Welcome to the Advancement Page for Thunderbird District of Three Fires Council

Advancement Committee Information
Chair: Jerry Bevignani
Eagle Project Approvals: John Meyers

• ONLINE ADVANCEMENT Three Fires Council is excited to announce that units can now use Internet Advancement to record their youth member advancements from any online location, at home or at the office. You will find this new method to be easy, convenient, and accurate because YOU enter the information. Here’s how it works: Three Fires Council has an Internet Advancement link at Three Fires Council with instructions and a link to this new functionality. Internet Advancement makes it easy for unit leadership to record awards, ranks, and merit badges to youth via an online process.
• CUB SCOUT AWARDS & ADVANCEMENTS:
  Cub Scout Outdoor Award - Requirements
• BOY SCOUT AWARDS & ADVANCEMENTS:





• EAGLE SCOUT LETTER TO SCOUT LEADERS This letter, from John Meyers, is for all Scout Leaders who are advising Scouts working on their Eagle Rank. For almost 3 years John has had the responsibility of reviewing and approving Scout’s Eagle Projects for Thunderbird District. He has had the opportunity to meet some really great Scouts with a variety of interesting projects. He has seen some well-organized project write-ups and some that were not as organized. With each project, he has taken the time to read the projects, make comments and explain the reason for the additional information required. This letter is to make you aware of the things he sees that you as Scout Leaders can do to help your Scouts reach their goal of becoming Eagle Scouts.

  For those of you who have been helping the boys for years and have extensive knowledge, thank you. You make John's job easier and the Scout’s understanding of the process better!

• EAGLE PACKET INFORMATION: As you plan and carry out your leadership service project, use the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook to record your plans and progress.
  The workbook may be downloaded the following formats:
  • Eagle Scout Leadership Project Workbook This PDF version can be printed, then completed by hand.
  • Eagle Scout Leadership Project Workbook This DOC version can be downloaded & then completed on your computer, using Microsoft Word software.
  • Eagle Scout Leadership Project Workbook This RTF version may downloaded then completed on your computer.(Virtually all word processing applications are capable of opening a Rich Text Format document).
  • Eagle Application Eagle Application Form

• MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR INFORMATION:
  • Merit Badge Counselor Form Fill out this form to indicate which Merit Badges you are willing to counsel Scouts. Turn in this form to the Scout Center, along with an adult leader application to become a registered Merit Badge Counselor. There is no fee to be a MB counselor.
  • A Guide for Merit Badge Counseling This guide will give you more information on being a Merit Badge Counselor.

  
  
  2008-2009 ADVANCEMENT NEWS:

• INDIVIDUAL MERIT BADGE REQUIREMENTS - Effective & updated for the 2008 changes. This link also gives Merit Badge Requirement Worksheets for the individual Merit Badges in both PDF & Word Formats.




• MERIT BADGE PAMPHLET REVISIONS - Updated for the 2008 changes, this link shows when each Merit Badge Book was last revised or updated.




• Boy Scout T-2-1 Rank Requirement Changes - Effective Jan 1, 2008
• Boy Scout Advancement Requirement Changes - This link contains a complete description of all the 2008 Boy Scout Rank Advancement & Merit Badge CHANGES for 2008

They include the following:

REVISED RANK REQUIREMENTS

• First Class

REVISED MERIT BADGE REQUIREMENTS -2008

• Backpacking 2008
• Metalwork 2008
• Sculpture 2008
• Water Sports 2008 (Formerly Waterskiing)
• Wilderness Survival