Winter Merit Badge Day

Mark your calendars for our annual Winter Merit Badge Day! Saturday February 7th. Classes will be from 9am-2:30pm

 

Check In will be at the Franciscan Spirituality Center 920 Market St., La Crosse

 

Cost is $20 (Please bring Lunch)

 

Merit Badges Offered

  • Law
  • First Aid
  • Personal Management (will not complete)
  • Family Life (will not complete)
  • Cyber Security (New)
  • Crime Prevention/Fingerprinting
  • Citizenship in the Nation
  • Woodwork

FREE Adult Leader Trainings, lunch provided!

Pre-requirements:

Citizenship in the Nation

5. Watch the national evening news for five days in a row or read the main stories in a national media organization (e.g., a newspaper or news website) for five days in a row. Discuss the national issues that you learned about with your counselor. Choose one issue and explain how it affects you, your family, and community.

6. With your counselor's approval, choose a speech of national historical importance. Explain:

· (a) Who the author was

· (b) What the historical context was

· (c) What difficulties the nation faced that the author wished to discuss

· (d) What the author said

· (e) Why the speech is important to the nation's history

· (f) Choose a sentence or two from the speech that has significant meaning to you, and tell your counselor why.

8. Name your representatives in the United States Congress. Write to your representative in Congress explaining your views on a national issue. Show your correspondence, along with any response you receive, to your counselor.