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|style="color:#000"|'''''Badges of Honour''''' are also given for certain tests. These are worn on the right arm below the elbow.
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|style="color:#000"|MeritBadge.Org is '''the free Scouting Wikipedia''' dedicated to providing resources for Scouts and leaders. In 1995, Michael Kauffmann ([[User:Optimist|Optimist]]) began listing merit badge requirements on his first website, Opticon. Opticon quickly grew and became MeritBadge.Com and in 2007 became MeritBadge.Org.
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:*Signalling: ability to read and send Morse or semaphore message, twenty letters a minute.
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:*First Aid: for passing the St. John Ambulance tests in First Aid.
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Today, MeritBadge.Org offers:
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:*Stalking: series of twelve photos of wild animals taken from life by the scout and developed and printed by himself.
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* {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages of resources created and maintained by {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} volunteers
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:*Merit: for twenty good marks for various good deeds.
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* Nearly 200 worksheets for [[MBW|Merit Badges]], [[WW|Webelos Activity Badges]], and [[CSW|Cub Scout Belt Loops and Pins]]
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<div style="text-align:right;">&mdash; Lieut. Gen. Robert Baden-Powell, '''''[[Scouting For Boys]]''''', 1908, 1st ed. London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, [[Badges of Honour|(more info)]].</div>
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* Thousands of resource links for nearly 300 Scouting [[Ranks]], [[Merit Badges]], and [[Awards]]
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* Program materials from [[Tiger]], [[Wolf]], and [[Bear]] Cub Scouts to [[Webelos Scouts]], [[Boy Scout]]s, [[Varsity Scout]]s, and [[Venturing]]
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Everyone is welcome to use our resources. If you are a registered adult leader with the Boy Scouts of America and want to help, please [[Special:Userlogin|Register]] and join in!
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[[Merit Badges]] began in England in 1908 as [[Badges of Honour]]. Even today, many requirements are changing for [[2008 Boy Scout Rank Requirement Changes|2008]] and [[2009 Merit Badge Requirement Changes|2009]].
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<center>''MeritBadge.Org is not affiliated with BSA or WOSM and does not speak on behalf of BSA or WOSM. Opinions expressed are those of the individual contributors.
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Revision as of 17:05, October 10, 2008

Welcome to... WWW.MERITBADGE.ORG — "Helping Scouts Advance"

MeritBadge.Org is the free Scouting Wikipedia dedicated to providing resources for Scouts and leaders. In 1995, Michael Kauffmann (Optimist) began listing merit badge requirements on his first website, Opticon. Opticon quickly grew and became MeritBadge.Com and in 2007 became MeritBadge.Org.

Today, MeritBadge.Org offers:

Everyone is welcome to use our resources. If you are a registered adult leader with the Boy Scouts of America and want to help, please Register and join in!

Merit Badges began in England in 1908 as Badges of Honour. Even today, many requirements are changing for 2008 and 2009.

MeritBadge.Org is not affiliated with BSA or WOSM and does not speak on behalf of BSA or WOSM. Opinions expressed are those of the individual contributors.
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