HONOKAA — Camp Honokaia welcomed more than 40 Scouts from across two islands this spring for a dynamic short-term merit badge camp, offering youth a unique opportunity to build skills ...

For Zac Greve, it all started with pets. It was his first Boy Scout merit badge, requiring him to care for a pet and write about how he did it, read about his pet and teach his pet a trick.

Sixty Scouts participated in Merit Badge Day, exploring career paths in aviation, electricity, art, truck transportation, automotive maintenance, and safety. The event aimed to spark early ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University will host Merit Badge University for members of Scouting of America from six states this weekend. Amy Garbrick Mountaineer Area Council Executive ...

I’ve gotten too used to crying in public. I could never live somewhere where there is literally any chance that someone might come up to me and ask me what’s wrong. Not so different from a ...

An Andover Eagle Scout has earned every available merit badge — a rare accomplishment that, in over a century of scouting in the United States, has been achieved by only a few hundred people.

SCRANTON, Pa. — Scouts have gotten a helping hand for more than two decades to obtain their merit badges. Starting at 8:30 a.m. and going until 5 p.m., the Northeastern Pennsylvania Council of ...

He's earned all 138 merit badges. "It definitely was a lot of work. It's been a consistent thing I've been working on since I've been in Boy Scouts," Green said. Greens says he doesn't have a long ...

HE ACTUALLY HAS 139 BADGES. THE EXTRA BADGE I MENTIONED. THIS IS A SOCIAL SOCIAL DISTANCING MERIT BADGE. I GOT THIS DURING THE BEGINNING OF COVID. IT’S NOT AN OFFICIAL BADGE, BUT IT REMINDS HIM ...

George "Georgie" Green, 15, earned all 138 Merit Badges. Scouting America said he is among the less than 1% of scouts who earn all of the badges. Leaders said the Merit Badge program is designed ...

A running joke with my department chairs, when I was a dean, involved the awarding of merit badges for the accomplishment of a particularly thorny task that the outside world (outside of academia, ...

The History Museum on the Square will host an inaugural Merit Badge University, a day for Scouts to learn about the history of Springfield. The Jan. 18 event will allow Scouts to spend a day ...