Scout Requirements (complete 3 per category)

Leadership

1

 Identify someone from your Scouting experience you think is a good leader. Ask them what makes them an effective leader and then talk to your parent or Scoutmaster about what makes a good leader. Write 200 words on the leader you chose and share with your troop leader.

2

 Teach a Scout a rank requirement and help them to a successful completion.

3

 Serve in a troop or team leadership position for three months.

4

 Serve as a youth staff member for a unit, district, or council event or camp.

5

 Serve as a den chief for a Cub Scout or Webelos den for three months.

Achievement

1

 Talk to a family member or family friend who used to be in Scouting or a Scout leader and ask about their favorite Scouting achievements. Write 200 words and share with your troop leader or parent OR fill out your family’s Scouting Family Tree at www.Scouting.org/100years.

2

 Advance to Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, or Eagle rank, or earn two merit badges.

3

 Earn the religious emblem for your faith.

4

 Attend 90 percent of your troop or team meetings for three consecutive months.

5

 Earn one of the following awards: BSA Lifeguard, Mile Swim, BSA Emergency Preparedness Award, or BSA Physical Fitness Award.

Community Service

1

 Participate in Scouting for Food or another food drive by spending at least one hour placing bags, collecting bags, distributing food, or spreading the word about food collection.

2

 Volunteer to plant trees or landscape an area around a church, synagogue, or other place of worship or a not-for-profit organization that is not the Boy Scouts of America.

3

 Provide two hours of service in a group community service project approved by your Scout leader.

4

 Recruit one new boy or adult leader into Boy Scouts or Varsity Scouts.

5

 Provide two hours of volunteer service at a hospital, senior citizen or veteran’s facility, or another facility approved by your Scout leader.

Character

1

 Participate in a flag ceremony, in uniform, for a non-Scouts organization.

2

 Earn one of the Citizenship merit badges.

3

 Present a written record of your daily Good Turns for a period of 30 consecutive days, verified by your parent, guardian, or Scout leader.

4

 Provide two hours of assistance at an activity conducted by a Cub Scout pack, another troop or team, or other youth-serving organization approved by your Scout leader.

5

 Conduct a family project (such as the examples found in the Family Life merit badge pamphlet) approved by your Scout leader.

Outdoors

1

 Earn Hiking, Camping, Backpacking, Canoeing or Wilderness Survival merit badges.

2

 Attend a Scout overnight campout and practice the principles of Leave No Trace.

3

 Attend a full session of council summer camp, participate in a council or national High Adventure program, or earn the 50 Miler Award.

4

 Participate for at least two hours in an outdoor conservation project approved by your Scout leader.

5

 Participate in a Scout backpacking trip separate from requirement No. 1