Lake Trails Territory Merit Badge Workshops

Month	Day	Year	Merit Badge
March	7	2026	March Merit Badge Mini-Fair
June	27	2026	Spring into Summer Merit Badge Fair
September \ October		2026	Mini-Fair TBA
November		2026	Fair TBA

*Badges subject to change based on counselor availability.

You will receive an email confirmation after you register. If the counselor has prerequisites, those will be emailed out before the event. Please contact Florence if you do not receive the Welcome Letter after successfully registering.

Registration for 2026 events will go live on Black Pug approximately 1 month before the event date: https://scoutingevent.com/?OrgKey=BSA609

Registration for 2026 events will be on Black Pug: https://scoutingevent.com/?OrgKey=BSA609

March Merit Badge Mini-Fair

Registration will go live on Feb 7, 2026 at https://scoutingevent.com/?OrgKey=BSA609

Scouts have the option to sign up for a 3-hr class session for one of these four merit badges: Citizenship in the World, Communication, Electricity, and Entrepreneurship. To help Scouts plan and decide if a session is for them, we have an early draft of Class Expectations available for viewing here.

Please note that we are not taking walk-ins during this event due to the limited space available to us at our venue for this specific date.

Since it’s our traditional Scouting for Food month, Scouts are encouraged to donate to St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church’s food drive for Hopelink! Their food donation theme for March is: pasta and 24 oz jars of sauce! Let’s join the fight against hunger; bring those food items when you arrive to check in!

Spring into Summer Merit Badge Fair

This is still heavily in pre-planning stages, and we have no information to share until May 2026. We are looking for Merit Badge Counselors for this June 27th event, so if you think you may be interested, please let Florence at ftbaluyotmbc@gmail.com know!

How to Successfully Earn a Merit Badge at our Events

To get the most out of our Merit Badge Events, please become familiar with the merit badge requirements and be ready to discuss with the counselor. If the counselor sends out a list of pre-reqs for you to do ahead of time, try your best to complete them before the clinic, workshop, or fair. In many cases, there are requirements that cannot be done in a clinic, workshop, or fair setting. You can either bring documentation or notes showing previous work to show the counselor at the end of the session. Otherwise, Scouts should expect to get a partial at the end, and the counselor will have further advice on how to get the rest of the requirements signed off. You may schedule follow up meetings with the counselor at your convenience.

Lake Trails Merit Badge Clinics Overhaul

We’re overhauling the way we do our clinics for 2026, and our Jan 10th Citizenship in the Community MB clinic will be our last free Lake Trails monthly Merit Badge clinic. Instead, we are going to test out two Spring Merit Badge mini-fairs at a new South Bellevue location. This new format will allow Scouts to have multiple Eagle-required and general interest merit badge options to choose from instead of a single Eagle-required merit badge.

Do you love our monthly Lake Trails Merit Badge Clinics and would like them to continue alongside our new Merit Badge mini-fairs? Please contact Florence at ftbaluyotmbc@gmail.com to volunteer or learn more about how to lead the monthly clinics. She would love to co-chair the Lake Trails Merit Badge Clinic Coordinator role with you!

Looking for Merit Badge Counselor Volunteers

Our Lake Trails Merit Badge Clinics, Workshops, and Fairs are made possible thanks to the enthusiasm and generosity of our amazing Merit Badge Counselors. Please consider signing up to be a Merit Badge Counselor and sharing your expertise with curious and motivated Scouts that are eager to learn! If you’re already signed up as a counselor and would like to help lead a session at one of our clinics, workshops, and/or fairs, please reach out to Florence at ftbaluyotmbc@gmail.com . We’d love to have you join our team!