Falling Waters Merit Badge Midway

Date/Time:

Jan 21, 2023 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

 

Location:

Southwestern Community College- Bradford Hall
447 College Drive
Sylva, NC 28779

 

Midway Information

Falling Waters District Merit Badge Midway

Read information before registering

By Online Registration Only – No Walk-ins

 

In order for a Scout to attend, registration with payment must be completed online by Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Adult leader training is listed at the bottom of this page.

When: Saturday, January 21, 2023 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Check-in: 8:00 am to 8:45 am

Merit Badge sessions: 9:00 am to noon and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Cost: $8.00 per Scout includes patch (plus $7.00 for Lunch if you choose it). This $8 fee is for the entire Midway whether taking one or two merit badges.

Registration: can only be made online and is not valid unless payment is included. Early registration is suggested to insure Scouts get the merit badge session(s) they want. As merit badge sessions fill up they will be taken offline.

Where: Haywood Community College, 185 Freedlander Drive, Clyde, NC 

Check-in at the ground floor café of the Alder Building.

All merit badge sessions will be in the Hickory Building next to the Alder Building.

Adult leader training will also be in the Hickory Building (see course offering at the bottom of this page).

 

 

 

Directions: From Asheville, NC (East of Campus)

  1. Take I-40 West.
  2. From I-40 West take exit 27
  3. Take exit 107 (East Jones Cove Road)
  4. Turn left at the first intersection onto Jones Cove Road and pass under the expressway
  5. Turn left at the Haywood CC sign onto Freedlander Drive
  6. At the stop sign turn left onto College Drive
  7. Follow College Drive around to large parking lot behind the Alder Building,

From Sylva, NC (West of Campus)

  1. Take Highway 23-74 East
  2. Take exit 105 (Jones Cove Road)
  3. At the light turn left onto Hospital Drive
  4. At the stop sign turn right onto Jones Cove Road
  5. Turn left at the Haywood CC sign onto Freedlander Drive
  6. At the stop sign turn left onto College Drive
  7. Follow College Drive around to large parking lot behind the Alder Building,

A detailed map of the campus is at: HCC Map (haywood.edu)

The Merit Badges listed below are to be offered. Please note the maximum class size listed by each badge. Attendance is on a first come first serve basis. To attend you must register with payment and select the Merit Badge(s) you will work on by January 18. Scouts should read the Merit Badge pamphlet before the Midway. To obtain credit for work done on each merit badge each Scout must individually complete the requirements to include discussing, describing or explaining the required material. Scouts should be aware that many of Merit Badges will be partials. Most of the requirements that must be accomplished outside of the Midway sessions are listed below. There possible these should be completed before the Midway.

  1. Bird Study – 3 hours with a maximum of 8 Scouts – offered once. If you have binoculars and a bird book, bring them.
  2. Citizenship in the Nation – 3 hours with a maximum of 15 Scouts - offered twice. Requirements 5, 6, 7 and 8 must be completed before or after the Midway. If you complete Requirements 5, 6 and/or 7 before the Midway be prepared to discuss, explain and tell. If you complete requirement 8 before the Midway bring a copy of your letter or email and any reply you have received.
  3. Citizenship in Society – 3 hours with a maximum of 8 Scouts – offered twice. To attend Scouts must hold the rank of First Class Scout, Star Scout or Life Scout. Obtain your parent’s or guardian’s permission for Requirement 6 and with the help of a parent or guardian complete Requirement 8.
  4. Citizenship in the World – 3 hours with a maximum of 15 Scouts – offered twice. Be prepared to discuss with your Counselor your choices in each of Requirements 3.a. and 3.b., two of the three choices in Requirement 4 and two of the five choices in Requirement 7.
  5. Disability Awareness – 3 hours with a maximum of 12 Scouts – offered once.
  6. Emergency Preparedness – 6 hours with a maximum of 16 Scouts. Requirements 1, 2(c), 7(a), 7(b), 8(b), and 9 must be completed before or after the Midway.
  7. Family Life – 3 hours with a maximum of 16 Scouts – offered twice. Requirements 3, 4, 5(a), (b) & (c) and 6(b) must be completed before or after the Midway.
  8. First Aid – 6 hours with maximum of 10 Scouts. Be prepared to discuss your current knowledge of requirement 1. Bring the first aid kit required in requirement 5(a) and review your Troop’s first aid kit for Requirement 5(b) and discuss with your counselor.
  9. Health Care Professions – 3 hours with a maximum of 10 Scouts – offered once. Requirement 5 will need to be done before or after the Midway.
  10. Law – 3 hours with a maximum of 8 Scouts – offered once. The Counselor strongly recommends that Scouts complete requirements 4 and 6 before the Midway.
  11. Music – 3 hours with a maximum of 15 Scouts – offered once. In order to meet requirement #1 bring your musical instrument and be prepared to play it or be prepared to sing a song. If you are not a member of a band or other musical group that fulfills requirement #3.c then complete requirement 3.b before the Midway and be prepared to discuss the answers.
  12. Traffic Safety – 3 hours with a maximum of 15 Scouts – offered once.

Blue cards: Scouts should bring to the Midway a blue card for each badge to be worked on signed by their Scoutmaster or have at the Midway the Scoutmaster or an adult leader authorized by the Scoutmaster to sign blue cards before the class. On the blue card the Scout should neatly fill out their name, address, city and troop number on the front side and the name of the badge and their name on the back side. Blue cards are not included in the registration fee but will be available for sale at the Midway for $0.50 each.

 

How to register:

On the Council Master Calendar on the Daniel Boone Council website (https://www.danielboonecouncil.org/calendar) under January 21 click on Merit Badge Midway. First read the Information page and then go to the Registration page to select available merit badges and make payment. The Midway uses the software Tentaroo, which is also used to sign up Scouts for summer camp so it might be easier for a Troop adult leader to register multiple Scouts from the Troop rather than individual Scouts or their parents having to learn the software. If an individual is having trouble there may be a Troop adult leader who can help or contact your District Executive. Only registered Scouts will be allowed to attend. Deadline for registration is January 18, 2023.

Lunch:

The café in the Alder Building is available to sit and eat lunch. However there is no food service available at Haywood Community College on Saturdays. You may order a bag lunch with your registration for $7.00. bag lunch consists of a small sub sandwich (turkey or ham), chips, pickle slice, cookie and a bottle of water. Only bag lunches ordered and paid for at registration will be available. If you do not order a bag lunch, you may bring your lunch with you. re are several fast food restaurants within driving distance but they are often busy during the noon hour.

Adult leader training:

There is no fee for adult Scout leaders to attend the Midway. Those wishing to attend the Scoutmaster/Assistant Scoutmaster Job Specific training are asked to contact Peggy Jones at peggypjones@gmail.com or 210-836-6561 so that enough materials will be on-hand. However walk-ins will be allowed on a space available basis. No registration is needed for this course.

Scoutmaster/Assistant Scoutmaster Job Specific training will be run from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. All Scoutmasters and Assistants who have not taken this training should take advantage of this opportunity to learn about available resources. Also if it has been a while since taking this training this is an opportunity for a refresher. Other adults are welcome to attend on a space available basis.

Eagle Board of Review training will be conducted from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. As of March 1, 2023 within the Daniel Boone Council only Scouters who have taken this new training will be allowed to sit as a member of an Eagle Board of Review. This is regardless of previous experience. All registered adults registered in the Council regardless of position who would like to be an Eagle Board Member and anyone who is interested in how Eagle Boards operate should attend. Although there will be other opportunities elsewhere in the Council, this will likely be the only such training held within the Falling Waters District before March 1st.

Midway Questions: Contact John Mills at john.mills1946@gmail.com or 828-944-0361

 

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