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Spring Breakout 2025 Merit Badge Academy @ MMA

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SPRING BREAKOUT 2025

Merit Badge Academy at the Missouri Miliary Academy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking for something to do this Spring Break?  Come earn some merit badges and webelos adventures!  Join us March 21st-23rd for Spring Breakout, hosted at the Missouri Military Academy.  This event is for all Scouts BSA and Webelos. All activities will be on Saturday. Camping is available on the Missouri Military Academy Campus on Friday and Saturday evening. Scouts BSA and Webelos will camp separately, unless a Webelos has been invited to camp with a Scouts BSA unit.

Cost:

  • Scouts BSA & Webelos (Saturday Only) - $27 per Youth: includes all program, lunch Saturday, and a patch
  • Scouts BSA (Saturday & Sunday) - $39 per Youth: includes all program, lunch & dinner Saturday, breakfast Sunday, and a patch
  • Adults (Saturday Only) - $12 per Adult: includes lunch Saturday and a patch
  • Adult (Saturday & Sunday) - $25 per Adult: includes lunch & dinner Saturday, breakfast Sunday, and a patch

Be sure to pre-order an event t-shirt for the event. Pre-order ends March 10th. T-shirts are $16 and can be ordered in the registration. The picture below is a mark up draft for this year's T-Shirt.  The actual design will be updated once available. 

Schedule of Events:

  • Friday March 21
    • Check-In 6-8pm (Gymnasium Bldg 19)
  • Saturday March 22
    • Check-In 7:30-8:30am (Gymnasium Bldg 19)
    • Opening Ceremony 8:30-9am (Gymnasium Bldg 19)
    • Morning Session 9:am-12:00
    • Lunch 12-1pm (Dining Facility Barnhard Hall)
    • Afternoon Session 1-4pm
    • Dinner 5-6pm (Dining Facility Barnhard Hall)
    • Optional Special Program 6-7pm (First Come/ First Serve
      • BSA Swim Test - Pool
      • Archery
      • Mobile Radio Trailer
    • Optional Movie 7-9pm (Theater - Basement of Theater)
  • Sunday March 23
    • Breakfast 8-9am (Dining Facility Barnhard Hall)
    • Departure 9-10am

 

Webelos/ AOL Adventures: 

  • Moduler Design Adventure
  • Engineer Adventure
  • Free Fishing

*Merit Badges: (All prerequisites are available in the course catalog) More Classes are added weekly!

  • American Business (AM)
  • American Business (PM)
  • American Cultures (AM)
  • American Cultures (PM)
  • Archery (AM & PM)
  • Art (AM Only)
  • Chemistry (AM & PM)
  • Citizenship in the Community (AM & PM)
  • Citizenship in the Nation (AM & PM)
  • Citizenship in the World (AM & PM)
  • Citizenship in Society (AM)
  • Citizenship in Society (PM)
  • Climbing (AM & PM)
  • Communication (AM & PM)
  • Digital Arts (AM & PM)
  • Electricity & Engineering Combined (AM & PM)
  • Fly Fishing (AM & PM)
  • Geocaching (AM & PM)
  • Golf - Option 2: Disc Golf (AM & PM)
  • Horsemanship (AM)
  • Horsemanship (PM)
  • Personal Management (AM & PM)
  • Photography (AM)
  • Photography (PM)
  • Public Speaking (AM)
  • Public Speaking (PM)
  • Pulp & Paper (PM only)
  • Radio (AM & PM)
  • Rifle Shooting - Option B: Air Rifle (AM & PM)
  • Sustainability (AM & PM)
  • Swimming (AM)
  • Swimming (PM)
  • Textile (AM Only)
  • Weather (AM)
  • Weather (PM)
*In order to get the most out of the Merit Badge Academy 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.

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:

  1. 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.scoutingevent.com/653-SpringBreakout2025
  2. 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. 
  3. 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 an 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

→    Refund Request Form

When & Where
Missouri Military Academy Merit Badge & Webelos Adventure Camp
Missouri Military Academy
Friday 03-21-2025 5:00 PM CT to
Sunday 03-23-2025 12:00 PM CT
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