Classes and registration now open!

Skills and Adventure Quest Merit Badge Weekend 

Parker Scout Reservation 21930 Paradise Drive, Nisswa, MN

 We are excited to offer you some fun, exciting, (and some required) merit badges for 2025!!

Note:  Merit Badge Classes are included in camp fees (some classes have additional fees).  Merit Badge Awards must be verified and purchased by the units.

Please remember to use the waitlist if a class you want is filled.  Register for your second choice if you can't get into your first choice, and then add to the waitlist.  Waitlists are cleared often and popular classes can be adjusted if we know they need adjustment.  

Merit Badge Camp for Scouts, BSA

Skills and Adventure Quest MB Camp, 5:00 PM, Friday, October 4 - Noon on Sunday, October 6.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!  DNR Firearm Safety Field Day - complete the online training and finish your field day at camp on Sunday (class may run longer than the 3 hours).

$65 for Scouts, $25 for adults.  Fees include Friday and Saturday night camping, (do you need them for your camping merit badge?), the opportunity to earn merit badges, and enjoy fellowship with Scouts from around the council! Meals are included, although some units may prefer to make their own in camp. Meals served will be breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday. Please let us know if you are cooking your own meals.  Friday evening is an excellent time to teach cooking skills. Costs are the same with/without meals.

Camping may include multiple units per campsite. Invite your Webelos and AOL Scouts to attend the Webelos and AOL Adventures at the same time!  Bring Health forms (A&B) for both youth and adult, tenting and sleeping gear (with extra blankets), personal gear, blue cards, notebook and writing tool, water bottle and/or coffee cup, money for trading post, and clothes for all weather. October can be the best time to camp!

REMEMBER - ADULTS ATTENDING CAMP WITH YOUTH MUST BE REGISTERED LEADERS AND YPT TRAINED, per updated BSA policy September 1, 2023.

If you forget your blue cards, there will be cards available for purchase during trading post hours for a quarter.

YPT TRAINED and REGISTERED LEADERSHIP is required.