Troop 403's Eagle Nest.
TROOP 403 HAS PRODUCED IT'S SHARE OF EAGLE SCOUTS SINCE 1925. Around 30 or so. Not bad for a small town and considering only 2 out of every 100 scouts ever make it to Eagle.
THE REQUIRMENS
1.Be active in your troop and patrol for at least six months and be a life scout
2. Show Scout Spirit
3.Earn a total of 21 merit badges(12) required
4.Be in a leadership position for 6 months
5.Do an Eagle Project approved by an Eagle Board.
6.Be in a Scoutmaster conference
7.Have a board of review
8.Have a Court of honor all to yourself
Earn most of these merit badges
After you have received your Eagle then you can earn palms.
All you have to do is earn 5 merit badges after the 21 that you already earned then wait 3 months. First you earn the Bronze palm, then Gold, finally a silver palm. After earning those three, the process repeats until you can't earn any more merit badges or turn 18.
Upon your completion of Eagle, and earning palms, I encourage you to become a member of NESA. National Eagle Scout Association can be something you can carry with you for life, besides making the Eagle rank.
here are some Eagle Project Ideas
1.Make trays to fasten to wheelchairs for disabled veterans in a VA hospital.
2.Collect used books and distribute them to people in town who wanted and needed, but couldn't afford them.
3.Put a sturdy footbridge across a brook to make a safe shortcut for children between their homes and school.
4.Collect and repair used toys and give them to a home for handicapped children.
5.Organize and run a bicycle safety campaign. This could involve a written safety test, equipment safety checking, and a skill contest in a bike rodeo.
6.Set up a community study center for kids with no place at home to do school work.
7.Paint basketball lines for a school or public park.
8.Set up a hearing aid drive.(You have probably seen eyeglass drives this is exactly like them)
9.Cataloge all of the grave stones in your city cemetery.
10.Strip and repaint bleachers at a city baseball park.
11.Build large shelving units for a food pantry in a homeless shelter.
12.Build benches in a nature center in the rest areas along a nature trail.
13.Coordinate a blood drive at a high school.
14.Put together a door-to-door clothing drive.
15.Hang signs on trees or cementing them on the ground next to plants or shrubs identifying what they are.
16.Paint the city fire hydrants.
17.Clean and repaint the parking lot for a large local church.
18.Build cages for the Humane Society.
19.Paint the interior of a 2 story local church Sunday school building.
20.Lay a wood chip trail around a local school yard for the students and citizens to use as a fitness trail.
Build benches for a park or walking trail
Build a fence line around a church or school
Do landscaping for a church, school, or public place.
Build signs for a public group such as a church, historical society or signs that welcome people to a town.
Paint & build trash cans and trash can containers for a school or sports complex used by the town.
Build a kiosk or information pavillion for newcomers to get the to know the town better
Staying in scouting until your 18 years old also can have it's advantages. It not only gives to something to do and stay busy, but if you work hard the entire time your in scouts, by earning lots of merit badges, awards, and going to lots of campouts, you can apply for the eagle scout scholarship award. Here is a picture. The first patch is for everyone that gets accepted, then they start a process of elimination to give the scholarship money to the best eagle scout in the state and nation. The medal is a regional award. Click on the picture to make it larger.
