Eagle Service Project

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Eagle Service Project
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Eagle Service Project

• This presentation will help you with the
  following
• How to obtain the Service Project Workbook
• How to complete the Workbook
• How to document your work
• What to do with the Workbook when the project
  is complete

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Eagle Service Project

• Eagle Requirement 6
• While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give
  leadership to others in a service project helpful
  to any religious institution, any school, or your
  community. (The project should benefit an
  organization other than Boy Scouting.) The
  project plan must be approved by the organization
  benefiting from the effort, your Scoutmaster and
  troop committee, and the council or district
  before you start. You must use the Eagle Scout
  Leadership Service Project Workbook, BSA
  publication No. 18-927, in meeting this
  requirement.

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Eagle Service Project Workbook

• Download From
• http//www.nesa.org/trail/manual.html
• Three formats
• PDF Hand Filled
• DOC Full blown version editable via Word
• RTF Limited version but editable through
  most word processors

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Eagle Service Project Workbook

• Starting the Project
• Finding a project
• What interests you?
• Check around independently
• Phone
• News stories (print/TV)
• Ask your Troop/Crew leadership
• Last resort District Advancement Chair (after
  EVERYTHING else has been tried)

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• Project Guidelines
• The project must demonstrate your ability to
• Lead
• Plan
• Delegate
• Prepare for the unexpected
• No minimum time
• No maximum time
• DOES NOT have to involve money or construction
• Is unique to you (two Scouts cannot jointly do a
  Project)

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• Project Guidelines
• Must indicate estimated start and completion date
• Always reference current edition of the Guide to
  Safe Scouting (BSA Supply 34416) available
  on-line at http//www.scouting.org/pubs/gss/

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Eagle Service Project Workbook
Completing the Workbook Using the Eagle Scout
Leadership Service Project Workbook, the
candidate must select his Eagle service project
and have the project concept approved by his unit
leader, his unit committee, and the benefactor of
the project, and reviewed and approved by the
council or district advancement committee. The
workbook must be used in meeting this requirement.
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Cover Page - Demographics
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• Project Description
• High level overview of project detail to come
• Indicate
• What group will benefit
• Why it will benefit

Project Description
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For my project, I will supervise the collection
and organization of school supplies for the 420
students at Ivey Lane Elementary. Based on the
requests from the faculty and staff at Ivey Lane,
I will provide single subject spiral notebooks,
pencils, scissors, glue sticks, and crayons for
the students. These students are in need of
basic school supplies such as paper, pencils,
crayons, scissors, and glue. Some reasons why
the students need new supplies is they live in an
extremely high poverty area with 85 of the
students coming from single parent homes with
most of those parents being unemployed. Another
example is, that over 95 of the students in this
school are on the free and reduced national lunch
program. To be able to qualify for the free and
reduced lunch program, your annual income must be
below the national poverty level. After my
letter writing campaign, car washes, and
donations from various school supply vendors, I
will direct the purchase of the needed supplies
and have them transported to Ivey Lane. All
supplies will be placed in the cafeteria where
each bag will be filled. Each grade level will
be designated by a particular colored sticker.
Kindergarten will be red, 1st grade will be blue,
2nd grade will be green, 3rd grade will be
yellow, 4th grade will be red with a black
stripe, and 5th grade will be blue with a black
stripe. Each child's supplies will be placed in
a grocery bag labeled with the correct colored
sticker for easy identification. All completed
bags will be taken to individual classrooms, the
kindergarten bags taken to each kindergarten
classroom, the 1st grade bags taken to each 1st
grade classroom, etc. All bags will be given to
the children when they arrive in their classroom
for their "Meet Your Teacher Luncheon" on August
4, 2006 at 1200.
Project Description
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Project Benefits
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The project concept was discussed with the
following representative of the group that will
benefit from the project.
Project Benefits
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• Project Details
• DEEP dive into the project
• Monies Estimate
• Materials Estimate
• Time Estimate

Project Details
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• Plan your work by describing the present
  condition, the method, materials to be used,
  project helpers, and a time schedule for carrying
  out the project. Describe any safety hazards you
  might face, and explain how you will ensure the
  safety of those carrying out the project.
• If appropriate, include photographs of the area
  before you begin your project. Providing
  before-and-after photographs of your project area
  can give a clear example of your effort.

