Troop 23

Summer 08 Merit Badge Program

Through the summer, interested scouts will meet to work on Merit Badges. Tuesday nights are when most of these will happen starting June 24^th. Below is the matrix of Merit Badges. On Wednesdays Aquatic Merit Badges will be offered at the Strafford Town Dam.

Tuesday	Kitchen/Main Room	Back Room	Up Stairs
5:30 or 6:00	Cooking – Mr. Henderson	Citizenship Community & Nation – Mr. Chaplin	Personal Management – Mr. Noronha
7:00	First Aid – Mr. Burnell.	Emergency Preparedness – Mr. Wiley	Personal Fitness – Mr. Garcia	Reading – Mrs. Snow

Wednesday	Strafford Beach	Strafford Dam
6:00	Swimming - Mr. Wiley	Canoeing – Mr. Burns

As ALWAYS! You need a blue card from Mr. Burns and permission from the MB Councilor to join the group.

Other Merit Badges that are not on the Schedule and you might want to consider this summer are:

Basketry with Mr. Hayden

Camping with Mr. Gray

Communications with Mr. Sargent

Cycling with Mr. Gray

Home Repair with Mr. Lacriox

Journalism with Ms. Snow

Reading with Ms. Snow

Stamp Collecting with Mrs. Chaplin

Sports with Mr. Henderson

For Merit Badge work with councilors always first have a buddy, second get a Blue Card from Mr. Burns before approaching the councilor to schedule merit badge work.