Lake Trails Territory Merit Badge Workshops

Month	Day	Year	Merit Badge
November	14	2026	Citizenship in the Nation MB Clinic (Woodinville)
December	5	2026	Winter Merit Badge Fair (Bellevue)
March	6	2027	Spring Merit Badge Fair (Bellevue)

*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 Tom (laketrailsmb@gmail.com) for clinics or Florence (ftbaluyotmbc@gmail.com) for fairs if you do not receive the Welcome Letter after successfully registering.

Registration for events will go live on Black Pug approximately 1 month before the event date: Chief Seattle Council – Lake Trails March Merit Badge Mini-Fair,

Winter Merit Badge Fair

Registration goes live on Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at noon at https://scoutingevent.com/609-LakeTrailsMeritBadgeClinics

Scouts have the option to sign up for one or two 90-min or one 180-min merit badges sessions. We are also offering special 45-min sessions for Scouts to earn an Interpreter Strip Award for Simplified Mandarin!

The 90-min sessions include: American Heritage, American Labor, Artificial Intelligence, Citizenship in the Community, Competitive Gaming, Fingerprinting, Personal Management, Sustainability, and Veterinary Medicine. The 180-min sessions include: Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communication, Electricity, and First Aid.

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 space limitations.

Scouts are encouraged to donate to St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church’s food drive for Hopelink! They’re looking for hearty soups, pasta sauce and pasta!

Let’s join the fight against hunger; bring those food items when you arrive to check in!

Spring Merit Badge Fair

Our March 6, 2027 Merit Badge Fair is still heavily in pre-planning stages, and we have no additional information to share other than that this will be our final merit badge fair for the 2026-2027 Scouting year.

We are looking for volunteers, so if you think you may be interested, please let Florence at ftbaluyotmbc@gmail.com know! We already have excited counselors signing up to claim their favorite merit badge to teach, so we hope you can also join us and share your enthusiasm!

Lake Trails Merit Badge Clinics!

Our monthly morning clinics at Bear Creek United Methodist Church in Woodinville that focus on Eagle-required merit badges are back, and we’re looking for merit badge counselors who would like to join us. Please contact Tom at laketrailsmb@gmail.com if you’d like to help out!

We expect to announce the schedule for January and February 2027 after our Nov 14 Citizenship in the Nation MB Clinic.

Registration can be found at Chief Seattle Council – Lake Trails Merit Badge Exposes (link: https://scoutingevent.com/609-LakeTrailsMeritBadgeClinics). Registration is required; we do not accept walk-ins.

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.

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! Please see this Chief Seattle Council page for more info: https://scoutingseattle.org/advancement/advancement-merit-badge-counselor/

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 or Tom at laketrailsmb@gmail.com . We’d love to have you join our team!