News and Events - Merit Badge

2018 Sycamore District Merit Badge Day

I am happy to announce that the Sycamore District Merit Badge Day registration is now open. District has informed us that Scouts should register individually. Class sizes are limited and it is first come first served. This is a one day event on April 14th and will be located at the Church of Latter Day […]

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Eagle College 2017

WHO: 1st Class Scouts (and higher) at the time of registration WHAT: An opportunity to earn up to three Eagle-required merit badges WHERE: Sage Products, Inc. • 3909 Three Oaks Road • Cary, IL 60013 WHEN: February 11th, 18th & March 11th, 2016; 8:45 AM – 2:30 PM (Check in begins at 8:00 AM; first […]

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June Campout

Our June campout will be at Marengo Ridge from June 10-12th. We will be meeting with the Fox Valley Rocketeers on Saturday morning to launch the rockets you have been working on for the past 2 weeks and in the afternoon we will be geocaching.  It’s going to be a event filled weekend. Both of […]

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Railway Camporee

The May Campout is the Council Camporee in Union and will be held at the Illinois Railway Museum. The event is May 13-15 and the cost is $31 per person. For more information about this event visit and download the PDF http://storage.blackhawkscouting.org/event/docs/1186/irm_2016.pdf Permission slips are due no later than May 3rd.  

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The Art Merit Badge

At the last PLC the Scouts decided to do something different during the meeting time, they decided to work on a Merit Badge as a group.  Sam led the way with the Art Merit Badge, which was appropriate as Sam has been the winner of the AWE patch design contest for the past three years. […]

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