Special Merit Badge Days
ASFIP/CFA Society Personal Management Merit Badge Day
Date: September 12, 2026
Location: Atlanta Area Council Volunteer Service Center / 1800 Circle 75 Pkwy
Cost: $20
Requirement completed in class: 1, 3-7, and 10.
Check-in: 8:00am-8:25am
Pick-up: 4pm
Lunch: optional Chick-Fil-A Sandwich box or Nuggets box - $13 on your registration
Alpha Merit Badge University | May 9, 2026
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. - Eta Lambda Chapter is pleased to announce their 2nd annual Spring Alpha Merit Badge University on May 9th, 2026, at Morris Brown College. The event will provide Atlanta area scouts with the unique opportunity for advancement in their pursuit of excellence in scouting. The goal is to inspire, empower, and cultivate the next generation of future leaders by increasing the number of Eagle Scouts through merit badges that emphasize leadership, scholarship, and service in underserved areas.
Aviation Merit Badge Days
Sessions Offered Monthly. This hybrid (two-part) merit badge is offered monthly, April - October. The first part is an on-line classroom that scouts complete at their convenience anytime within two weeks prior to the second part which is a Saturday museum visit on the date of the merit badge. Both parts must be completed to earn the merit badge.
When & Where
- Session 1 | Anytime within two weeks before session 2 scouts complete an on-line class from home.
- Session 2 | Saturday date of the museum tour @ Aviation History & Technology Center, 555 Perrin Road, Marietta, GA 30060, from 9:00am-11:00am
Cost: $20
Age: 11+
Participants learn the basics of aviation in an engaging and educational merit badge workshop. The hybrid course consists of an online portion with a follow-up tour of the Aviation History & Technology Center’s 13 military and civilian aircraft. The course provides a learning experience that meets all requirements set by Scouting America. The fundamentals of flight, aircraft design, model building, aviation career research and the museum tour are provided in this exciting session taught by museum staff and certified Scouting America counselors.
The merit badge workshop is offered monthly from April through October. Registration closes 2 weeks before the museum visit date. The $20 cost includes the scout’s admission to the museum. Parents and siblings are welcome and encouraged to accompany their scout for normal museum admission charges.
Register your scout on the Aviation History & Technology Center website by clicking HERE.
Link to register when clicking “Here” above is: Aviation Merit Badge - Aviation History & Technology Center
Quote from Scout: One of my favorite things we saw was the C-141 because of its interesting history. I also liked seeing the F-14 Tomcat and learning some interesting facts about it. I also enjoyed learning about the C-130’s guns and cannons. The old Korean war bomber was also interesting to learn about; I got surprised when the tour guide opened a panel on the airplane. The glider plane was a little crazy to learn about because the plane could glide a long distance without an engine. I liked getting to go into the cockpit and seeing the beds in the C-141. I liked learning about how the planes navigated with a map and compass. It was really cool to learn how the paratroopers got out of the plane 2 or 3 at a time without crashing into each other. I also liked learning about the remote controlled airplanes that have the instructor and student controllers. I enjoyed my experience at the aviation museum and merit badge.
Pottery & Indian Lore Merit Badge Clinic
When: December 6, 2025 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Where: Booth Museum 501 N Museum Dr, Cartersville, GA 30120
Cost: *Pottery: $35.00
*(American) Indian Lore: $30.00
The Booth Museum December Merit Badge Clinic for Scouts BSA, endorsed by the Northwest Georgia and Atlanta Area Councils, will be hosted on December 6 from 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM. The Merit Badge Clinic will give Scouts the opportunity to learn and earn an (American) Indian Lore or Pottery Merit Badge taught by qualified museum educators. Lunch is included for Scouts (pizza, cookie and a drink).
*Classroom space is limited
Register and/or get additional information at the Booth Museum website by clicking Scouts BSA & Cub Scouts | Booth Western Art Museum
Completion Reports and Blue Cards
The instructor of each class will log all completions and submit them to the Council office. Please allow at least a week after the course for the data to be entered into our system.
Scouts may come out of the event with a “partial” meaning there are requirements remaining to be completed. This could be due to requirements that are unable to be addressed during the merit badge session, there are requirements that can’t be completed on site, or due to the Scout failing to meet the requirement standard during the session. After the event, the Scout will need to keep in touch with the counselor from that class or find a merit badge counselor to work with to complete the merit badge either within their troop or in their area. Reminder when Scouts are contacting counselors that they follow the 2-deep leadership by having an adult cc’d to the email or on speaker phone with that counselor.
After two weeks from the event, we will not be putting in additional completed requirements to the event due to the fact that the report will state completed on the event date.
To pull past reports please log in to your AtlantaBSA.org account, same account you registered for the event, then follow these steps.
- Select “Events” on the far left of the screen
- Select "My Past Events"
- Select "Merit Badge Days"
- Select "Past"
- Select the date you attended
- Scroll down to "Registration"
- Click on "Reports" button
- Select "Completion Report, PDF" or you can download the front/back of a blue card
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Personal Management Merit Badge Day September 12, 2026