Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge Helps and Documents

Scouts learn how to be active members of their local community while working on the Citizenship in the Community merit badge. They learn about local government and do service work in their region. They also research the history, culture, and demographics in their area.

The Citizenship in the Community merit badge is required for the rank of Eagle Scout.

Get the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge pamphlet

Printable helps for requirements:

Printable requirements for Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge

Printable checkoff sheet for Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge

Printable note sheet for Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge

Printable checkoff sheet for all Scouts BSA merit badges

Be more active in your community with these related ideas and achievements:

Citizenship Troop Program Feature for Scouts BSA

The Citizenship feature teaches Scouts understand their rights as US citizens. It also demonstrates how these rights are balanced by duties like paying taxes and voting.

Messengers of Peace

The Boy Scouts of America joined the Messengers of Peace initiative in 2012. This program encourages Scouts around the world to work for peace by being a positive force in their communities.

Service Project Ideas for Scouts BSA

Scouts BSA are required to participate service projects for rank advancement. Our troop encourages all Scouts to participate in service projects whether they need the hours or not.

What Can Scouts Use as Service Hours?

Reader asks what types of service projects can be used to fulfill service hour requirements.

Public Service Troop Program Feature for Scouts BSA

The focus in this program feature is citizenship and service. Younger Scouts BSA can work on flag etiquette, flag ceremonies, and their rights and duties as US Citizens. Older Scouts could work on the Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, and Citizenship in the World merit badges.

Business Troop Program Feature for Scouts BSA

BSA has a set of troop programs which can help PLCs plan activities around a theme. This business program feature offers the opportunity to plan a month's worth of troop activities with business theme.

Age Requirements for Merit Badges

A reader asks about how old a Scout should be to work on a merit badge. The Guide to Advancement provides some answers.

Hiking Troop Program Feature for Scouts BSA

The Hiking feature teaches Scouts how to prepare for a successful and safe exploration of locations near and far. Scouts learn to appreciate everything they see and experience around them as they hike trails in parks, the back-country, and urban areas.

Movies for Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge

Sometimes when I am doing an initial interview with a Scout for the Citizenship in the Community merit badge, they don't have any idea of which movie to watch for requirement 5.

Service Hours Form

What should be on a service hours form for Scouts or units wanting to record their participation in service projects?

Using the Same Event to Fulfill Two Different Requirements

A reader asks "For Scouts BSA, can the same meeting fulfill both requirements for the communication merit badge and the citizenship in the community? Or do they have to be separate meetings? " The answer can be found in the Guide to Advancement.