We welcome you to the Southern Illinois Merit Badge University (MBU) hosted by Community of Faith Church and John A Logan College on Saturday, November 2nd from 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM. All merit badges offered will be conducted and supervised by a BSA approved merit badge counselor. The proper attire for all scouts is Class A Uniform unless otherwise designated as part of the merit badge requirements.

The Merit Badge University cost is only $7. An MBU patch will be included as part of the fee for all participating scouts.  Lunch will be offered separately as a fundraiser for Troop 140 for $5 and can be paid for at check-in. Additional snacks and drinks will be available for sale throughout the event.

Each merit badge session will be limited to 8-20 scouts at the discretion of the merit badge counselor. Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Email tlake@siu.edu your registration questions. Class size is limited, so please register early.

The primary activities will take place at the Community of Faith Church, but some merit badges will be located off-site at John A Logn College. Swimming, Welding, and Automotive Technology will be at John A Logan College and will require adults to accompany the scouts.  Scouts will need to check in at Community of Faith before going to class to check-in and register for lunch. The Golf merit badge will be conducted at Pine Lakes Golf course in Herrin and require a polo shirt and pants (no jeans), your own clubs and a green fee of $5. Scouts should check in at the church to meet their counselor for the classroom portion of the merit badge first thing in the morning.  Any off-site merit badges may require additional adults to be YPT compliant, so please be willing and able to attend with your scouts who are going off-site.

Blue cards should be brought by the scout with a Scoutmaster signature for the Counselor to sign or they can be downloaded from the registration system approximately one week after the event.

For questions please contact Tracy Lake at tlake@siu.edu or Bobbi Banks at bjbanks4@gmail.com

SCHEDULE
7:30-8:30 am Check-In
8:30-12:00 pm Session I
12:00- 1:00 pm Lunch
12:30 to 1:00 pm Lunch Session
1:00-4:30 pm Session II

NOTE:  All day classes will break for a 30 minute lunch.