Merit Badge Sponsor

Grow Scouting in your community while promoting your business!

The Merit Badge Sponsorship Program is designed to offer business and community supporters unique marketing benefits themed around the BSA merit badge program.

Become a Merit Badge Sponsor

Scouting prepares youth for success in life by offering over 139 merit badges which allow our youth to explore a variety of subjects from Astronomy to Woodworking. By sponsoring the Merit Badge of your choice, you will be providing life-changing programs, character development and helping to build leadership skills in young people.

Investing in Scouting Makes Sense!

Our Merit Badge Sponsorship Program offers  marketing and visibility opportunities for your business; reaching over 1,400 youth and 1,000 adult leaders throughout the Miami Valley.

It’s More than a Patch!

The Merit Badge Sponsorship Program provides structured, safe activities that allow youth to grow, explore vocations, build new skills, and develop lifelong hobbies. There is no better time than now to help guide our youth in a positive direction.

It’s about so much more than dollars!

When you choose to sponsor a merit badge, your organization has the opportunity to give so much more than dollars to the Scouting program. There’s a good chance you are passionate about the skills fostered by the merit badge, and you have a genuine interest in sharing your passion with the young people working on the merit badge.

We love passionate subject matter experts! When your organization sponsors a merit badge, members of your organization have the opportunity to register as merit badge counselors. We recognize that community engagement is a priority for many businesses and organizations, and we’re happy to facilitate that engagement by providing chances for you and your people to volunteer as mentors to our youth by registering as merit badge counselors.

Merit Badge Sponsor $1,500

• Marketing
  • 1,474 Scouts and their families
  • 800 people receiving the FOS Newsletter
  • 350 Scouts attending Merit Badge Trail Drive
  • 6,600 Scouts camping at Camp Birch
  • 1,200 at Summer Camp
  • 1,400 Scouts attending Events at Camp Birch
• Signage recognition at the Council Office
• Signage recognition at Camp Birch
• Logo and Name recognized on the Council’s website
• Option to include link to your website
• Name included in program for Council Recognition Dinner
• Option to provide company flyers or brochures to be handed out to all program participants
• Certificate of Recognition
• A complementary copy of the Merit Badge Pamphlet you sponsor
• Option to host a merit badge clinic
• Option to have a marketing booth at annual Merit Badge Trail Drive
• Register up to 4 Merit Badge Counselors

Youth Benefits

• Financial assistance to youth as they explore and learn from these merit badge programs.
• Opportunities for Scouts to earn the merit badges necessary to earn the highest rank of Eagle Scout.
• Youth get a unique chance to work with business professionals that may guide them in career and  hobby choices.

Scouting helps young people in five critical areas of growth:

• Connection | Scouts are part of a community, something bigger than themselves.
• Competency | Scouts learn basic life skills that supplement their classroom education.
• Confidence | Through leadership and practical experience, Scouts gain a sense of their purpose and potential.
• Caring | A Scout is a friend to all and through community service learns how to positively contribute to society.
• Character | A Scout is guided by the values of the Scout Oath and Law to make ethical and moral choices with strong values.

Scouting underpins the development needs and education of youth by:

• Ongoing adult mentoring | Scouting is a youth-led  program supported by adult volunteers. The adults who choose to devote their time to being a positive influence for youth outside their own household make a multi-year commitment, seek and receive continuous training, and model the Scout Oath and Law, creating an environment where young people feel heard, seen, and supported during a critical time in their personal development.
• Teaching relevant and useful life skills | Scouting offers young people the opportunity - through reading, comprehension, practical application, and field trip activities - to build knowledge and know-how related to 135+ topics that often help them discover and develop their purpose and passion in life.
• Opportunities to hone leadership skills | Youth plan out and lead most of the meetings and activities in Scouting, mentored by adult volunteers who often where Scouts themselves. This interactive dynamic bolsters their confidence, establishes solid interpersonal skills, encourages teamwork, and teaches the value of follow through.

Merit Badge Listing

• Agribusiness | Animal Science, Farm  Mechanics, Plant Science
• Arts and Crafts | Animation, Art, Basketry, Bugling, Leatherwork, Metalwork, Music, Pottery, Sculpture, Theater, Wood Carving
• Business and Industry | American Business, Digital Technology, Entrepreneurship, Inventing, Mining In Society, Pulp & Paper, Salesmanship, Textiles, Communication, Journalism, Moviemaking, Photography, Public Speaking, Radio, Reading
• Conservation | Environmental Science, Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry, Soil & Water Conservation,  Sustainability
• Hobbies and Outdoors | Backpacking, Camping, Chess, Coin Collecting, Collections, Cooking, Dog Care, Exploration, Gardening, Genealogy, Hiking, Model Design & Building, Pets, Pioneering, Signs, Signals and Codes, Scouting Heritage, Stamp Collecting, Wilderness Survival
• Natural Science | Archaeology, Astronomy, Bird Study,   Geology, Insect Study, Mammal Study, Nature, Oceanography, Reptile & Amphibian Study, Weather
• Personal Development | American Cultures, American Heritage, Citizenship in Society, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Disabilities Awareness, Family Life, Indian Lore, Personal Fitness, Personal Management, Scholarship
• Physical Science | Chemistry, Electricity, Electronics, Energy, Nuclear Science, Space Exploration
• Professions | Architecture, Dentistry, Engineering, Farm Mechanics, Game Design, Health Care Professions, Landscape Architecture, Law, Programming, Robotics, Surveying, Veterinary Medicine
• Public Service | Crime Prevention, Emergency Preparedness, Fingerprinting, Fire Safety, First Aid, Lifesaving, Public Health, Safety, Search & Rescue
• Sports | Archery, Athletics, Canoeing, Climbing, Cycling, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Geocaching, Golf, Horsemanship, Kayaking, Multi Sport, Motorboating, Orienteering, Rifle Shooting,    Rowing, Scuba Diving, Shotgun Shooting, Skating, Small-Boat Sailing, Snow Sports, Sports, Swimming, Water Sports, Whitewater
• Trades | American Labor, Automotive Maintenance, Composite Materials, Drafting, Graphic Arts, Home Repairs, Painting, Plumbing, Welding, Woodwork
• Transportation | Aviation, Railroading, Traffic Safety, Truck Transportation

Merit Badge Sponsor Form

• 2026 Merit Badge Sponsor Form