Linn Merit Badge College 2025
July 26, 2025
SCHEDULE:
- Troop Check-in: 8:00 a.m.
- Opening Ceremony: 8:30 a.m.
- Classes Begin: 9:00 a.m.
- Classes End: 3:30 p.m.
COST: $27. This includes scout lunch, event patch, merit badge completion sheet, and materials needed for the class. Leaders and Parents may pre-purchase a lunch online for $12 at the same time you register the scouts. NO registrations will be accepted after July 19, 2025, including the day of the event.
Be sure to pre-order an event t-shirt for the event. Pre-order ends July 8th. T-shirts are $16 and can be ordered in the registration. (Picture Below is only a Mock-up of the event shirt))
CAMPING AVAILABLE: Linn Lions Club Fairgrounds, located right off Highway 50 at 25 Highway CC on same road that leads to the Osage County R-II Schools, will be available if you want to camp on Friday and/or Saturday night at no charge. There are water and restroom facilities available. You will be given an option to sign up to camp when you register online. Please be considerate of other troops when camping and follow the principles of Leave No Trace.
WHAT TO BRING: All Scouts are asked to bring a pencil, paper, any supplemental resources to aide them in completing the merit badge to class and any completed prerequisite requirements. Booklets and workbooks will not be provided. Scouts must use the most up to date requirements which can be found at https://www.scouting.org/skills/merit-badges/all/
PREREQUISITES: Scouts who are enrolled in merit badges with prerequisites must complete these requirements prior to arriving on the day of the event. If a Scout has not completed the prerequisites, they will not complete the merit badge and will receive a partial which will require follow up with a counselor after the event. Please see the merit badge catalog in the attachments for the most up to dat prerequisites.
DRESS CODE: All Scouts are required to be in their Field (Class A) Uniform during the entirety of the event unless otherwise stated in the prerequisites and they must conduct themselves by the Scout Oath and Scout Law at all times.
MERIT BADGE CLASSES: We are excited to partner with Osage County R-II Schools in Linn and our community volunteers again this year to bring you the following merit badge classes. The classes will be limited in size and filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Eagle required classes are shown in bold letters.
NOTE: *Indicates a half-day class. Scouts taking half-day courses must take a morning AND an afternoon half-day class.
***Indicates three classes in one. It is taken as one collective group, and each merit badge will be tied together and all three earned that day.
- Animal Science (AM & PM)
- Animation (AM & PM)
- Architecture (AM & PM)
- Aviation (AM & PM)
- Chemistry (AM & PM)
- *Chess (AM Only)
- *Citizenship in Society 1 (AM)
- *Citizenship in Society 2 (PM)
- *Citizenship in Society 3 (AM)
- *Citizenship in Society 4 (PM)
- Citizenship in the Community (AM & PM)
- Citizenship in the Nation (AM & PM)
- Citizenship in the World (AM & PM)
- Communication (AM & PM)
- *Composite Materials (AM Only)
- Cooking (AM & PM)
- ***Crime Prevention, Fingerprinting, Traffic Safety (AM & PM)
- *Disabilities Awareness (AM)
- *Disabilities Awareness (PM)
- Dog Care (AM & PM)
- Emergency Preparedness (AM & PM)
- Engineering (AM & PM)
- *Fire Safety (PM Only)
- First Aid (AM & PM)
- *Genealogy (PM Only)
- Golf (AM & PM)
- Home Repairs (AM & PM)
- Inventing (AM & PM)
- *Mining in Society (PM Only)
- *Personal Fitness (AM Only)
- Personal Management (AM & PM)
- Photography (AM & PM)
- *Public Speaking (AM Only)
- Rifle Shooting (AM & PM)
- *Robotics (AM Only)
- *Safety (AM Only)
- Sustainability (AM & PM)
*In order to get the most out of this Merit Badge event be sure you are signed up for a morning and afternoon class using the following guidelines:
- Classes with (AM) are for 3 hours in the morning.
- Classes with (PM] are for 3 hours in the afternoon.
- Classes with (AM & PM) require 3 hrs in the morning and 3 hrs in the afternoon.
- Classes with (AM only) are for 3 hrs in the morning, but the same Class will not be offered in the afternoon.
- Classes with (PM only) are for 3 hrs in the afternoon, but the same Class will not be offered in the morning.
Participants and leaders are strongly encouraged to review the available reports in your registration before attending the event. Each registration includes a unique set of reports designed to help Scouts and leaders prepare for the day and access their blue cards afterward. To view your reports, simply return to your registration. Once there, click on the Reports tab to access and run the reports specific to your event.
Blue Cards: There will be no physical blue cards issued at the completion of this event. To access your blue cards after the completion of the event you will need to follow the below steps:
- Go back into your registration. If you need to look up your registration just follow this link and click on the “Lookup” menu on the top right of the page. https://scoutingevent.com/?OrgKey=BSA653&reservationFromEmail=true
- Each registration has its own list of available reports. When you view your registration, click on the Reports tab to run the reports available for that event. This should bring up the blue cards for the scout or scouts you registered. * This will also provide you the option to export your individual blue cards into Scoutbook as well.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Event Coordinators reserve the right to postpone or cancel an event if registrations are insufficient to cover the event expenses up to five days prior to the event. If an event is postponed or canceled, the registrant will have the option to receive a full refund or transfer fees to a future or different event.
In the event a participant or unit must cancel, you must inform GRC of your inability to attend no less than 7 days prior to the event.
All refund requests must be submitted to the Council office via this online portal, or via the paper refund request form, no later than 7 days following the event (The request must be made prior to unit check-out for summer camp requests).
A unit leader, scout, or parent, may request a refund of fees under the following conditions only:
♦ Illness or serious accident prevents the scout from attending the event.
♦ Family illness or emergency prevents the scout from attending the event.
♦ The event has been canceled or postponed by the event coordinator.
♦ Other situations deemed permissible by the event coordinator.
If a refund is approved, a 25% readiness fee will be deducted. Opting for the refund to be credited to your unit shop account (for GRC units only) will reduce the readiness fee to 15%.
The final approved amount is decided by the team.
Scouts Summer and Cub Resident Camps also have a non-refundable per person deposit, and any additional activity fees are non-refundable.
To request a refund please follow the link below
Map of Event
