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{{Shortcut|[[Blue Card]]}} <center><big>Merit Badge resources include the [[Guide for Merit Badge Counselors]], [[Merit_Badges#Introduction|Introduction]], & [[Merit Badge FAQ|FAQ]].<br>The [[Merit Badge Worksheets|Merit Badge Worksheets & Requirements]] include the maps, checklists and other materials you need.<br>Other resources include the online [[Merit Badge Application]] and [[Merit Badges Earned|Most Popular Merit Badges]]<br>[[Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval|Certain requirements need prior approval]] but most do not.<br><br></big></center> {| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="400px" |- align="center" | | [[Image:MeritBadgeBlueCard.jpg|390px|center|]] |- |align="center" | An [http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/advance/docs/Merit-Badge-Application-34124A.doc Online Merit Badge Application] is available. |} {{Info|''[http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/advance/docs/Merit-Badge-Application-34124A.doc Click here for the online Merit Badge Application]<br>Print on regular or blue paper. Just fold half way down the page and trim off the edges. The back lines up with the front side. Ask your council what merit badge applications they will accept.|auto|10%}} [[Boy Scouts]] and [[Varsity Scouts]] may work on merit badges from the time they join a Scout troop until they turn 18 years old. See [[Merit Badge]] for more details. * The [[Merit Badge application|Merit Badge Application]] #34124 is known as a "blue card" due to its distinctive color. * Councils are not required to use the "blue card" #34124 as their Merit Badge Application. * Merit Badge Blue Cards are [http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/SearchPage.aspx?page=LIST&free_text=34124* sold online at Scoutstuff.org] or at your [http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/storeloc.aspx local Scout Shop]. * There is an [http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/advance/docs/Merit-Badge-Application-34124A.doc Online Merit Badge Application] that you can fill out and print from your PC. * For helping filling out a blue card see the [http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/advance/docs/Merit-Badge-Application-Sample.pdf Sample Merit Badge Application]. * For an Excel spreadsheet that can be used to directly print information on the #34124 "blue card" see the [http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Image:Blue_Card_Printing_-_example_Nuclear_Science_MB.xls Blue Card print spreadsheet]. == Key Merit Badge Rules == {{quote-source| * ''"Any Boy Scout may earn any merit badge at any time. You don't need to have had rank advancement to be eligible." * ''"Scoutmaster will give you the name of a person from a list of counselors." (Note that the Scoutmaster thus picks the counselor, not the Scout) * ''"You must have another person with you at each meeting with the merit badge counselor." (youth protection buddy system - scout, friend or relative) * ''"You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less. You are expected to do exactly what is stated in the requirements." * Note that some [[Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval|Merit Badges Require Prior Approval‎]] for certain requirements. The rest do not: ''" Any Boy Scout may earn any merit badge at any time...You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less." - [[Boy Scout Requirements]] p. 22 - 23. * The use of [[Merit Badge Worksheets]] cannot be added as a requirement by a counselor. * See the [[Merit Badge FAQ]] for answers to many common questions. |[[Boy Scout Requirements]], p. 22-23: [http://www.scouting.org/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards.aspx Online] &nbsp; [http://www.scouting.org/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards.aspx Printed]}} ==See also== {{Merit Badge See Also}} [[Category:Merit Badge counseling]]

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