The William Hillcourt Museum staff are hosting a merit badge day! Come to Camp Woodland and visit the Scout museum to work on Collections and Scouting Heritage merit badges. The class will last 10am to 3pm and include both merit badges. Scouts must bring their own lunch.

Scouts need to bring a blue card, and need to complete the following prerequisites before arrving at Camp:

• Requirement 5: Learn about the history of your unit or Scouting in your area. Interview at least two people (one from the past and one from the present) associated with your troop. These individuals could be adult unit leaders, Scouts, troop committee members, or representatives of your troop's chartered organization. Find out when your unit was originally chartered. Create a report of your findings on the history of your troop, and present it to your patrol or troop or at a court of honor, and then add it to the troop's library. This presentation could be in the form of an oral/written report, an exhibit, a scrapbook, or a computer presentation such as a slide show.
• Requirement 6: . Make a collection of some of your personal patches and other Scouting memorabilia. With their permission, you may include items borrowed from family members or friends who have been in Scouting in the past, or you may include photographs of these items. Show this collection to your counselor, and share what you have learned about items in the collection. (There is no requirement regarding how large or small this collection must be.) - Scouts should bring this to show at the class.

Collections

• SCOUTS MUST BRING A PERSONAL COLLECTION THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED BEFOREHAND. Stamp and coin collecting are excluded from eligibility for this merit badge.
• Requirement 1: Prepare a short written report or outline for your counselor, giving a detailed description of your collection,* including a short history, why you enjoy your collection, and what you have learned from collecting. Be sure to include why you chose that particular type of collection/collecting method.