Scouts BSA Merit Badge Week

About Specialty Week

Join us at Camp Snyder for our third annual Scouts BSA Specialty week! In 2022 Scouts earned over 678 Merit Badges during Specialty Week.

Introduced in 2022 and returning for 2023 will be rank advancement skills training and knowledge instruction for obtaining Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class ranks. Perfect for new Scouts!

Camp Snyder has some amazing facilities. Among those are our Woodshop and our STEM facility, swimming pool, archery and air rifle ranges, and Scouterhorn climbing tower. We have created a Scouts BSA Specialty week with the activities Scouts expect from a summer camp. Want to earn your Woodworking or Woodcarving Merit Badge? Want to learn about Drones and spend some time in our STEM lab. Or, learn the basic Scouting skills needed to advance in rank, like how to start a fire, prepare an outdoor meal or safely use a knife and axe. Come out and spend a week of your summer with us.

Combine your interest in merit badges with camping, dining, swimming, boating, and many other summer camp favorites.

There are two attendance options: 1) Stay at Camp Snyder from Sunday – Saturday, complete your merit badges + enjoy a series of fun evening activities or 2) You can choose to attend from 9-5 Monday-Friday as a day-only participants for the merit badges class and rank advancement sessions.

Individual Scouts BSA (ages 11 – 17)

Sunday afternoon – Saturday morning

Meet your 2023 Directors

Calder Griffiths, Camp Director

Calder Griffiths was a Scout in the National Capital Area Council for 12 years earning the rank of Eagle Scout, serving as Senior Patrol Leader, and joining the Order of the Arrow. He has seven years experience working at the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center with specific responsibility for the skatepark for two years. Currently, he is pursuing a degree at Salisbury University with majors in Outdoor Education Leadership and Accounting. After attending BSA summer camps for nine years and day camps for five years, he looks forward to providing an excellent experience at Camp Snyder this summer.

Joey McNally, Program Director

Joey McNally is a recent college graduate from Salisbury University with a degree in Geography and a minor in Environmental Studies. He has a passion for the outdoors and environment. He enjoys camping trips and held a position as an intern in stream restoration last summer. He has experience in working with youth as a tutor and as a volunteer at his local church’s child development area. He is excited to be at Camp Snyder this summer and wants assure a fun and memorable camp experience as Program Director this summer.

Want to be part of our awesome summer staff?

2023 Dates & Rates

Registration opens October 1

We are accepting applications for Camperships

Session

July 16 – July 22, 2023