Spring Personal Management Merit Badge Workshop

Scouts map their future financial goals and how to achieve them through personal finance. After completing all three sessions, scouts will earn their Personal Management Merit Badge!

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 – Monday, February 1, 2027 from 4:00-7:30 PM
• Session 2: Simulation – Monday, March 15, 2027 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:
  • Monday, May 10, 2027 from 3:00-6:00 PM
  • Tuesday, May 11, 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.