Advancement Opportunities

Troop 21 and San Gabriel Council BSA offer many opportunities for scouts to earn ranks and merit badges :

From Troop 21:

We have outings once a month. These outings benefit scouts of all levels to fulfill requirements for various advancement ranks and merit badges. We also provide advancement opportunities between 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every Monday meeting, except the first meeting of each month. Make sure you bring your scout handbook with you to our regular meetings and outings so that completed requirements may be signed off. You may start earning badges even before you become a Tenderfoot. Remember: parents can work with scouts on the requirements for the ranks of Boy Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class. Put your initials for each requirement that you have completed with your boy. Once all requirements are completed, let the Scoutmaster know so that a Scoutmaster Conference and Board of Review may be arranged. After the two conferences are done, the boy must let Mr. Otto know that he has completed a rank so that he may get the patch to be handed out at Court of Honor.

Our Merit Badge Counselors usually announce merit badges classes during meetings, or by email or website. If you want to work on a particular merit badge that is not announced, you may contact the counselors listed on our Merit Badge Counselors List available in our website (under Records). Remember: Get a Blue Card signed by our Scoutmaster first before you start with your counselors.

San Gabriel Valley Council, BSA (programs offered in 2006):

• March 10-12, 2006: Nature Merit Badge weekend at Trask.
• June 19-23, 2006: Trail to Eagle at Camp Trask.
• June 26-30, 2006: Trail to Eagle at Camp Trask.
• July 10-14, 2006: Trail to Eagle at Camp Trask.
• July 17-21, 2006: Trail to Eagle at Camp Trask.
• July 24-28, 2006: Trail to Eagle at Camp Trask.
• July 31-August 4, 2006: Trail to Eagle at Camp Trask.
• August 7-11, 2006: Boy Scout Summer Camp at Camp Trask.
• August 14-18, 2006: Trail to Eagle at Camp Trask.
• Boy Scout Summer Camp at Camp Trask.
• NOVA Camp at Camp Trask.

Please call BSA Camping Department (626) 351-8815, ext. 249 for more information on any of these programs offered by San Gabriel Valley Council BSA. Flyers for some events are available on the San Gabriel Valley Council website.