The St. Helena High School Pool graciously hosted 12 members of Troop 1 scouts on Saturday, March 7, for Merit Badge requirement instruction and training. Becky Givens, swim instructor, and ...

The St. Helena High School Pool graciously hosted 12 members of Troop 1 scouts on Saturday, March 7, for Merit Badge requirement instruction and training. Becky Givens, swim instructor, and ...

In order to attain the merit badge — a requirement if you wish to reach Eagle Scout — you need to get all of these questions right. Can you?

For example, the Climbing Merit Badge included a trip to the climbing wall. Another part of the fair is everyone taking a trip to the pool to do things such as finish the Swimming Merit Badge.

A former altar boy said a priest gave him his Boy Scouts of America swimming merit badge only after the priest subjected him to repeated sexual abuse in the 1970s, bringing to 23 the total number ...

The three most popular merit badges — first aid, swimming and camping — are also among the oldest, introduced in 1911. A few of the newer options among the 122 available aren’t yet as highly ...

But when he was 8 years old, Latimore became determined to overcome his fear of the water so he could earn a swimming merit badge in the Boy Scouts. By carefully watching others, Latimore taught ...

Caleb Biddulph wears his achievements — all 137 of them — with pride. The Frisco teen is among a select group who has earned every merit badge available from the Boy Scouts of America. He has ...

The lawsuit says Paul was proud to be an altar boy and a member of the Boy Scout Troop 18 (Mongmong), and was motivated to earn his swimming and lifesaving merit badges. But in the lawsuit ...