Earning Concurrent Credits

A Scout is Thrifty…this guide tells you which requirements you can do once but get credit twice!  

Work done for these Badges usually satisfies similar Trail to First Class requirements.  See the respective Badge requirements and Scout Handbook sections to compare.

  • Personal Fitness Badge and Fitness section – Activity Tracking Log
  • First Aid Badge and First Aid section
  • Swimming Badge and Aquatics section
  • Family Life Badge and Second Class Citizenship section
  • Camping Badge and Camping section – accumulated camp outs (10 days, 20 days)

Work done for one of these badges satisfies similar requirements in the second badge.

  • Cooking Badge and Camping Badge – Campout Cooking section.
  • Citizenship in the Community Badge and Communications Badge – Attend a City Council meeting section.
  • Family Life Badge and Personal Management Badge – Home Chores section, possibly Project Plan/Purchase section.

These requirements must be fulfilled separately or sequentially.

  • Service hours for rank advancement and service hours for Citizenship in Community Badge.
  • First time Grubmaster credit is applied to First Class Rank.  Second time Grubmaster credit is applied to Cooking Badge.