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.

• 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 direct a Scout work group to do the construction.

APPROVALS:

BEFORE YOU START

Your project idea must be approved by your unit leader, unit committee, and council or district advancement committee before the project is started. The following questions must be answered before giving this 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 recuited to help carry out the project?
  

AFTER COMPLETION

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. The following must be answered:

• 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.

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