Swimming Merit Badge

It is important for first-year scouts to earn the swimming merit badge so that they are eligible to participate in other water activities during their second summer at camp. All of our first-year scouts who went to camp completed this merit badge. Some of them are shown below.

The shoes help with the backstroke. Camera in the sky? Take one step back, please.
Where's my swim suit?


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Troop 412