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Founded in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America offered 57 merit badges. Today, Scouting offers 138 merit badges. Merit badges are awards required to attain higher ranks in Scouting as well as educate Boy Scouts in specific areas of study. To attain Scouting\u2019s highest rank, Eagle, a scout must complete a total of 21 merit badges, 14 of which are specified and the other seven are a Scout\u2019s personal choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since Scouting\u2019s founding over 113 years ago, there have been fewer than 550 Scouts who\u2019ve achieved every merit badge. Tre Peterson, a 17-year-old Ponte Vedra High School Senior from BSA Troop 277, is joining a rarified group of Scouts who have attained all 138 merit badges. Peterson is among 543 of more than 130 million scouts in history (0.00000423 percent) to accomplish this impressive feat. Peterson joined Cub Scouts in first grade and transitioned into Boy Scouts when he entered middle school. Peterson attained Eagle Scout in seventh grade and then started the trail to earn every merit badge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The journey to attaining every merit badge is an arduous and time-consuming process. Peterson had some advice for those attempting the accomplishment, \u201cDon\u2019t give up, there was a period at about 110-120 [merit badges] that I was just mentally drained from constantly doing badges and ready to stop.\u201d Tre expressed that he found some merit badges uninteresting and hard to finish, for example, fly fishing. \u201cI just don\u2019t find it interesting, even though it\u2019s very Scout-like and outdoorsy, I don\u2019t have the patience to sit and wait for a fish to bite.\u201d Tre stated he heavily relied on a support team to help him through, \u201cWhether it be parents, other scouts, mentors, teachers, etc.; that\u2019s what they\u2019re for, they want to help you to succeed and obtain your goals.\u201d As Peterson reflects on his Scouting career, he emphasized how \u201cScouting is about having fun and taking away life skills in the process,\u201d he recalled his favorite scouting memories and merit badges. Tre\u2019s favorite merit badge was Personal Management. He enjoyed this merit badge so deeply \u201cNot because it was the most fun or exciting,\u201d but because he, \u201ccame out with valuable lessons needed for adulthood, stuff like financial budgeting and retirement saving.\u201d Tre\u2019s favorite scouting memory was \u201cSea Base by a long shot.\u201d Sea Base is a program offered that sent Tre and his friends \u201cDown to the Keys and spending a week living on a sail boat.\u201d Sea Base excursions consist of snorkeling, scuba diving, rustic camping, and fishing while sailing around the barrier islands of the Florida Keys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDon\u2019t give up, there was a period at about 110-120 [merit badges] that I was just mentally drained from constantly doing badges and ready to stop.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>– Tre peterson (12)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Tre was celebrated this month by his friends, family, and fellow scouts at a special court of honor event to commemorate his accomplishments in Scouting. He plans to attend Stetson University in DeLand, Florida hoping to study in finance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n All BSA Merit Badges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n American Business American Cultures American Heritage American Labor\u00a0 Animal Science\u00a0\u00a0 Animation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Archeology\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Archery\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Architecture\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Art\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Astronomy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Athletics Automotive Maintenance Aviation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Backpacking\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Basketry\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bird Study\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bugling\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Camping\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Canoeing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chemistry\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chess\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography\u00a0\u00a0 Citizenship in the Community Citizenship in the NationCitizenship in the WorldClimbing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coin Collecting\u00a0 Collections\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Communication Composite Materials Computer-Aided Design Computers\/Digital Technology Cooking Crime Prevention\u00a0 Cycling Dentistry\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Disabilities Awareness Dog Care\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drafting\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Electricity\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Electronics\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Emergency Preparedness Energy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Engineering\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Entrepreneurship\u00a0 Environmental Science Family Life Farm Mechanics\u00a0\u00a0 Fingerprinting\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fire Safety\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 First Aid Fish & Wildlife MgmtFishing Fly Fishing\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Forestry Game Design\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gardening\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Genealogy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Geocaching\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Geology\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Golf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Graphic Arts\u00a0\u00a0 Hiking Home Repairs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Horsemanship Indian Lore\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Insect Study\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Inventing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Journalism <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kayaking <\/p>\n\n\n\n Landscape Architecture <\/p>\n\n\n\n Law <\/p>\n\n\n\n Leatherwork <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lifesaving <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mammal Study <\/p>\n\n\n\n Medicine <\/p>\n\n\n\n Metalwork <\/p>\n\n\n\n Model Design & Building <\/p>\n\n\n\n Motorboating <\/p>\n\n\n\n Multi-Media <\/p>\n\n\n\n Music <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nature <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nuclear Science <\/p>\n\n\n\n Oceanography <\/p>\n\n\n\n Orienteering <\/p>\n\n\n\n Painting <\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal Fitness <\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal Health <\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal Management <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pets <\/p>\n\n\n\n Photography <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pioneering <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plant Science <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plumbing <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pottery <\/p>\n\n\n\n Programming <\/p>\n\n\n\n Public Health <\/p>\n\n\n\n Public Speaking <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pulp & Paper <\/p>\n\n\n\n Radio <\/p>\n\n\n\n Railroading <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reading <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reptile & Amphibian Study <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rifle Shooting <\/p>\n\n\n\n Robotics <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rowing <\/p>\n\n\n\n Safety <\/p>\n\n\n\n Salesmanship <\/p>\n\n\n\n Scholarship <\/p>\n\n\n\n Scouting Heritage <\/p>\n\n\n\n Scuba Diving <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sculpture <\/p>\n\n\n\n Search and Rescue <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shotgun Shooting <\/p>\n\n\n\n Signs, Signals, & Codes <\/p>\n\n\n\n Skating <\/p>\n\n\n\n Small Boat Sailing <\/p>\n\n\n\n Snow Sports <\/p>\n\n\n\n Soil & Water Conservation <\/p>\n\n\n\n Space Exploration <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sports <\/p>\n\n\n\n Stamp Collecting <\/p>\n\n\n\n Surveying <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sustainability <\/p>\n\n\n\n Swimming <\/p>\n\n\n\n Textile <\/p>\n\n\n\n Theater <\/p>\n\n\n\n Traffic Safety <\/p>\n\n\n\n Truck Transportation <\/p>\n\n\n\n Veterinary Medicine <\/p>\n\n\n\n Water Sports <\/p>\n\n\n\n Weather <\/p>\n\n\n\n Welding <\/p>\n\n\n\n Whitewater<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilderness Survival <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wood Carving<\/p>\n\n\n\n Woodwork<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Nate Wicker Founded in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America offered 57 merit badges. 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