership and service to the program’s ideals.

Evolution of the Eagle Scout Award

By Scouting magazine

The highest rank a Boy Scout can achieve began as a sort of “super merit badge” for Scouts who earned 21 other merit badges, five of them required.