Merit Badge Opportunity

The troop has been to Merit Badge University before and he said it's a great opportunity to earn badges that aren't readily available in the Concordia area. His son, Braden, 12, was one of the Troop 38 Scouts in archery Saturday morning.

The five-day camp gave eight Boy Scouts the opportunity to earn merit badges, improve leadership skills, and to learn more about nature. This year's focus was on Native-American customs and traditions. “This is a nature camp that gives boy scouts the

As boy scouts, boys in sixth grade through age 18 have the opportunity to go on many camping trips, earn service hours by helping out in the community and attend merit badge clinics. Merit badge clinics help boys earn the badges they need to progress

held in January and February for about 300 Boy Scouts at St. Patrick's Church in Carlisle. “They all reacted with the same sentiment that this was the best merit badge they had ever done,” Vohs said. “We felt very fortunate to have that opportunity.”

Individuals with specific talents or hobbies can volunteer as merit badge counselors working with small groups of boys ages 11 to 18. “Those badges consist of everything from hobbies like arts and fishing and golf to work-related skills such as atomic