Medicine merit badge - Requirement 10

[Swim4lyfe]

Requirement 10 of the Medicine merit badges says that you have to volunteer at a health-related event. What kind of things would qualify for this requirement?

[wagionvigil]

Blood Screening around town. Blood Pressue Checking at a store etc.

[smtroop168]

We had this badge at our Merit Badge College in 2007. We run it one Sat in Jan and one in Feb 4 weeks apart. My Comm Chair is a Dr and Medicine counselor. It also just so happened that our council was hosting blood drives 2 of the weekends between the MBC so he used that for #10. They needed a signed note from the coordinator saying they were there and helped.

[lifescoutforlife]

Scouts in our troop have helped with blood drives by helping pass out food and drinks after they give blood.

[Quailman]

When I was in high school my church youth group put on health fairs in two small towns in Oregon (we were from New Jersey). It was a great experience. I suspect the Red Cross in your area may do something like that and can always use volunteers. Here is information on staging your own: http://fcs.tamu.edu/health/health_fair_ ... /index.php

[Swim4lyfe]

Awesome; thanks. What else could work?

[AquilaNegra2]

Most County Health offices run events year-round. A bonus is that the Scout can work on his Public Health MB at the same time.