Troop 500 Merit Badges and Counselors
Working on a merit badge is especially enjoyable when Scouts work together. The BSA requires that the buddy system to be used when meeting with merit badge counselors outside of a Troop activity or meeting.
The requirements for each merit badge appear in the current BSA merit badge pamphlet for that award and in the book Boy Scout Requirements, available at Scout Shops and council service centers. You may also refer to on-line resources such as meritbadge.org. When a Scout has decided on a merit badge he would like to earn, he should follow these steps:
1. Obtain from the Scoutmaster a signed merit badge application (blue card), and agree on the merit badge counselor. Troop 500 merit badge counselors are listed below. The San Diego Imperial Council maintains a list of regional counselors that may also be available.
2. Along with another Scout or adult, set up and attend a first meeting with the merit badge counselor. The merit badge counselor will explain the requirements for the badge and help the Scout plan ways to fulfill them so that he gets the most out of the experience. All Scouts must be in full Class A uniform, bring their signed blue card for that merit badge completely filled out and the merit badge pamphlet. This meeting may take place at a Troop 500 meeting/activity if the counselor approves.
3. The Scout then completes all the requirements, sets up another meeting with the merit badge counselor and both will review the requirements to assure that all requirements have been fulfilled. Once all requirements have been fulfilled, the merit badge counselor will fill out and sign the blue card and will remove a portion of the card for their records.
4. The Scout then checks the blue card to make sure it is completely filled out and signed, and then the card should be turned over to the advancement chairperson. The Scout will then receive the merit badge and advancement card at the next Court of Honor.
Troop 500 Merit Badge Counselors
Eagle Merit Badges
Camping: Richard Glover, Chuck Mellor
Citizenship in the Community: Carl Federici, Chuck Mellor, Jim Wheeler, Carleen Berry
Citizenship in the Nation: Carl Federici, Chuck Mellor, Jim Wheeler
Citizenship in the World: Carl Federici, Chuck Mellor, Jim Wheeler
Communications: Jim Wheeler
Emergency Preparedness: Jeff Omens, Jocelyn Maas
Family Life: Carl Federici, Jeff Omens, Jim Wheeler
First Aid: Jocelyn Maas
Hiking: Carl Federici, Richard Glover
Personal Management: Carl Federici, Jim Wheeler
Personal Fitness: Carl Federici, Jim Hervey
Elective Merit Badges
American Heritage: Jim Wheeler, Carleen Berry
Athletics: Stephanie Wheeler
Aviation: Chuck Mellor
Backpacking: Richard Glover
Cooking: Carleen Berry
Computers: Jeff Omens, Jim Wheeler, Mark Berry
Entrepreneurship: Richard Glover
Electricity: Jeff Omens, Jim Wheeler
Electronics: Jeff Omens, Jim Wheeler, Mark Berry
Engineering: Jeff Omens
Home Repair: Mark Berry
Law: Chuck Mellor
Medicine: Jocelyn Maas, Stephanie Wheeler
Model Design and Building: Jeff Omens
Music: Jeff Omens
Pets: Stephanie Wheeler, Jeff Omens
Photography: Mark Berry
Plumbing: Jeff Omens
Public Health: Jocelyn Maas
Radio: Mark Berry, Jim Wheeler
Reading: Carleen Berry
Safety: Jocelyn Maas
Scholarship: Stephanie Wheeler, Carleen Berry
Stamp Collecting: Jeff Omens
Woodworking: Mark Berry
If you are an adult Scouter in Troop 500 and would like to be a merit badge counselor, please see the instructions on the San Diego Imperial Council website (http://www.sdicbsa.org/), under the "Advancement" tab. After you have registered with the District, notify the Troop 500 webmaster to have your info updated here.
