Eagle Project

Troop 63 @ Tidewater

			Eagle Project

			Eagle Project Workbook

As you plan and carry out your leadership service project, use the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook to record your plans and progress.

The workbook may be downloaded in the pdf format.

PDF - This version can be printed, then completed by hand. (Acrobat® Reader may be downloaded from Adobe.)

Alternately, you may obtain a printed copy from your the Tidewater Council service center - ask for item Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook, No. 512-927

Remember that others will be reading these pages. You should print, type, or write legibly using black or blue ink. You may add as many pages as needed to thoroughly complete the workbook.

			Leadership Service Project

How to Start

You have earned the Life Scout rank and are ready to begin your Eagle Scout leadership service project. This workbook will help you plan and record your progress and complete and submit a final report.

The Requirement

As stated in the Boy Scout Handbook: While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to your religious institution, school, or your community. (The project should benefit an organization other than the BSA.) The project idea must be approved by the organization benefiting from the effort, your unit leader (Scoutmaster, Varsity Scout Coach, Venturing crew Advisor), unit committee, and by the council or district advancement committee before you start. You must use this Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook, No. 18-927D, in meeting this requirement.

Originality

Does the leadership service project for Eagle have to be original, perhaps something you dream up that has never been done before? The answer: No, but it certainly could be. You may pick a project that has been done before, but you must accept responsibility for planning, directing, and following through to its successful completion.

Limitations

Routine labor (a job or service normally rendered) should not be considered. Work involving council property or other BSA activity is not permitted. The project also may not be performed for a business or an individual, be of a commercial nature, or be a fund-raiser. (Fund-raising is permitted only for securing materials or supplies needed to carry out your project.)

Size

How big a project is required? There are no specific requirements, as long as the project is helpful to a religious institution, school, or community. The amount of time spent by you in planning your project and the actual working time spent in carrying out the project should be as much as is necessary for you to demonstrate your leadership of others.

Examples

A look at some projects other Scouts have done for their Eagle Scout Award illustrates that your project can be to construct something or can be to render a service. Scouts have

Made trays to fasten to wheelchairs for veterans with disabilities at a Veterans Administration hospital.
Collected used books and distributed them to people in the community who wanted and needed, but could not afford, books.
Built a sturdy footbridge across a brook to make a safe shortcut for children between their homes and school.
Collected and repaired used toys and gave them to a home for children with disabilities.
Organized and operated a bicycle safety campaign. This involved a written safety test, equipment safety check, and a skills contest in a bike rodeo.
Surveyed the remains of an old Spanish mission and prepared an accurate map relating it to the present church.
Built a "tot lot" in a big city neighborhood and set up a schedule for Boy Scouts to help run it.
Set up a community study center for children who needed a place to do schoolwork.
Trained fellow students as audiovisual aides for their school. Arranged for more than 200 hours of audiovisual work.
Prepared plans for a footbridge on a trail in a national forest. Worked with rangers to learn the skills necessary to build the structure, gathered materials and tools, and then directed a Scout work group to do the construction.

Steps to Complete the Project

The following steps should be followed to complete your project

Using the guidelines above select your project and talk to the organization that will benefit that they will support your effort.
Talk to the Eagle Guide to make sure it is within BSA Guidelines and is a suitable project.
Fill out your Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook. The following questions must be answered before approval:

Who will benefit from the project?
How will they benefit?
What official from the group benefiting from the project will be contacted for guidance in planning the project?
How many people will be recruited to help carry out the project?
Time line for the project
Equipment and supplies needed for the project
Safety Plan

Submit your project plan to your Eagle Guide. Once approved by the Eagle Guide and then the Scoutmaster, you will give a short brief to the Troop 63 Committee in your full uniform at the monthly Committee Meeting or at another time that is convenient for the Committee. Once approved by the Troop Committee, you need to call Mr. Mark Orr at 631-6883. He represents the Bayside District and he will approve the project for Tidewater Council. Do not start the project until you get Council approval.
Once approved by the District you may commence your project. Make sure you take plenty of notes and pictures as you work the project.
Although your project was approved by your unit leader, unit committee, and council or district advancement committee before it was begun, the Eagle Scout Board of Review must approve the manner in which it was carried out and has the final say on whether it was a worthy project. The following must be answered in your workbook:

In what ways did you demonstrate leadership of others?
Give examples of how you directed the project rather than doing the work yourself.
In what way did the religious institution, school, or community group benefit from the project?
Did the project follow the plan?
If changes to the plan were made, explain why the changes were necessary.
After completion pictures should be included.

Submit the completed Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook, Requirement #6 from the Eagle Application and your Eagle Application Worksheet for final approval to the Eagle Guide. Once he signs it off and all of your other Eagle requirements are completed you may then ask for a Eagle Scout Master conference with the Scoutmaster.

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