You can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn merit badges. There are more than 135 merit badges, and any Scout, or any qualified Venturer or Sea Scout may earn any of these at any time.
Merit Badges, Webelos/AOL Adventures, and Scout/ Bobcat Rank Midway
Date and Location:
- November 20, 2021
- 317Church (Nehemiah is the current name)
- 611 North CR 800 East, Avon IN 46123
Signup:
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Merit Badge signups: ScoutingEvent.com/160-5CreeksMeritBadgeWorkshop
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Webelos/ AOL elective Adventures: ScoutingEvent.com/160-5CreeksWebelosAdventure
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Scout and Bobcat Ranks: No signup needed!
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Volunteers Needed!: www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A4FA8AB2EA20-5creeks
Webelos and AOL Elective Adventures
- Webelos and Arrow of Light Scouts, join us and earn two elective Adventures! We'll have lunch between the sessions where you can hang out with the troop scouts.
Time:
- 10:00 am - Doors open for Webelos and AOL registration
- 10:15 am - Session: Morning
- 12:00 pm - Lunch
- 1:00 pm - Session: Afternoon
- 3:15 pm - End Adventures
Cost:
- $7 - Pizza lunch included
Adventures:
Adventure Leader: JD Darland (jddarland27@gmail.com)
Session: Morning
Prerequisites: None
Adventure Leader: Jen Claycomb (Djclaycomb@sbcglobal.net)
Session: Afternoon
Prerequisites: None
Complete Your Bobcat or Scout Rank
- New to scouting or just need a little help completing your first rank? Join us and you will be able to mostly complete either Rank or as little as one requirement if that's what you need.
- Be sure to bring your Scout Book to get your complete requirements signed off.
Time:
- Anytime between 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm.
Cost:
- Free
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Merit Badge Midway:
Always be sure to include a second adult leader when emailing an adult.
Time:
- 7:45 am - Doors open for registration
- 8:30 am - Session: Morning
- 12:00 pm - Lunch
- 1:00 pm - Session: Afternoon
- 4:30 pm - End Workshop
Cost:
- $7 - Pizza lunch included
Merit badges: Pick 1 Morning and 1 Afternoon Session
- Click the image for the requirements
- Click the merit badge name for the workbook.
Full-Day Session:
MB Counselor: Jeffery Cohen (jdchemist@att.net)
Session: FULL DAY AT THE HENDRICKS COUNTY AIRPORT! Will take both sessions.
Location: 2749 Gordan Graham Road, Danville, IN 46122
Sponsored by: Vernon Sullenger of the Hendricks County Aviation Association (HCAA)
Description: Scouts will be able to fly a plane thanks to HCAA. Weather dependent with no rain date!
Prerequisites: None, Waivers will be required.
Waivers: Parent Permission,
Morning Sessions:
MB Counselor: John Mannin (Jlmannin@gmail.com)
Session: Morning
Prerequisites: 5 a, b, c, d; 9 a or b or c.
MB Counselor: Howard Griffith (howard.griffith@5creeks.org)
Session: Morning
Prerequisites: 5 a, b, c, d; 9 a or b or c.
MB Counselor: Janet Shaw (janetlshaw17@gmail.com)
Session: Morning
Prerequisites: 7
MB Counselor: MB Counselor NEEDED!
Session: Morning
Sponsored by: Bill Corey of the Indiana Blacksmith Association (IBA) (bc65925@gmail.com)
Description: Develop your metal shaping skills with IBA representative Bill Corey. He will bring his forge for some hands-on learning.
Prerequisites: Practice your hammer skills. NO SYNTHETIC CLOTHING! You will not be allowed to use the forge with synthetic cloths, including coats. Waivers required!
MB Counselor: Joe Lembo (jlembo@hcparks.net)
Session: Morning
Sponsored by: Hendricks County Parks and Recreation
Description: Submerge yourself in the world of nature! Join certified BSA merit badge counselor Park Naturalist in discovering ecology and how all plants, animals, and non-living things are connected!
Prerequisites: Complete two of the following 4a, 4d, 4e, 4r 4g
MB Counselor: Brian Dixon (dpugrad01@gmail.com)
Session: Morning
Prerequisites: 7, 8
MB Counselor: Chuck Queen (queenc@frankfort.k12.in.us)
Session: Morning
Prerequisites: 1a or b (whichever is chosen), 2a (if chosen), 2 b (if chosen), 2 c (if chosen), 3, 4 (a or b). Plus bring your own laptop.
Afternoon Sessions:
MB Counselor: David Wolfe (dkwolfe@gmail.com)
Session: Afternoon
Prerequisites: None, BRING HORN AND MUSIC STAND
MB Counselor: MB Counselor NEEDED!
Session: Afternoon
Sponsored by: Bill Corey of the Indiana Blacksmith Association (IBA) (bc65925@gmail.com)
Description: Develop your metal shaping skills with IBA representative Bill Corey. He will bring his forge for some hands-on learning.
Prerequisites: Practice your hammer skills. NO SYNTHETIC CLOTHING! You will not be allowed to use the forge with synthetic cloths, including coats. Waivers required!
MB Counselor: Joe Lembo (jlembo@hcparks.net)
Session: Afternoon
Sponsored by: Hendricks County Parks and Recreation
Description: Submerge yourself in the world of nature! Join certified BSA merit badge counselor Park Naturalist in discovering ecology and how all plants, animals, and non-living things are connected!
Prerequisites: Complete two of the following 4a, 4d, 4e, 4r 4g
MB Counselor: Dan Dehn (dankdehn@gmail.com)
Session: Afternoon
Sponsored by: Frank Baukert (fbaukert@indot.in.gov) from Indiana Crossroads Orienteering (ICO)
ICO has a couple of fun orienteering courses and a clinic planned before our MB Midway. Be sure to check them out at: www.indyo.org/schedule
Post-requisites: 5, 7-10
MB Counselor: Celeste Martin (coffeequeen777@aol.com)
Session: Afternoon
Prerequisites: 1, 2, and 8
MB Counselor: Ray Hundley (macbrave@gmail.com)
Session: Afternoon
Prerequisites: 1a, 2a, 2b, 6, plus bring your own laptop.
MB Counselor: Michele Enlow (michele.enlow@gmail.com)
Session: Afternoon
Prerequisites:
MB Counselor: Rolf Samuelsen (rolfsam@sbcglobal.net)
Session: Afternoon
Prerequisites: 1 (read/watch 2 plays, the third will be done in the MB session), 2 and 3 (note from parent or show stating your participation)
Other Merit Badges around Central Indiana
Scout Sundays at McCloud Nature Park
Scouts, are you working on some badges? Come on out to McCloud Nature Park for Scout Sundays and let us help you have fun, learn new things, and earn those badges!
Merit Badge Sundays at Fort Harrison State Park
Register by emailing Dylan Allison
Join Dylan Allison, the interpretive naturalist at Fort Harrison State Park, for merit badge classes every month.
Advance registration is required. The cost is $10/Scout, payable at the park entrance. The fee does include the park entrance, however, if you have an annual park pass $7 is NOT subtracted.
Various Dates / 1:00pm 2021 monthly class schedule
All things Merit Badges!
You can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn merit badges. There are more than 135 merit badges, and any Scout, or any qualified Venturer or Sea Scout may earn any of these at any time.