Merit Badge Clinic (in conjunction with the Midwest Tradefest)

Scouting Heritage - Coin Collecting - Collections

Event Contact: Kurt Hansen - kwhansen@wisc.edu - 608-770-4957

Where:Craig Center, Rock County Fairgrounds, 1301 Craig Avenue, Janesville, WI 53545

When: Saturday, April 5

• Scouting Heritage Merit Badge Class 9:00 – 11:00
• Coin Collecting Merit Badge Class 11:30 – 1:30
• Collections MB Walk-in anytime between 10:00 and 2:00

Cost:           Free (lunch will be available for purchase from Troop 516)

Sign-up:      Registration is now closed. Please reach out to Kurt Hansen at 608-770-4957 or kwh96@hotmail.com if you still wish to attend.

Scouting Heritage Merit Badge Preparation       9:00 am

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.

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.)

Interview at least three people (different from those you interviewed for requirement 5) over the age of 40 who were Scouts. Find out about their Scouting experiences. Ask about the impact that Scouting has had on their lives. Share what you learned with your counselor.

Coin Collecting Merit Badge Preparation           11:30 am

George Cuhaj, the author of the coin collecting merit badge pamphlet, has been invited to attend. Scouts should bring the coins required for requirement 4a to 4f and complete requirement 7. Be prepared for all the other topics on this worksheet http://usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/Coin-collecting.pdf

Collections Merit Badge Preparation Walk-in anytime between 10:00 and 2:00

To complete this merit badge Scouts can use a collection from any of a wide variety of items such as patches, rocks, marbles, baseball cards, comics, etc. They need to bring two groups from their collection to show. They also need to be prepared to discuss many of the aspects of their collecting field as found on this worksheet: http://usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/collections.pdf