JA Scouts Merit Badge Workshops - Winter Series

The JA Scout Merit Badge Workshop Series prepares participants to consider income, savings, debt, investing, insurance, and budgeting to become real-world ready. Scouts will earn their Personal Management Merit Badge after completing all three sessions.

Participants walk away with an understanding of:

• How to create a budget
• Relationship between income and cost of living
• Importance of saving
• How credit and loans work
• Basic fundamentals of investing

Workshop Series Details:

• Session 1: Workbook – Wednesday, October 28, 2026 from 4:00-7:30 PM
• Session 2: Simulation – Wednesday, December 9, 2026 from 4:00-7:30 PM
• Session 3: Testing – Scouts will select a 1-hour timeslot for their testing session from the following time windows:
  • Tuesday, February 9, 2027 from 3:00-6:00 PM
  • Wednesday, February, 2027 10 from 3:00-6:00 PM

This workshop is open to scouts ages 11-17.

For questions about this workshop, please contact Marley Gang at mgang@jasandiego.org.

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