Here are some upcoming Merit Badge opportunities in our area. We will not be participating as a troop, so if you choose to attend, please register individually and arrange your own transportation.

DuPage Forest Preserve will offer a different Merit Badge Class the second Saturday of each month September – June for $30 per Scout per program. Please be aware that these dates conflict with our next three campouts. For more information, click here:
DuPage Forest Preserve Merit Badge Classes

Pav YMCA in Berwyn will be offering the opportunity for Boy Scouts to earn their Swimming and Lifesaving Merit Badges. The Swimming Merit Badge class will take place Monday, October 23. The Lifesaving Merit Badge class will take place Wednesday, October 25. You must preregister for these classes (cost is $20 each) at the Pav YMCA front desk at 2947 S. Oak Park Avenue in Berwyn.

September is Merit Badge Month at Bass Pro Shop. They will be offering free classes at all locations, including their Bolingbrook store. To register, call 630-296-2700. See more info here:
Bass Pro Shop Merit Badge Classes

The Microsoft Store in Oakbrook continues to offer Merit Badge Classes at a cost of $10. See the Upcoming Events section of the Three Fires Council Website.

Save the date for a Merit Badge Academy to take place at Triton Community College on Saturday December 9, 2017. More information will be available on the Council Website as the date approaches.

If you learn of other local opportunities, please email Mrs. Staubus at carrie@staubus.net and we will spread the news to the troop.