Merit Badge Sponsorship

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Thank you for your interest in the Merit Badge Sponsorship Program. Your financial leadership will positively affect thousands of Peninsula youth and families this year.

 Benefits to Youth 

The Merit Badge Sponsorship Program provides opportunities for at-risk  youth in low-income and culturally diverse areas to grow physically, mentally, and morally in after-school and weekend activities. By attending Scouting’s structured, safe activities, Peninsula young people do not have as much idle time to explore drugs, alcohol, or find themselves in as many peer-pressure activities. The Scouting program is a year-round effort because the pressures on our young people increase every day. There is no better time than now to help guide youth in positive directions.

Scouting addresses the Peninsula’s at-risk youth in the following ways:
  1. Scouts with telescopeOffering a place for youth to attend after school and on weekends at which he or she will learn how to be physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
  2. Teaching the youth how to avoid drug and alcohol abuse through the “Drugs: A Deadly Game” program.
  3. Going on fun and educational “field trips” to local museums, parks and libraries. Participating in meaningful day camp, resident camp and weekend camping trips.
  4. Creating weekly opportunities at group meetings to assist the youth in learning values that include: being trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.

Additionally, Scouting helps the Peninsula’s at-risk youth to focus on six critical elements of healthy youth development:

  1. Strong personal values and character
  2. Positive sense of self-worth and usefulness
  3. Caring and nurturing relationships with parents, other adults and peers.
  4. A desire to learn
  5. Productive/creative use of time
  6. Social adeptness

THANK YOU! With your funding, the Pacific Skyline Council will ensure that the youth involved will register with the Boy Scouts of America, have the opportunities to attend summer camp, own their own books and uniforms, and enjoy the same activities as youth involved in mature, self-funded units. Your funding will also help us to create more Scout units, and to develop the units into self-sustaining, successful programs.

 
 Benefits To Your Business 

 The Merit Badge Sponsorship Program offers the following marketing benefits for you or your company to over 2500 event and summer camp
participants, as well as 8000 youth and 3000 adult volunteers.

Annual Report & Resource Guide coversLeader Sponsorship
  • Copy of the related Merit Badge Pamphlet
  • Name included in the Pacific Skyline Council Annual Report (February)
  • Banner recognition at the Spring Merit Badge Midway and Fall S.T.E.M. (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) Merit Badge Midway.
  • Logo and name recognition on the Council website.
  • Logo and name included in semi-annual Resource Guide mailed to over 10,000 Scouting families, alumni and donors.
  • Opportunity to host a merit badge clinic at your location. Advertise clinic  with your logo through the Council’s online newsletter.

Partner Sponsorship
  • Includes all of the above benefits.
  • One week camp session sponsorship at a Pacific Skyline Council resident camp with a banner, guided tour and hosted lunch for guests of your choice (summer).
  • Special event sponsorship package: 2 Tickets to Distinguished Citizen
  • Dinner (spring) and 2 tickets to Holiday Auction (fall).

 Merit Badge Listing

The following is a list of all of the 125 Merit Badges, arranged into 14 logical fields of activity (categories). Red badges are required to earn the rank of Eagle Scout.
Rocket merit badge
Agribusiness - Animal Science, Farm Mechanics, Plant Science
Arts And Crafts - Art, Basketry, Bugling, Leatherwork, Metalwork, Music, Pottery, Sculpture, Theater, Wood Carving
Business And industry - American Business, Entrepreneurship, Pulp and Paper, Salesmanship, Textile
Conservation - Environmental Science, Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry, Soil and Water Conservation
Hobbies - Backpacking, Camping, Chess, Coin Collecting, Collections, Cooking, Dog Care, Gardening, Hiking, Home Repairs, Indian Lore, Model Design and Building, Pets, Pioneering, Radio, Rowing, Scouting Heritage, Stamp Collecting
Natural Science - Archaeology, Astronomy, Bird Study, Geology, Insect Study, Mammal Study, Nature, Oceanography, Reptile and Amphibian Study, Weather
Communications - Cinematography, Journalism, Photography
Personal Development - American Cultures, American Heritage, Citizenship In The Community, Citizenship In The Nation, Citizenship In The World, Communications, Disabilities Awareness, Family Life, Genealogy, Personal  Fitness, Personal Management, Public Speaking, Reading, Scholarship, Traffic Safety, Wilderness Survival
Physical Science - Chemistry, Computers, Electricity, Electronics, Energy, Nuclear Science, Space Exploration
Professions - Architecture, Dentistry, Engineering, Inventing, Landscape Architecture, Law, Medicine, Robotics, Surveying, Veterinary Medicine
Public Service - Crime Prevention, Emergency Preparedness, Fingerprinting, Fire Safety,  First Aid, Lifesaving, Public Health, Safety
Sports - Archery, Athletics, Canoeing, Climbing, Cycling, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Golf,  Geocaching, Horsemanship, Motorboating, Orienteering, Rifle Shooting,  Scuba Diving, Shotgun Shooting, Skating, Small-Boat Sailing, Snow Sports, Sports, Swimming, Water Sports, Whitewater
Trades - American Labor, Automotive Maintenance, Composite Materials, Drafting,  Graphic Arts, Painting, Plumbing, Woodwork
Transportation - Aviation, Railroading, Truck Transportation 

 To Sign Up

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 Click here to download the Merit Badge Sponsorship booklet, including the committment form.

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