Eagle Scouts

I put up a vinyl fence around an old cemetery in a logging site and put up a sign. Gonna get my board done in January maybe.
 
was going to renovate a nursery at my local church, but legislation got in my way, so I made a large garden with a bench at my school.
 
built a set of stairs out of railroad ties, closed a trail and built a natural set of steps out of rocks at a state park.
 
I bought 2012 Chevrolet 2500 HD Duramax Diesel and rev'd the shit out of it all next to a tree full of baby bald eagles
 
I'm a Life Scout at the moment. Thinking of sending out care packages to the troops or making benches/fixing up hiking trails.
 
I think anything original to your location is cool. I closed mines and my brother restored a wagon which were both used In the mining boom in Nevada.
 
I created and ran an eco-friendly promotional concert in co-op with my school's "Green Team". Pretty fun project
 
Honestly, thinking of an idea is one of the hardest parts. Our troop has always done a lot of building stuff for projects (decks, fences, sheds, barns, stairs, pavilions, signs, gardens) so I knew I wanted to do something that was outdoors and construction.

I hate seeing stupid projects like painting a sign or painting parking spaces. You should be proud of your project and realize that its essentially the last thing you'll ever do in scouts. Make it worth it, because you only choose one project and for the rest of your life, you'll be telling people what difference your project made.

If you need a project, your best bet though is to talk to a local church or park and ask what kind of projects they need done. Or talk to other scouts who are working on their project, and ask for their project coordinator's email. You just have to be proactive about it.

The park I worked with set me up with all the materials I needed for free. They delivered the railroad ties to the work site, cut them to length with an industrial saw beforehand, provided a massive drill for the rebar, cut the rebar, a generator, gas for the generator, and every single hand tool known to man.

Only thing I had to do was buy the 25ft of rebar for the project and drop it off to them beforehand. I think the total cost to me for the project was like less than $35
 
seagull scout. pretty much the same thing as an eagle scout but i didn't finish my shit and if a mormon employer sees it on my resume they automatically throw it out
 
That's crazy. I think I had to raise upwards around $1200 between all the concrete I had to buy, and all the pressure treated wood. Stuff was expensive but the wall is bombproof. The parks and rec department did hook me up with free paint though.
 
I had connections to a guy who worked for the water department and they said it would be a good project. He came up with it and approached me knowing I needed a project and I said sure lets do it. They did have cloaking devices, invisibility cloaks actually, from diagon alley.
 
Yeah, they were stoked I was doing my project for them.

I mean they had all the resources pretty much since its a state park. The ranger took me over and showed me this barn with stacks of shovels, picks, axes, saws, rakes, tampers, wedging bars and an area with probably 10 portable generators. Then he just told me to make a list of what I needed, and it would be dropped at the site.

And then all the railroad ties I used (which I think was like maybe 15?) were essentially being recycled (due to them being too worn for tracks but with enough insecticides to kill a bear) so they had been donated to the park for use.

I suggest working with parks rather than churches though. Like I said above, they have all the resources needed to do a project and have the background advice if you need a suggestion when planning.

Churches tend to be a bit stingy on money for funding, but it really varies heavily by the church, scout association, project, and project necessity.
 
i built some biking bridges for a local biking trail system. they are still up several years later too!
 
Life Scout here, just turned 17 at the beginning of the month. I still have about 4 badges left and my project, is it doable? Just began to plan my project, might map trails behind a local park, make signs and such, mark natural features, not sure if it's a large enough undertaking though.
 
I'm in a bigger hole than you sir. I got Life last tuesday. Just put the patch on my uniform today. I turn 18 on the 27th of July. Have 3 badges left, and project... And my troop is super strict on projects so I'll probably have to build a bridge or some shit.

And I'm going to summer camp (a week before my 18th) just so I can win water polo haha. It's a big rivalry between my troop who is all un-athletic as fuck and a rival town, I have to carry my whole team haha it's fun as fuck though. Sad it's my last year because you can't be a camper after 18... Been going since I was in 5th/6th grade.
 
I built a retaining wall with carriage blocks and then replaced the entrance sign at one of my towns parks and then put in another sign farther down the road. The city helped me out with mine a lot and were super chill to work with, they even bought all the supplies for the project. I'd highly recommend talking with your town's park manager. but don't be like me and start your project the day after you get your wisdom teeth out... doing a project high as a kite on painkillers ain't real fun
 
I went back to my elementary school and had the 4th grade classes write letters to soldiers / had a canned food / any items that were needed (socks, hard candy, gum, etc.) Cool to see so many on here.
 
this summer i'm talking to the forrest expo and i'm gonna redo trails and signs.

so that will be grreeeaaattt....i still have like 4 merit badges thoo.....:\
 
I was almost an eagle scout. Need like 2 more things and an eagle project but I stopped going. Luckily our troop was cool, otherwise I would have quick long before. Some of the troops were way too uptight and serious, actually most of them.

 
Yeah our troop actually split because the old

Scoutmaster got pissed that we brought airsoft guns to a campout.
 
No, I got a lot of design help from my buddies brother, also an Eagle Scout and a dynamite engineer/ carpenter. It was just us and the scout master though who built it. It was tough though.
 
Damn. We were good kids somehow. Like we were responsible, and would kill ourselves, but we would do some fucked up shit. I think it was like, please don't die , kill anybody, or set the forest on fire, and you're good kind of approach.

We tied one kid into a tree and had him swinging around the camp(We didn't force him, that was the funny part). I fell off the side of my cot and they were starting a manhunt for me when I woke up and found people. Flamethrowers to kill the ground bees.( they almost made it to us before their singed bodies bit the dust. Giant fire we made with the flag poles we stole.

Fuck, I miss boy scouts. I think I learned more through all the bullshit we did than the legit scouts part. Def stoked that they didn't take it to seriously. Serious scouts would be shit.
 
That's way WAY against BSA policy (airsoft that is).

Either leader could have been banned from BSA for life for breaking that rule.

They're really uptight about a lot of this type stuff.
 
Finally did my board. Got emotional as fuck when they asked me what it meant to be an eagle scout and I told them I'm doing it for both myself and my dad, since he got bussed in the late sixties and had to drop out.

i've been an emotional bitch all day since then BUT STILL STOKED AS FUCK
 
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