Project Details
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Ivey Lane Elementary is an inner-city elementary
school in Orlando, Florida. This school has
approximately 420 students. These students are
in desperate need of basic school supplies such
as paper, pencils, crayons, scissors, and glue.
One of the reasons these students need new
supplies is they live in an extremely high
poverty area with 85 of the students coming from
single parent homes with most of those parents
being unemployed. Another example is, that over
95 of the students in this school are on the
free and reduced national lunch program. To be
able to qualify for the free and reduced lunch
program, your annual income must be below the
national poverty level. It is my goal to supply
the 420 kindergarten through 5th grade students
with the basic school supplies they are in need
of. Each of the 173 kindergarten and 1st graders
will receive one eight count pack of crayons, two
glue sticks, two single subject spiral notebooks,
6 pencils, and one pair of scissors. Each of the
245 2nd-5th graders will receive one 24-count
pack of crayons, two glue sticks, two single
subject spiral notebooks, 6 pencils, and one pair
of scissors. I will be conducting a letter
writing campaign, a series of car washes, and
donations from various school supply vendors. It
is my intent to have my project completed by the
last week of July, 2006 in order for the children
to begin school on August 7, 2006 with their
brand new school supplies. There are no safety
issues involved with my project.
Project Details
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ESTIMATED COSTS
Project Details
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• Project Signatures
• Approval Signatures for Project Plan

Project plans were reviewed and approved by
Project Signatures
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• Project Signatures
• NO work may commence until ALL signatures are
  secured
• Project as written so far should be FORMALLY
  presented to Troop or Crew Unit Committee
• After Benefiting Organization, Scoutmaster and
  Unit Committee signatures have been secured,
  contact District Advancement Chair (DAC)
• Face-to-face meeting with DAC
• Two-deep required
• Contact (e-mail preferably) prior to meeting
• Preempt project rejection/rewrite before meeting
• Insure success

Project Signatures
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• Carrying Out The Project
• Record the progress of your project. Keep a
  record of how much time you spend planning and
  carrying out the project. List who besides
  yourself worked on the project, the days they
  worked, the number of hours they worked each day,
  and the total length of time others assisted on
  the project.
• If appropriate, list the type and cost of any
  materials required to complete the project. If
  your original project plan changes at any time,
  be sure and document what the change was and the
  reason for the change.

Carrying Out The Project
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• Carrying Out The Project
• Document, Document, Document
• Did I say DOCUMENT???
• Monies Used
• Materials Used
• Time Used
• Project changes
• Photographs, Photographs, Photographs
• Did I say PHOTOGRAPHS???
• Before
• After

Carrying Out The Project
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MATERIALS DONATIONS
Carrying Out The Project
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PROJECT HOURS Planning with others
Carrying Out The Project
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Filling Bags
Carrying Out The Project
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Hours I spent
11.5 hours
Planning the project
Carrying out the project 
7.0 hours
Total hours I spent working on the project
18.5 hours
Total number of hours others worked on the
project
125.75 hours
144.25 hours
Grand Total
Carrying Out The Project
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• Changes
• Anything you feel altered your original design
• Needed extra material
• Delay in starting
• Delay in securing materials or monies
• Extra costs
• Major changes may require a project rewrite
• Dont let scope creep get in the way
• Consult your Scoutmaster or adult with you on the
  project if you start to feel uncomfortable
• Stick to your guns

Changes
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The project was started and has been completed
since I received the Life Scout rank, and is
respectfully submitted for consideration.
_________________________ ___________ APPLICANT
SIGNATURE DATE
This project was planned, developed, and carried
out by the candidate.
_________________________ ___________ SCOUTMASTER
SIGNATURE DATE _________________________ _____
______ ORGANIZATION SIGNATURE DATE
Approvals for Completed Project
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• Now that you are done
• Keep the completed Project Workbook in a safe
  place
• Make copies (you will need them for the Board of
  Review)
• Note The DAC does NOT need to sign the completed
  project!!!

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Eagle Service Project Presentation
This presentation was originally prepared
by Joe Larkin Little Econ District DAC
Central Florida Council, BSA jlarkin_at_cfl.rr.com