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Life to Eagle Process G R A N D Life to Eagle Process C A By: Grand Canyon Council Advancement Committee N Y O N C Thank you to Larry Morris and Jeff Koski of GCC for contributing to this presentation O U This presentation was originated by: Central Florida Council, BSA N Our thanks to Jerry Neff, Joseph Larkin and their cohorts C I L April 2014 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D Objectives C – Know the Life to Eagle Process A – Know how to start /complete Eagle Project N Workbook Y – Know how to fill out and process an Eagle O Application N – Know how an Eagle Board of Review functions C – Know how paperwork is processed after Eagle O Board of Review. U – Know that you’re not an Eagle Scout until N National approves the Eagle Application C I L April 2014 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D Available References C – Grand Canyon Council Electronic Eagle Packet – A Which is the preferred method for completing the Trail to N Eagle process in our council (always use the latest version Y available at grandcanyonbsa.org/advancement) O – Grand Canyon Council Hard copy Eagle Packet N – Boy Scout Handbook, Latest Edition – Guide to Advancement #33088 C O – Boy Scout Requirements (33215) U – Eagle Scout Application, (58-728) N – Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook, (512-927) C I L April 2012 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D Required Merit Badges – 21 required C A Camping 1. N Citizenship in the Community 2. Y Citizenship in the Nation 3. O Citizenship in the World 4. N Communications 5. Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving 6. Environmental Science C 7. First Aid O 8. Cycling or Swimming or Hiking U 9. Personal Management 10. N Personal Fitness 11. C Family Life 12. I Cooking 13. L Plus 8 other elective merit badges April 2014 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N  Perform The Following: D – Serve actively for a period of (6) months in a position of responsibility while a Life Scout C – Can be several positions added together to equal (6) A months, but they may not overlap - only one at a time. N – Responsibility positions start after Life Board of Y Review Date. O  Boy Scout Troop: N – Serve in one or more of the following positions: C  Patrol Leader, Venture Patrol leader, Assistant O Senior Patrol Leader, Senior Patrol Leader, Troop U Guide, Order of the Arrow Troop Representative, N Den Chief, Scribe, Librarian, Jr. Asst.. C Scoutmaster, Chaplain Aide, Instructor, Historian, Venture Patrol Leader, Quartermaster, Webmaster, I Leave No Trace Trainer L April 2012 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N  Varsity Scout Team D – Captain, Co-Captain, Program Manager, Squad Leader, Team Secretary, Librarian, Historian, C Quartermaster, Chaplain Aid, Instructor, Den Chief, A Order of the Arrow Team Representative, Webmaster, N Leave No Trace Trainer Y  Venturing Crew O – President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, N Den Chief, Quartermaster, Historian, Guide, , Webmaster, Leave No Trace Trainer C Ship O – Boatswain, Boatswain’s Mate, Yeoman, Purser & U Storekeeper N Lone Scout C Leadership responsibility in his school, religious I organization, club, or elsewhere in the community L April 2012 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D Life To Eagle Flow  What is the process? C – Discuss the Eagle requirements with your Unit A Leader (Troop Scoutmaster, Varsity Team N Coach, or Venture Crew Advisor), this can Y occur anytime while you are a Life Scout prior O to your Eagle Scout Board of Review N – What should be discussed  Eagle Award Application C  Eagle Project Workbook O  Required Merit Badges U  Leadership Position N C  Evidence of Merit Badges I L April 2014 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D When can a boy start C A working on his Eagle N project? Y O N As soon as he is a Life Scout C O There is a guide with Points of Contact and U N Project Ideas at the council Eagle page at: C www.grandcanyonbsa.org/advancement I L April 2014 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D Eagle Scout Service Project C  Must plan, develop and give leadership to others A in a service project to any Religious Institution, N any School or your Community while a Life Scout Y  The Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook , #512- O N 927 must be used. C O U N C I L

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D  Project Workbook – Life Scout must use the Eagle Scout Leadership C Service project workbook, No. 512-927. A – Where to obtain: N Y  Electronic Eagle Packet O – www.grandcanyonbsa.org/advancement  Click on Eagle Scouts N  Download all documents in the Electronic Eagle Packet including the Project Workbook (which is C a fillable PDF document) O – Hard copies are available at Council Office U N C I L

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Life to Eagle Process G R A N D Follow the instructions! C A N Read this first Y O document! N C O U N C I L

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D READ THE WORKBOOK! C  All Scouts, advisors and coaches need to A read the Eagle Scout Service Project N Y Workbook instructions. O N  90% of all issues with Eagle Scout projects can be avoided if you read the workbook and C follow the instructions! O U N C I L April 2014 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook C – Requirement A  Plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a N service project helpful to the following: Y – Any School (Non-Profit) O – Any Church N – Your Community C – Non-Profit Organizations O  United Way U  Habitat for Humanity, etc. N  US Forest Service C I L

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D Originality C A – Can the project be something you dream up? Yes N – Can the project be something that has never been Y done before? Yes O N – Can you pick a project which has been done before? Yes C – Does the project have to be original? No O U – Does the project have to be lasting? No N – Is the sky the limit for a project? Pretty much C I L

Life to Eagle Process G R A N  Responsibility D – The Scout is responsible for planning, directing and following through to the projects successful C completion. A N  Restrictions Y There are no required minimum hours for a project. No one may tell – O the scout how many hours must be spent on it. N Do not tell Scouts how many hours an average project takes, that – will be interpreted as stating an hour goal. C Routine labor is not normally appropriate for a project. This might – O be defined as a job or service you may provide as part of your daily U life, or a routine maintenance job normally done by the beneficiary N (for example, pulling weeds on the football field at your school). C I L

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D  While projects may not be of a commercial nature or for a business, this is not meant to disallow work for C community institutions, such as museums and A service agencies (like homes for the elderly, for N Y example), that would otherwise be acceptable. Some O aspect of a business operation provided as a N community service may also be considered — for example, a park open to the public that happens to C be owned by a business. O U  No more than one Eagle Scout candidate may N receive credit for working on the same Eagle Scout C service project. I L April 2012 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D  Projects may not be performed for the Boy C Scouts of America, or its councils, A districts, units, or properties. N Y  A project may not be an effort that O primarily collects money, even for a N worthy charity. Fundraising is permitted C only for securing materials and facilitating O a project, and it may need to be approved U N by your council. See “Eagle Scout Service C Project Fundraising Application” in the I L workbook. April 2012 Update

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D The Fundraising Application – If your fundraising effort involves contributions only from C the beneficiary of your project or you, your parents or A relatives, your unit or its chartered organization, or parents N or members in your unit, submitting the fundraising Y application is not necessary . O N – If you will be obtaining money or materials from any other C sources, you must submit a completed application to your O district project approver unless you are seeking cash U donations exceeding $250.00 from individual businesses, N which must be approved by the local council service center. C I L

Life to Eagle Process G R A N D  Example Of Projects C – Set up a community study center for children who A need a place to do homework N – Prepare plans for and build a footbridge on a trail in a Y National Forest. O – Establish a children’s library at the Supai Reservation N Elementary School – There is a guide with Points of Contact and Project Ideas at C the council Eagle page at: O www.grandcanyonbsa.org/advancement U  Approvals Of Eagle Project N – Before you start C  Determine the type of project you would like to do I and discuss it with your Unit Leader or your Troop L Eagle Coordinator.