The .918 Club invites you to earn the Graphic Arts Merit Badge using the almost 600-year-old letterpress printing process. With minimal preparation, Scouts can leave at the end of the workshop with their merit badge requirements completed.
The merit badge pamphlet explains everything a Scout needs to know to complete the requirements for this merit badge.
This workshop fills up fast, so register as soon as possible by contacting Ken Kulakowsky to check availability. The workshop costs $20, which covers all letterpress-related materials necessary to complete the badge, including a t-shirt and postage for the return of your printed project & merit badge card.
Information for our volunteers
The workshop officially runs from 6 to 9pm but there are a number of different times that our volunteer help is needed. Workshop schedule for you to choose your arrival time:
4:30pm – Direction signs set up on the surrounding streets.
5:00pm – Lecture room and project tables need to be set up.
5:30pm – Scouts start arriving and need to be checked in and prerequisites collected.
6:00pm – Classroom needs to be setup for hand composition
6:15pm – Direction signs need to be collected
6:30pm – Presses in the pressroom need to be inked and registration verified.
7:00pm – Assist Scouts in setting type and printing their memo pads
8:45pm – Classroom needs to be restored.
9:00pm – Return all workshop equipment and supplies to storage