Eagle Trail 2004

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The Eagle Trail

• September 2004

SCOUT
Christ United Methodist Church 2375 East 3300
South Salt Lake City, Utah
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• Players
• Neil Simmons, Scoutmaster
• Address 4262 So. 615 East, Salt Lake City, 84109
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail nsimmons_at_mac.com
• Alex Berryman, Troop Advancement Coordinator
• Address 2160 E. Fardown Ave., Salt Lake City
  84121
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail utahberryman_at_msn.com
• Frank Lengyel, Troop Committee Chairman
• Address 3092 Cascade Way, Salt Lake City 84109
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail franklengyel_at_comcast.net
• John Patrick, District Advancement Chairperson
• Address 4352 Shirley Lane, Salt Lake City 84124
• Phone [phone]

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• Reference Materials at GSLC Stores
• Boy Scout Hand Book
• 2004 Boy Scout Requirements, (33215C)
• Eagle Scout Application, (58-728)
• Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook,
  (18-927A)
• Go for the Eagle A Guide to Achieving
  Scouting's Highest Rank, Nancy and Dean Hoch,
  Horizon Publishers
• The Eagle Court of Honor, Mark Ray, Eaglebooks
• Creative Courts of Honor, Glen Parker, Glen
  Parker

All forms are on GLSC website www.gslc-bsa.org
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• Todays Objectives
• Know the Eagle rank requirements
• Know the Life to Eagle process
• Know how to start/complete Eagle project
• Know how to fill out and process an Eagle
  application
• Know how a Eagle board of review functions
• Become an Eagle Scout!
• Hint Blacken check boxes when you complete
  actions on a page

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• Getting Started
• FIRST talk to your parents and family about your
  desire to become an Eagle Scout
• Upon becoming a Life Scout you will receive an
  Eagle Scout package, which includes
• Application (58-728)
• Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook (18-927)
• Find an Eagle Project Advisor before you decide
  on a project
• This may be the Scoutmaster, Troop Advancement
  Coordinator or any other registered adult leader
  in the troop
• HINT Start a file or notebook to keep your Eagle
  paperwork together.

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• Requirement 1 Time in rank
• You must be a Life Scout for not less than 6
  months
• Know the date that you became a Life Scout. This
  is the date of your Life rank Board of Review
  (not the Court of Honor date)
• Hint Set a goal for completing your Eagle
  requirements. Write it down and post it
  somewhere where you will look at it every day.

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• Requirement 2 Demonstrate that you live the
  principles of Scouting
• Make a list of at least three individuals who
  know you well and would be willing to talk to
  someone from the Council
• Know the Scout Oath, Law, Motto, Slogan and
  Outdoor Code
• Understand the meaning of the above things
• Hint Get a varied selection of names such as
  teachers, coaches, religious leaders, scout
  leaders, and family members

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• Requirement 3 Earn 21 Merit Badges
• Eagle required merit badges
• Camping (20 nights of camping required)
• Citizenship in the Community, Nation World
• Communications
• Environmental Science
• Family Life (3 months of tracking progress)
• First Aid
• Personal fitness (3 months of tracking progress)
  
• Personal management (3 months of tracking budget)
• Emergency preparedness OR Lifesaving
• Cycling OR Hiking OR Swimming (outings required)
• Plus nine optional merit badges
• Know the date each of your badges were earned
  (not the court of honor date).
• Hint Round up all of your Blue Cards?

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• Requirement 4 Practice Leadership
• While a Life Scout serve actively for a period of
  (6) months in one or more of the following
  positions of responsibility
• In the Troop
• Senior patrol leader, assistant senior patrol
  leader, patrol leader, troop guide, den chief,
  scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster,
  junior assistant scoutmaster, chaplain aide,
  instructor or OA troop representative
• In the Venture Crew
• President, vice president, secretary, treasurer
  (also JASM)
• Hint Talk to your Scoutmaster if it need a
  leadership position.

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• Requirement 5 Eagle Project
• Look over the Project Workbook
• Choose a project idea
• Plan, organize and give leadership to others in a
  service project that is helpful to any religious
  institution, any school or the community while a
  Life Scout
• Project must be approved by your troop and
  district BEFORE you start work
• YOU, the Eagle Scout candidate, are responsible
  for planning, directing and following through to
  the projects successful completion NOT YOUR
  PARENTS!

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• Use the Eagle Project Workbook
• You must use the Eagle Scout Leadership Service
  Project Workbook to meet the project requirements
• Workbooks are provided by the Troop to scouts
  upon graduation to the Life rank
• Copies can also be obtained from the council
  website
• Hint If you have questions about requirements,
  ask your Scoutmaster or Advancement Coordinator

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• Choosing a Project Idea
• The project idea may or may not be original
• Pick something that you will be proud of
• Tailor the project to your personality and
  interests
• Choose a project that will stretch you as a
  person
• Many service organizations in the community have
  a Eagle project program
• Hint If you get bogged down in picking a
  project, talk to an adult leader for suggestions.

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• Types of Projects to Avoid
• Routine labor by the candidate (e.g. mowing
  grass)
• A job or service normally rendered (e.g. paper
  route)
• One that benefits only the GSL Council or the Boy
  Scouts of America
• A project done with another Eagle Scout candidate
  
• A business activity (e.g. selling something)
• A fund raiser when the end result of the project
  is money
• One you do by yourself
• Size of an Eagle Project
• When determining the size of a project, think of
  quality, not quantity
• There is no requirement on time spent on a
  project
• The amount of time you spend planning and
  coordinating your project should be adequate to
  clearly DEMONSTRATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ABILITY
• Hint If you have any doubts about any project
  idea, ASK!

