Merit Badge Workshops

What We Offer
The Theodore Roosevelt Council is proud to continue offering groundbreaking programs and opportunities to our youth. Below is a listing of the Merit Badge Workshops being offered, over the next few months. Plan ahead, be prepared, and REGISTER ASAP for a great opportunity to have fun and work on advancements. Please make sure to register online at onteora.org/mbw. Also, available on the registration page is a listing of any prerequisites (please review them beforehand). Lastly, always remember to get unit leader approval PRIOR to registering.
How to Create an Account & Register
Click Here for Step-by-Step Instructions on Creating Your Account
Click Here for Step-by-Step Instructions on Registering for an Upcoming MB Workshop
Permission & Electronic Blue Cards
Scouts should discuss which badge they are registering for with their unit leader prior to signing up. Everyone is required to come to the workshop with prior permission for the badge that they are taking, from their Unit Leader.
ALL Blue Cards are required to be handled digitally. When you register your respective scout(s) for their merit badge sessions, you are confirming their electronic blue card has been approved by a unit leader, which is made available to you with real time updates, through your login, at Onteora.org.
All units earning advancement in camp must submit their advancements to their Council. Be sure to submit record of your scout's progress to your unit's advancement chair.
If a scout does not complete all of the requirements for a merit badge during the session, they will receive a “Partial Completion” and have their digital Blue Card returned indicating the requirements that were completed. Scouts can earn the badge by completing the requirements with a counselor at home, summer camp, etc. Scouts cannot “fail” Merit Badges; there are only different levels of completion. Note: Please check the most recent merit badge pamphlet for the most current information.
Please follow this link for Onteora.org Blue Card Save & Print Instructions
Prerequisites
Please make sure to check for prerequisites listed below, when registering for badges. Prerequisites can be done prior to arrival. If not completed beforehand, Scouts will receive a partial.
Photography - Requirement #1b - Show your counselor your current, up-to-date Cyber Chip.
Cyber Chip | Boy Scouts of America (scouting.org)
Refund Policy
There is a strict no refund or transfer of credit policy for ALL Merit Badge Workshops, in lieu of the extreme popularity of these programs and the overwhelming amount of special requests that are received.
Availability
Please do not call or email requesting to be force added in to a course that is full.
These workshops are extremely popular and are offered strictly on a first come first serve basis. Even if your order timed out, there was a technical difficulty, or your scout needs the badge in question, exceptions will not be made. There are many other opportunities for advancement in Scouting, including working with your Scoutmaster to contact a local counselor, attending summer camp(s), etc.
COVID Protocols will be followed!
If any participant has:
Tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 14 days
OR shown symptoms of COVID-19 within the last 14 days
OR come into contact with someone who has tested positive or shown symptoms within the last 14 days
OR traveled out of New York State for a period of over 24 hours within the last 14 days,
THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. A full refund will be given if any of the above applies. Please email Robert.Wolf@scouting.org for COVID related refund inquiries.
Register Below (all classes will be held at SCHIFF SCOUT RESERVATION from 9am to 1pm)
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Geology MB Workshop Jan. 16 January 16, 2021
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Photography MB Workshop Jan. 16 January 16, 2021
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Game Design MB Workshop Jan. 17 January 17, 2021
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Chemistry MB Workshop Jan. 17 January 17, 2021
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Please follow this link for Onteora.org Blue Card Save & Print Instructions | Download |