Service Project Approval Steps
1.
Project Ideas
– Refer to your Eagle Project Book to think of what you
want to do for your Eagle Project. Think about what
group you want to do a service project for and what they
need done. Think about something that you want to do and
will be proud of.
2.
Talk to Your
Scoutmaster/Advisor – Before
you do anything, talk to your unit leader, or Eagle
Scout coordinator in your unit, about your idea for your
project.
The purpose of this discussion is
to make sure that your idea for a project is one that
will be accepted by BSA and is a good project idea.
They will help make sure that your
project will meet all of the requirements, that it is
just the right complexity and not too big or too small.
3.
Talk to
Organization – Once your unit
leader has told you to proceed with your planning, talk
to someone in the organization for whom this project is
intended to benefit.
Discuss with them the idea for
this project and in general about what you are going to
do and what the finished project will look like.
4.
Write Eagle
Project Proposal – Using the
Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook write
your Eagle project proposal by following the outline in
that book. If you need assistance in writing the
proposal, talk to your unit leader, or Eagle Scout
coordinator in your unit.
If your project involves something
that you will build, modify or construct, you will need
to take a picture of the location where you are going to
complete your project, before anything is done and
include this in the Workbook as the “before” picture.
If you do not believe your project
requires a “before” picture discuss this with your unit
leader.
If your project involves building
something you may need to prepare a rough sketch to help
describe what you will be doing.
5.
Unit Leader
Review – After you have your
first draft proposal completed, have your unit leader,
or Eagle Scout coordinator, review your proposal and
they can help you add any missing details.
6.
Approval from
Organization - Take the
write-up of your proposal to the organization that will
be benefiting from your project and have them review
what you will be doing.
This ensures that when you are
finished with the project, the organization will sign
off on what you did.
If there is a disagreement about
what the project will look like or do, now is the time
to clear that up – not after you do all of the work.
You need to have someone from the
organization benefiting from this project sign your
Eagle Project Workbook.
7.
Scoutmaster/Advisor Approval –
Review your proposal with your unit leader and obtain
their approval and signature in the Eagle Project
Workbook.
8.
Unit Committee
Review and Approval – Present
your project to your unit committee and obtain the
signature of the committee member they designate in the
Eagle Project Workbook.
9.
District Advancement Committee Approval
– You will now submit your signed Eagle Scout Leadership
Service Project Workbook to the district advancement
committee.
They
will weigh the merits of the proposed project against the
Eagle expectations before accepting or rejecting it.
In doing so they will consider:
