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Re: ? eagle Palms
Bruce E. Cobern (bec@PIPELINE.COM)
Mon, 6 Oct 1997 22:26:48 -0400
At 11:44 AM 10/6/97 -0500, Terry Slade wrote:
>My kid had a total of 55 merit badges on his sash when he
>earned his Eagle this last May. Most of the scouts have the
>bare minimum or a few extra. Do the badges that he earned
>before his Eagle ( the extra 20 or so ) count towards a palm or
>does he have to earn the 5 more making a total of 60 now?
>This would seem like a penalty to him for working harder than
>the others before his Eagle. What do other Troops do and what
>is standard policy? If one must earn 21, than only need 26 for a
>palm, does this seem fair to the scout that earned the 21 plus
>26 additional just to get to Eagle and now must still earn 5
>more?
You can use ANY merit badge, no matter when earned, as long as it was NOT
one of the merit badges used for Eagle. To quote the footnote in the
Requirements book:
"Merit badges earned any time since becoming a Boy Scout may be used to meet
this requirement."
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Bruce E. Cobern
mailto:bec@pipeline.com
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |
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