
Troop 177 Insider Tips
- Fee waivers by request; self-paced with registered counselor review.
- Collections excludes coin/stamp collections. Fee waivers by request.
Availability: Self-paced virtual badge programs; museum hours Mon–Fri 10–5, Sat 1–4, closed Sunday.
Location: Jay identifies this as a top Citizenship and other merit badge provider. Published badge programs use digital packets with counselor review; an in-person troop class is not assumed.
Merit badge opportunities
American Cultures
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- American Cultures
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
American Heritage
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- American Heritage
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
American Indian Cultures
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- American Indian Cultures
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Archaeology
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Archaeology
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Architecture
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Architecture
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Coin Collecting
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Coin Collecting
- Fee low per Scout
- 15
- Fee high per Scout
- 15
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Collections
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Collections
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Entrepreneurship
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Entrepreneurship
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Exploration
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Exploration
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Genealogy
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Genealogy
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Geology
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Geology
- Fee low per Scout
- 15
- Fee high per Scout
- 15
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Railroading
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Railroading
- Fee low per Scout
- 15
- Fee high per Scout
- 15
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Reading
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Reading
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Scouting Heritage
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Scouting Heritage
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Stamp Collecting
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Stamp Collecting
- Fee low per Scout
- 15
- Fee high per Scout
- 15
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Citizenship in the Community
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Citizenship in the Community
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Citizenship in the Nation
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Citizenship in the World
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Citizenship in the World
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Communication
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Communication
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Environmental Science
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Environmental Science
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Family Life
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Family Life
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Personal Fitness
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Personal Fitness
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
Personal Management
- Recommendation
- Recommended — user priority
- Program type
- Formal self-paced merit badge programs with counselor review
- Badge or fieldwork
- Personal Management
- Fee low per Scout
- 10
- Fee high per Scout
- 10
- Price status
- Per Scout, per selected badge; Self-paced digital packet with registered counselor review
- Group capacity
- Self-paced individual programs; no advertised troop class maximum
- Prerequisites
- Follow each packet and current counselor requirements; time-based requirements take their required duration.
- Counselor arrangements
- Museum advertises Last Frontier Council-registered counselors, review, Scoutbook and blue-card sign-off.
- Action needed
- Choose badges and register; confirm group arrangements if desired. Ask for packet preview or fee-waiver information through the published contact.
- Season or dates
- Self-paced, no advertised deadlines
- Activities
- Digital packets, projects, interviews and counselor review
- Requirement support
- Citizenship in the Community, Nation and World plus other published badge programs.
- Equipment
- Digital or printed packet and program-specific materials.
- Event status
- Ongoing self-paced programs
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04