American Fork Rec Opens New 2013-2014 Merit Badge Schedule

American Fork Rec Center located at 454 N Center Street; American Fork, Utah just released it class schedule for the 2013-2014 year.  It has plans to offer classes for 114 different merit badges during the next year.  For More Information click here

BYU Announces Classes for Fall Merit Badge Pow Wow

BYU Fall Merit Badge Pow Wow will be held on Saturday, October 18 and Saturday, November 2 on the BYU Provo Campus.  This year they will offer 31 different classes including: Animal Science,  Archaeology, Art, Astronomy, Chemistry, Chess, Citizenship In the Community, Citizenship in the World, Communications, Computers, Crime Prevention, Disabilities Awareness, Energy & Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Science, First Aid, Geocaching, Geology, Landscape Architecture, Mammal Study, Music, Nature, Oceanography, Public Health, Pulp and Paper, Railroading, Scouting Heritage, Space Exploration, Sports, Stamp Collecting, and Weather.  Registration will open on Wednesday, September 11 at 9:00 am for all Scouts in the National Parks Council and on Thursday, September 12 at 9:00 am for all other Scouts.  The cost is $21.00 per Scout (some classes may require an additional fee).  Register online by visiting powwow.byu.edu and clicking on Registration.

Fall Citizenship Merit Badges Announced at Salt Lake County Government Building

Salt Lake County Auditor, Gregory P. Hawkins, has announced the dates for the fall of 2013 Citizenship classes.  The classes will be held on September 25, October 23, and November 20, 2013 at the Salt Lake County Government Building, 2001 S. State St North Bldg; Salt Lake City, Utah.  Check in begins at 6:00 pm and the classes start at 6:30 pm.  Scouts may attend one of each of the three Citizenship Merit Badge classes, Community, Nation or World.  They must attend with an adult, or two if attending as a troop.  To register for the class, please email barogers@slco.org at least 24 hours in advance.  For more information click here.