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• Project Description
• Talk to a representative from the benefiting
  group and complete portions of workbook titled
• Describe the project you plan to do
• What group will benefit from the project
• My project will be of benefit to the group
  because...
• Discuss the project with your Advisor,
  Scoutmaster and/or Troop Advancement Coordinator
• Take notes on suggestions you are given
• Record the date of the meeting in the workbook
  where it says This concept was discussed with my
  unit leader on
• Talk to the contact person from the benefiting
  group about the project details
• Fill in the section The project concept was
  discussed with ...
• Get the full name, title, phone number, and
  address of that person
• Come away with a clear understanding of what they
  expect from you
• Hint Keep all your paperwork in one folder

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• Describe Project Details
• The conditions that your project makes better
• The method by which you will make things better
• Materials you will used in this project
• How you will obtain these materials
• Who will be your project helpers
• Time schedule (projected start and finish)
• Safety hazards and how you will avoid them
• Photos prior to start of project
• Hint Use separate sheets of paper if this does
  not fit in the space provided

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• Approval Signatures for Project Plan
• Obtain approval signatures for project details
  from
• Representative of the benefiting group
• Scoutmaster or Advisor
• Committee Chairman or Troop Advancement
  Coordinator
• District Advancement Chairman
• The District Advancement Chairman will review the
  project to assure it meets all national
  standards.
• If he does not approve the project, he will tell
  you why and what you can do to update it for
  approval
• Hint Project work should not be started until
  you receive district approval

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• Carrying Out the Project
• Keep records of the time you take to plan and
  work the project
• Keep records of names times spent by others on
  the project
• Take pictures before, during, and after the
  project
• Keep records of materials required to complete
  the project
• Keep records of changes in your project
• Hint If a lot of changes occur, contact your
  Scoutmaster or Advisor to review and obtain
  additional approval. Dont let your project grow
  out of control!

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• Approval of Completed Project
• Complete the time spent section
• Sign and date the workbook
• To verify completion, get the signature of
• Scoutmaster or Advisor
• Representative of the religious institution,
  school, or community group
• Hold on to your workbook for your Eagle Board of
  Review

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• Requirement 6 Scoutmaster Conference
• Fill out your Eagle Application Form
• Be prepared to discuss your project and what you
  have learned from it
• Get the signature of the Scoutmaster and
  Committee Chairperson on the Eagle Application
  form
• Hint You must have completed your project and
  held your Scoutmaster Conference BEFORE your 18th
  Birthday

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• Processing the Eagle Application
• For questions about dates of merit badges or
  advancements, contact Troop Advancement
  Coordinator
• Get the Signatures of the Scoutmaster and
  Committee Chairman
• Hand carry your Eagle application to the Great
  Salt Lake Council Office for review of merit
  badge dates, etc.
• When Council is finished reviewing the Eagle
  application, they will sign it and then pass it
  on to the District Advancement Coordinator.
• HINT Know what is happening with your
  application. Keep in touch with the people who
  you gave it to. Dont forget about it!

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• Your Personal Statement
• Write a personal statement of your life purpose
  and ambitions
• List your non-scouting activities that
  demonstrate your leadership and citizenship
• List non-scouting honors and awards
• Write about your career and life goals if you
  know them
• Describe how your Scouting experience will help
  in the future
• Hint The Personal Statement form is on the GSL
  Council Website

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• The Eagle Board of Review
• The District Advancement Chairman will contact
  you to schedule an Eagle board of review.
• Who sits on a Eagle board of review?
• Between 3 and 6 committee members
• The District Advancement Chair or designate
• Any one whom understands scouting
• Who cannot sit on an Eagle board of review?
• Members of the scouts family
• Scoutmaster or assistant Scoutmasters
• The Eagle board typically will take from 30 to 45
  minutes.
• HINT You may request that a certain person be on
  your Eagle Board.

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• The Eagle Board of Review (continued)
• Be prepared
• Know the scout Oath, Law, Motto, Slogan, and
  Outdoor Code
• Be in a complete and CORRECT Class A uniform
• Organize your paperwork
• Before the meeting
• Review all parts of your project workbook
• Review your boy scout records back to your scout
  rank
• Your parents will be part of the process
• Members of the board of review will sign the
  Eagle application
• HINT Dont be nervous. Everyone involved wants
  to see you succeed!

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• Board of Review Paperwork
• The Board will fill out and sign Advancement
  Report and sent it with your application to the
  GSL Council
• Council will sign application and forward it to
  National
• It takes an average of six to eight weeks to
  receive word from national BSA if you are
  approved
• You will receive a letter in the mail
• You are not a Eagle Scout until National BSA
  approves the application. Sometimes they are
  rejected or returned for further work.
• You will keep your project workbook
• HINT When you receive word from BSA
  National, inform your Scoutmaster, Advancement
  Chairperson, and friends.

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• Helpful Websites
• www.gslc-bsa.org
• Great Salt Lake Council website with forms and
  other info
• www.bsa.scouting.org/nesa
• National Eagle Scout association history,
  application, and scholarship info
• www.eaglescout.org
• A great website with tools and information about
  becoming an Eagle Scout
• www.usscouts.org/eagle
• Good collection of links to Eagle Scout websites
• home.flash.net/smithrc/eagleprj.htm
• A guide to starting and completing your Eagle
  project
• www.nerc.com/gwc/gwc/eagle/
• Soar with the Eagles downloadable manual
• www.macscouter.com/eagle
• Links downloadable resources for projects and
  courts of honor

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• Keep in mind that taking this step will bring
  many positive things to you in the future.
• The leadership of Troop 410 wants to help every
  scout succeed on the Eagle trail.
• Good luck!