Life is a Merit Badge Sash

In answer to my brother's "life is video game..." wink. (Never Stop Exploring, Never Stop Learning, Never Stop Trying)

My scouting was interrupted by a major life change when I was about 15. I always regret not getting my eagle. I tried for a short time to participate as an assistant scout master, but school was keeping me busy. Recently I've been wondering if it would be possible to get involved again, even from foreign soil.

But it did occur to me that one of the greatest lessons learned from scouting is to "Never Stop Exploring, Never Stop Learning, Never Stop Trying." Smaller Goals help pave the way for larger goals. Doing research for a project recently caused me to revisit my scouting years. As I glanced backwards, researching requirements for various merit badges, it occured to me that since I left scouting, I've probably completed the requirements for another 2 dozen merit badges, and refilled the requirements of some of the basics several times over, like first-aid. I have also since acted as a counselor for a few horsemanship merit badges and could probably serve for at least 4 other topics.

Here are the requirements I completed while I was still scouting:



Swimming Merit Badge
Requirements filled Kodiak, Alaska 1978





Snow Sport Merit Badge
Telluride, Colorado, 1980





Geology
Telluride, Colorado, 1980




Cycling
Mother, as former Colorado
State cycling champion,
qualified as couselor
Telluride, 1980




Coin Collecting Merit Badge
Telluride, Colorado, 1980






Stamp Collecting Merit Badge
Telluride, Colorado, 1981







Scout
Earned in Telluride,
Colorado 1980













April, 1981









Canoeing (Kayaking?)
San Juan River, Colorado-Utah, 1981








MacGregor Scout Camp
July, 1981








Small Boat Sailing Merit Badge
MacGregor Scout Camp
July, 1981





Communication
Nov. 1981






MacGregor Scout Camp
July, 1981
(We had cards back in that day)













Tenderfoot
Telluride, Colorado, 1981









Position Elected
Nov. 1981









Scout Second Class
Nov. 1981







First Aid Merit Badge
Nov. 1981
(Required at that time for First Class)





Citizenship in the World
May 1982






Railroading
May, 1982





Electricity
May, 1982





Wood Carving Merit Badge
Earned at MacGregor Scout Camp, July 1982






Camping Merit Badge
MacGregor Scout Camp, July 1982






Leather Craft Merit Badge
MacGregor Scout Camp, July 1982






Archery Merit Badge
MacGregor Scout Camp, July 1982





Rifle Shooting
MacGregor Scout Camp, July 1982





Animal Science
Cattle, Horse, Pig, Poultry AND Sheep option
August, 1982








Scout First Class
MacGregor Scout Camp,
July 1982







Star Scout,
MacGregor Scout Camp,
July 1982,
Time Fulfillment Nov, 1982







Citizenship in the Nation
Jan 1983






Home Repairs
Aug 1983





Citizenship in the Community
Aug 1983






Hiking Merit Badge
Telluride, Aug 1983







Life Scout
Telluride, Colorado
Aug 1983






Wood Work Merit Badge
Spring, 1984




Geneology
Sep, 1984






Traffic Safety
Dec. 1983





Drafting
Dec. 1985






Architecture
May 1986






Horsemanship
May 1986






Assistant Scout Master
Sept. 1987