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THE CEDAR RAPIDS MERIT BADGE UNIVERSITY IS HOSTED BY BOY SCOUT TROOP 37



PLEASE JOIN US FOR A GREAT DAY OF MERIT BADGE CLASSES!  

MERIT BADGE CLASSES ARE INSTRUCTED BY LEADERS, CAREER PROFESSIONALS AND HOBBYIST.  TO EARN A BADGE AT OUR UNIVERSITY WE REQUIRE ALL SCOUTS TO PARTICIPATE FULLY.  WE ASK LEADERS TO REGISTER THEIR SCOUTS FOR APPROPRIATE BADGES FOR THEIR AGE AND RANK.  LEADERS SHOULD KNOW EACH SCOUTS ABILITIES AND HELP PREPARE THEM FOR THE CLASSES THEY REGISTER FOR.  MOST CLASSES HAVE PREREQUISTES THAT INSTRUCTORS REQUIRE TO BE DONE PRIOR TO ATTENDING.  PLEASE REVIEW ALL PREREQUISTES FOR EACH CLASS AND READ YOUR MERIT BADGE BOOKS.

SCOUTS MAY ONLY REGISTER FOR ONE EAGLE CLASS!

SCOUTS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THEIR CLASS A UNIFORM AND ARRIVE PREPARED.  BLUE CARD WILL BE HANDED OUT BY OUR COUNSELORS.

 

**Please visit our Facebook page at Cedar Rapids Merit Badge University!  Stay up to date on all the latest information and share with your Scouting Friends!**

We will be offering morning and afternoon session of merit badge classes, a couple are full day sessions.  Troops will be asked to check in at Iowa Hall from 7:00 am to 7:45am.  A brief opening ceremony will be held outside at 7:50am and sessions will begin at 8:30 am (weather permitting).  The afternoon sessions will begin at 1pm.  Each session will cost $10.  There are some sessions that will last all day.  These will cost $20.  All merit badges that will have field trips will be on campus for lunch.  There are a few merit badges that have extra material fees.

We have it set up so that you can prepay for your lunch.  The cost will be $8.00.  You will need to sign up on the website for the lunch vouchers.  You will receive the vouchers in your registration packet. We will NOT be selling lunch vouchers on campus, they must be purchased with registration!  So please plan ahead and pre-order lunch!!   To sign up for lunch vouchers, please use the food entry.

This year's menu is hamburger or a hotdog, chips, homemade mac and cheese, and lemonade/water.  Please do not bring any outside lunches into the cafeteria area.  Vending machines will be available to purchase additional snacks.  No change machines will be available.

We ask that you have a contact person that will be attending the work shop for each troop.  We will need their phone number for emergencies.  We would also ask that all release forms be turned in to the registration table prior to expedite registration that morning.

**Some merit badge sessions will be taking field trips.  We will need volunteers to help with transportation of scouts.  If your troop has scouts signed up, please be ready to help with travel.

ONCE YOUR TROOP HAS SIGNED UP, PLEASE SEND A LIST OF ADULT VOLUNTEERS TO PAM.  We are a small troop and need at least two adults in each session.  It is CRITICAL to the success that we have adults that will sit in sessions.



The Scout Oath, the Law, and the Outdoor Code shall be the guiding behavior for our workshop.  A Scout whose conduct is not consistant with the code will be directed to leave the campus immediately. Adequate supervision must be provided by each participating unit.   



No siblings or non-registered youth will be allowed in classrooms!

 

If your scout's first choice is not available, please sign your scout up for their second choice.  Please keep checking back to see if spots open up!

Please note that by registering you are reserving a seat in the class.   The registration fee is nonrefundable.  The fee will not be refunded if the Scout does not attend.  You may substitute another Scout as long as the merit badge does not change.  Please contact Pam Ammeter prior to event day.

 

Please print the registration sheet and make the check out to Troop #37 TO BE RECEIVED BY NO LATER THAN MARCH 31ST.

Mail the check and registration sheet to:

Troop #37                                                                                                                                    

C/O Pamela Ammeter

P.O. Box 512

Walford, IA  52351

Kirkwood College is located at 6301 Kirkwood Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA.  Kirkwood College is located just south of Hwy 30 in Cedar Rapids.