Boy Scout Ranks
- BSA Guide to Advancement--procedures & practices
- Requirements have changed for 2016--Here is a breakdown of the changes
Printable insert for your Scout manual - New Exploration merit badge
- IPL Merit Badge Partnership Incentive
- Scout Rank Requirements—Here are the requirements for each scout rank.
- Board of Review overview
- Court of Honor overview
- Some ranks require serving in a troop leadership position.
- Uniform Inspection Sheet—official placement of all patches and badges.
- Temporary insignia guidelines (here and here) and plastic round emblem holders for the right pocket
- Tips for sewing patches (here and here) on uniforms and merit badge sashes
- Everything you ever wanted to know about merit badge sashes
- Tips for starting an Eagle binder
- Contact the Troop advancement coordinator, Mrs. Bollenbacher.
- Hornaday conservation award requirements
Eagle Scout
- Since 1912, more than 2 million Scouts have earned the rank of Eagle Scout, yet only five percent of Scouts reach this goal.
The Steps from Life to Eagle plan is intended to help. - 2016 Eagle Scout Rank Application
- Eagle Scout Service Project
- Eagle Scout Reference Form--best given to reference with stamped & addressed envelope.
- Famous Eagle Scouts—Did you know they were Scouts?
- Join the National Eagle Scout Association
- Eagle Palms—continuing on in rank
- Changes to Eagle Palm awards
- Tips for planning an Eagle Scout Court of Honor
- Eagle Scout 101: A Parent Guide
- Monon District Awards Program 2017, 2016
- Monon District annual report
Troop 109 Eagle Roll Call
1958—Paul Dane 1959—Dave Devers, Dave Strouder 1960—Dave Speicher 1962—Rick Russell 1963—Mike Landis, Daryl Devers 1965—Tom Weaver 1967—Danny Fluhr, Bill Caudell, Steve Hinton 1968—John Speicher, Randy Burton 1973—Fred Barg, Tom Heidenreich 1974—Scott Broady, Jim Davis 1975—Sam Barg, David Cody, Danny Crider, Mike Pentecost, Bill Graham, Scott Kennedy 1976—Tim Campbell 1977—Mike Princell, Chuck Davis 1978—Barry Johnson, Butch Nuckols, Jason McKay 1979—Keith Davis, Jim Graham, Paul Daggy 1980—Eric McKay 1981—Jim Princell 1982—Jim Jones 1983—Tom Jones 1987—Jason Alexander 1989—Ryan Sautbine 1992—Hakan Kutlu 1993—Greg Ferris, Bryan Melton 1994—Kevin Sautbine |
1995—Jason Selanders
1996—Andrew Bouse, Jonathan Nowacki 1997—Matthew Anderson 1998—Brian Fisher, David Siebert, Ryan Keerns, Brad Prugar 1999—Brian Heitzman, Michael Peregrim, David Strader 2001—Jeff Alstott, Zachary Dugan, Jeremy Powlen, Paul Siebert 2002—James Bierschbach 2003—Tom Herbert, Daniel Walter, Ben Herbert, Eric Spall 2004—Charles Baker, Jon Alstott, Matthew Poisel 2005—Matt Witwer, Scott Jackson 2006—Daniel Spall, Zeke Willey, Michael Daniells, Nick Killinger, Alex Marshall, Austin Brady, Steven Dunlap, Benth 2007—Jeffrey Neufer, Michael O'Brien, Anthony Orlowski, Varun Gulati 2009—Chris Boyd, Ty Edwards, Eli Willey 2010—Cody Tucek, Jon Tooker, Ian Boyd 2011—Jordan Rombach, Andrew Johnson, Nick Boyd, Jeremy Randall 2012—Tony Petraglia 2013—Graham Grubbs, Pierce Scott, Curtis Ogden 2014—Drew Kirkland, Andy Ballensky |
; 2015—Forrest Long, Andrew Notar-Donato, Adam Shumaker, Howie Henderson
2016—Nick Baehl, Sam Calderone, Thomas Canter, Hunter Crouch, Brian Dechow, Brendan Huckabee, Ian Johnston, Jack Juskow, Nate Leser, Colin Patrick, Kyle Rombach, Chris Tague 2017—Mitchell Dunagin, Alex Lindsay, Mason Kluemper, Shreeram Thiru, Conner Gamble, Zach Hughel 2018--Jacob Bromm, Alex Crane, Josh Batt, Isaac Golden, Zach Dechow, Jack Lillestrand, Chris Lain, Max Povinelli 2019 - Fritz C, Sam J, Bentley K., Ian E. 2020 - Carson G., Tom C, Jackson O., Jonah L., Jonathan S. , Matthew R. 2021 - Sam G., Zack B., Trevor L, Sam Blackburn, Alex C., George F. 2022 - Brayden G., Alex A., CJ, Josh K., Cooper K., B. Lurton, B. Connelly, M. Johnston, J.Lottes |
Merit Badges
- Here is an overview of 137 available merit badges
- Merit Badge Requirements—All the badges, all the requirements, and worksheets to print.
- Merit badges difficulty rankings (c/o Troop 1969)
- Most popular merit badges of 2016—First Aid was earned by 75,256 Scouts!
- Most popular merit badges of 2017—First Aid was earned by 69,563 Scouts!
- Merit Badge Training Events:
--Del-Mi District Merit Badge University - Carmel High School (3/8/19 & 3/9/19)
--Citizenship in the Nation (Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site) (monthly)
--Sakima District Merit Badge University - Pendleton Heights High School (4/6/19)
--Pathfinder District Merit Badge University - Southport (3/10/18)
--Rose Hulman Merit Badge Series (4/21/18 Exploration, 5/12/18 Space) Rose Hulman Merit Badge Series (2016-17)
--Baden Powell Merit Badge Camp (6 summer weekly session - 6/11/18-7/20/18)
--Fort Benjamin State Park Merit Badge Sundays (ongoing)
--Hou Koda Merit Badge Workshop (10/20/18) 2017 info
--Central Indiana Merit Badge University - Greenfield Central Junior High School (11/2/18-11/3/18)
--Nina Pulliam Pulliam EcoLab (Marian University)
--Hendricks County Merit Badge Sundays (2018)
--Space Jam - Rantoul, IL (8/3/18-8/5/18)
--Challenger Learning Center - Bloomington, IL
--Wabash College Merit Badge College (5/6/17)
--Microsoft Classes (ongoing)
--Climbing Merit Badge (Climb Time Indy)
-- Morton Arboretum Merit Badges (Chicago)