We are excited to welcome all of the Scouts to the Merit Badge Days event, on Saturday March 1, 2025.

Please read all of the important information below and share with your Scout. Some counselors may contact Scouts and their parents directly.

Remember to have the Scout bring lunch!

More information

If you are on the waitlist and a spot opens, you will receive an email notification that a spot has opened.

March 1, 2024

Automotive Maintenance Merit Badge

Bellaire Auto Center, 5118 Spruce Street, Bellaire, TX 77401

Check-in: 8:30am, Class: 9:00am-3:00pm

Prerequisites:

Read merit badge book

Not Covered:

Requirement #11 – bring proof if completed

Surveying Merit Badge

Cockrell Scout Center Rm 100

2225 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77008

Check-in: 8:30am, Class: 9:00am-2:00pm

Prerequisites:

Read merit badge book

Journalism Merit Badge

Cockrell Scout Center Rm 200

2225 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77008

Check-In: 8:30 am, Class: 9:00 am-12:00pm

Prerequisites:

Read merit badge book

Not Covered:

Requirement #2 – bring proof if completed
Requirement #4 – bring proof if completed

Disabilities Awareness Merit Badge

Cockrell Scout Center Rm 200

2225 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77008

Check-in: 12:00 pm, Class: 12:30pm-3:30pm

Prerequisites:

Read merit badge book

Not Covered:

Requirement #2 – bring proof if completed
Requirement #4 – bring proof if completed

First Aid Merit Badge

Cockrell Scout Center Rm 102

2225 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77008

Check-In: 8:30am, Class: 9:00am-5:00pm

Prerequisites:

Read merit badge book
Bring #2b1, 2b2

Not Covered:

Requirement #14 – bring proof if completed

Fire Safety Merit Badge

Cy-Fair Fire Department Admin Building, 10710 Telge Rd, Houston TX 77095

Check-In: 7:45am, Class: 8:00am-2:00pm

Prerequisites:

Read merit badge book

Not Covered:

Requirement #5 – bring proof if completed

Plumbing Merit Badge

Cockrell Scout Center Rm 201

2225 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77008

Check-In: 8:30am, Class: 9:00am-3:00pm

Prerequisites:

Read the UPDATED requirements here: 2025 Plumbing Merit Badge Requirements
Items highlighted in yellow are activities that can be done prior to the class!

What to Bring

• Printed copy of the Annual Health and Medical Record* (Part A & B for any Scouting event). Do not bring originals.

• Notebook or paper, and writing utensils

• Water bottle
• Sack lunch and drinks

• Healthy snacks, optional

• Scouts should wear their field uniform (Scout uniform)

For every merit badge class, bring:

• Blue Card (Application for Merit Badges) signed by the unit leader.
• Proof of completed prerequisites
• Documentation of any requirements that will not be covered is optional, but highly recommended. (Learn more about partials.)

Several sharpened pencils

• Merit Badge Worksheets (optional, but highly recommended to help Scouts prepare)

About Requirements Not Covered, and Partial Completions

Requirements not covered: Some of the requirements cannot be completed during the class. The Scout must bring documentation showing completion of requirements not covered, otherwise, the Scout will receive a partial and the Scout will need to complete it with a different counselor.

Partial Completions: The merit badge counselor will document all requirements completed on the blue card and return it to the Scout before the Scout leaves the class. The Scout returns the blue to the unit leader after the event. If the Scout ends up with a partial, then the Scout must complete the badge under the guiadance of a different counselor. Keeping up with the blue card helps the Scout learn personal responsibility.

About Blue Cards (Application For Merit Badge)

The Application For Merit Badge or Blue card is a two-sided, tri-section document. It is a perforated trifold card with three distinct parts: the actual application, the applicant’s (Scout’s) record and the counselor’s record. The document serves as a sort of passport while a Scout is working on a badge and then later as a permanent record.

Blue cards are an official Scouting America document that serves as a record of progress toward completion of a merit badge. There are two official ways to complete blue cards: on paper and online using Scoutbook. Scouts must bring a blue card for each merit badge class signed by the Unit Leader. Learn how to fill out a blue card.

How to Fill Out Blue Card

Learn More about Blue Cards