Eagle Scout Candidates

IMPORTANT DATES: 
Sept. 1, each scout year, First Day that new Eagle Projects may begin planning between the Life Scout/Eagle Candidate, and the Eagle Coordinator/Scoutmaster

April 15, each scout year, Final day that new Eagle Projects may be submitted for consideration by the Eagle Coordinator/Scoutmaster

April 16 – August 31, each scout year, Blackout dates, Candidates to hold project packages until Sept 1 in the next scout year.

Do not start on your Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Plan until you have a plan for satisfying Eagle Scout Rank Requirement No. 4 relating to Leadership/Positions of Responsibility within the troop. While a Life Scout, you must serve actively for a period of 6 months in an approved position of responsibility in the troop. Meet with Mr. Otte in advance to review that plan.

Once you have earned the Life Rank and about 15-16 merit badges, it is time to fill out your Eagle Scout Rank Application, select an Eagle Project, write up your proposed project in your Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook, found at: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/boyscouts/advancementandawards/eagleworkbookprocedures.aspx. ,  and get your project approved by the Troop and by the North Star District. The District director can be contacted through the Crossroads Of America office, see North Star District, Crossroads of America Council. You cannot start until you get both approvals.

If you have trouble downloading the workbook from the scouting.org website, try this [LINK].

There are comprehensive Eagle instructions and resources at the Council resource page here [LINK].

Scouts should contact the Troop 174 Eagle Coordinator with any questions they have. Parents are welcome to contact the Troop Chairman with any questions they have right now or later. We have collected some of the FORMS you will need here, and welcome suggestions for additions to this collection.

 

Make sure your Eagle Application is filled out early. This takes longer than you think. Prepare a “Statement of Ambition” as directed on page 2 of the application. Call the Scout Office (317-925-1900) and have them send you a copy of your Advancement Record, and check it against the same provided by Mr. Lestourgeon. Use the dates on that record when you fill out the application. Your dates must match the dates on file in the Scout Office. Your application will be rejected later if the dates don’t match.

To find an Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project, first meet with several organizations and find out what projects are available. Bring a parent to the meeting. Then pick a project that will allow you to lead about 5 to 10 volunteers outside of your family as they work about 100 hours total. This more of a leadership project than it is a service project. It is much harder to select a project first and then try to recruit an organization that needs your project.

Do not start work on your project until it has been approved in writing by (in this order) Eagle Coordinator Jack Slattery, Scoutmaster Frank Otte, Troop Committee Chairman and the volunteer representing the North Star District of the Crossroads of America Council.

You will need to make a very detailed duty roster for your volunteers and include this in your proposal. Once the Troop Committee Chairman has signed your Workbook, you can send it to North Star District representative and he will return it to you in a few weeks. He may ask you to make changes.

The North Star District will tum down any proposals in which the Scout has already started or completed the project. It is okay to meet with sponsors, take measurements, and develop a project plan in advance. Also, projects requiring significant involvement by contractors or other professionals (other than as a consultant) will not be approved.

Once your project is finished, complete the write-up in your Eagle Project Leadership Service Workbook. Complete your Eagle Application by making sure that all of your merit badge and advancement dates match Scout Office records. Have your Eagle application signed by the Troop Committee Chairman. Have your application and workbook signed by Scoutmaster Frank Otte. Take your completed Eagle application and Eagle workbook to the Scout Office. They will check your application during the next few weeks. If it is complete, they will contact Troop 174 and notify Mr. Slattery of the date of your Eagle Scout Board of Review.

The Board of Review is run by North Star District. Each month only four Scouts have the opportunity to attend an Eagle Board of Review on the second Wednesday evening of each month at Second Presbyterian Church. The Board will last about an hour.