The merit badge counselor is a key player in the Boy Scout advancement program. Whatever your area of expertise or interest—whether it is a special craft or hobby (basketry, leatherwork, coin collecting), a profession (veterinary medicine, aviation, engineering),or perhaps a life skill (cooking, personal management, communication)—as a merit badge counselor, you play a vital role in stirring
a young man’s curiosity about it. By serving as a counselor, you offer your time, knowledge, and other resources so Scouts have theopportunity to broaden their horizons. And in doing so, your mission is to combine fun with learning.
You are both teacher and mentor to the Scout as he learns by doing. By presenting opportunities for growth via engaging activities likedesigning a Web page (Computers), performing an ollie and a wheelie (Snow Sports), or fabricating rope (Pioneering), you may pique a youngman’s interest and inspire a Scout to develop a lifelong hobby, pursue a particular career, or become an independent, self-supporting adult.
All Merit badge counselors (MBCs) should be adult members of a troop. Please find a combined Adult and MBC application form attached below.