Troop 24 is offering Motorboating and Water Sports merit badges at a Troop campout August 12 – 14, 2022. The merit badge class is limited to 8 Scouts so that 4 can work on Motorboating and 4 can work on Water Sports then switch activities. The cost of the outing will be $50 per scout.

We will leave from RPC on Friday, August 12 at 11:00 am. We will be staying in tents at the Staubus property on Shafer Lake in Hartford, Michigan. Please click on the links provided here to see the requirements for both merit badges. Please review these with your scout.

Motorboating
Water Sports

This Merit Badge event is only open to Troop 24 Scouts who already have the Swimming merit badge and who have passed the BSA Swim Test this year. Scouts who want to earn the Motorboating Merit Badge need to be at least 12 years old and complete the online certification class at https://www.boat-ed.com/michigan/ which has a cost of $29.50. Scouts may sign up for this campout if they will be working on both merit badges OR just one of the two badges. Scouts under 12 years old can do Water Sports, and scouts who already have one of these badges may do just the other. Please indicate that in the “Notes” when you sign up.

The campout is also open to additional scouts who previously started or completed these merit badges. The campout is also open to scouts for camping only (but not merit badge instruction). You can check on the Troop 24 Website “Upcoming Events” page to make sure your registration was fully submitted and accepted.

If you have a PFD that your son likes to wear please feel free to send it with them. If not we will have PFD’s for everyone. Make sure that they pack a swimsuit that they can tie, towel, and sunscreen.

In addition to our merit badge instructors Mr. Hartwig and Mr. Flaherty, we are looking for adult drivers, preferably adults who will stay for the entire event and participate as chaperones. Please sign up on the Adult Form if you can help with this event.

Here are links to the forms:

SCOUT FORM – DOING THESE MERIT BADGES FOR THE FIRST TIME
SCOUT FORM – CAMPING ONLY OR PREVIOUSLY STARTED THESE MERIT BADGES
ADULT FORM