The Atlanta Area Council’s Merit Badge Summit is now open for registration at https://www.scoutingatl.org/meritbadgesummit. Classes are filling up fast – many Eagle-required merit badges are already full just days after opening on the 8th! Special Note for Scouts 13+: We strongly encourage scouts age 13 and older who have not yet completed Citizenship in Society […]
Category: General Announcements
Merit Badge Spotlight – Family Life
To earn the Rank of Eagle, you must earn 21 Merit Badges, 13 of which are required. Of those 13, 3 include 90 day tracking challenges, Personal Fitness, Personal Management, and Family Life. Because of this tracking, they are rarely offered at camps or with the council. Personal Management is best done by older Scouts […]
Cooking MB Day
Cooking Merit Badge (MB) Day is Sunday, October 6 from 1-4 pm at the Scout Hut. You can sign-up to participate by filling out the form below. [Cooking MB Sign-up Sheet] The Cooking MB is required for Eagle and helps build a skill set that everyone can use. The badge can take a long time […]
Camp Rotary
Our October campout (October 11 – 13) will be at Camp Rotary. Since we will be on Lake Hartwell, this camping trip will focus on canoeing. Hopefully some of our newly minted, expert canoers from Northern Tier will come show us how it is done! Folks should arrive on Friday night (dinner on your own) […]
Personal Fitness Merit Badge (Part 2)
For the Scouts who started work for their Personal Fitness merit badge on April 13, the follow-up meeting will occur at the Hut on Saturday, July 20, from 8:00 am to 11:30 am. Please do not be late – we will start promptly at 8:00 am. Before that date, all Scouts working on this merit […]
Personal Fitness Merit Badge Class (Part 1)
A very large number of the Scouts in the Troop have not yet earned their Personal Fitness merit badge. For those unaware, Personal Fitness is one of the Eagle required merit badges. On Saturday, April 13, we will have the first of two Personal Fitnessmerit badge classes at the Troop 129 Scout Hut. As explained below, […]
Troop 129 Skills Campout
Come kick off Spring camping at the Allatoona Aquatics Base, March 1 – 3! This facility is only an hour away from the Scout Hut, but it is probably the most primitive BSA campground in Georgia. A sign-up for this campout is available below. [Sign-up for Allatoona Campout] During the Summer, many water-based merit badges […]
Fast and “Flurrious” Camping
We could see snow this year in North Georgia, and a prepared Scout might be able to bolt to the woods to find a winter wonderland. With that in mind, we are setting up a text thread for Scouts and parents that might be able to pull off an impromptu camping trip (in case we […]
Home Repairs Merit Badge
Want to learn how to do some basic repairs around your home? You’re in luck! Mr. Chris May is starting the Home Repairs MB. This is a great MB that covers skills Scouts are likely to use throughout their entire life (perhaps even on your Eagle project). Mr. May will lead a discussion covering various safety concerns […]
Our Next High Adventure: Northern Tier
We are scheduled to attend the [Northern Tier High Adventure] camp next summer (2024). Northern Tier is a canoe/backpacking trip that requires lengthy paddles and portaging your canoes over multiple small islands in the boundary waters between Minnesota and Ontario. It is very challenging, but a truly unique experience and considered to be the pinnacle […]
