STAR, LIFE, AND EAGLE SCOUT

The Eagle Seout Leadership Service Project Workbook, BSA publication No. 18-927, can help you plan your service project, receive the necessary approvals for it, carry it out, and then provide a report upon completion.

An Eagle Scout project requires more hours of planning and effort than do projects for Star and Life. Here are a few service projects Scouts have done to fulfill this Eagle requirement:

• Worked with local law enforcement officials to organize and carry out a bicycle safety campaign. Trained fellow Scouts as inspectors and judges, then ran a bike rodeo that included a bicycle safety check and contests promoting safe riding.
• Organized a used-toy collection. Supervised fellow Scouts in repairing hte toys and delivering the toys to organizations serving disadvantaged children.
• Planned and built a lawn sprinkling system at a church. Figured out thedetails of the construction, encouraged church members to to donate the materials, then organized Scouts to dig the trenches and install the system.
• Worked with rangers to learn the skills necessary to build a footbridge in a national forast. Gathered materials and tools, and then, with ranger guidance, directed a Scout work goup doing the construction.
• All these projects required assistance of other Scouts. In each case, the Eagle Scout candidate planned the proect, lined up the materials and the help he needed, and led the effort to get the work done.

A trail maintenance or building project is an example of a conservation project.