Merit Badge Counseling
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Become a Counselor for Motorboating & Small-Boat Sailing Merit Badges
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The Coast Guard Auxiliary recently entered into an agreement of mutual support with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). This will help lead local Boy Scouts to you so they can earn the Motorboating and Small-Boat Sailing Merit Badges, and it gives you the chance to take on an important roll that may potentiall grow your membership with the Scouts, their parents, and their leaders. There are more than a million Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, and Venturers in the United States -- This agreement - complemented by BSA's Motorboating and Small-Boat Sailing Merit Badges - presents an incredible growth opportunity. According to a BSA statistics, Scouts nationwide earn aquatics merit badges at higher rates than just about any other topic. Boy Scout troops, Scouts, Sea Scouts, and Venturers need our assistance with fulfilling the requirements for Motorboating and Small-Boat Sailing merit badges. |
Two Important Merit Badge Roles: Merit Badge Counselor and Auxiliary Instructor
Although they don’t have to be, the merit badge counselor and the Auxiliary instructor can be the same person:
- Instructors do not have to be BSA members but becoming a merit badge counselor (and BSA Member) helps support Scouts as they work through Merit Badge activities. It can also provide positive public affairs and recruitment opportunities - such as having your flotilla meeting place as the location for appointments with Scouts to review merit badge progress.
- Merit badge counselors are key players in the Boy Scout advancement program. Whatever your area of expertise, you can play a vital role as a merit badge counselor. By serving as a merit badge counselor, you offer your time, knowledge and other resources to help Scouts explore a topic of interest.
