Service Archives - On Scouting

Does picking up trash constitute conservation?

June 23, 2022 4

We’ve received questions from Scouters regarding how intensive a conservation effort should be to fulfill requirements.

Extreme Makeovers, Round 43: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos

May 12, 2022 0

The latest batch of 11 projects includes a renovated baseball complex in Arkansas, new arboretum signage in New Jersey and an impressive prayer garden in Louisiana.

Scout builds dining structure at orphanage in Colombia: ‘I told myself to aim high’

May 10, 2022 0

For his Eagle Scout service project, Tommy Midtlyng built an outdoor dining structure at an orphanage in Colombia.

Some project! First Class Scout builds pig house for community farm

May 6, 2022 0

When he first visited the Allaire Community Farm with his grandmother a few years ago, Zac Clifton fell in love with it.

Scouts can receive the BSA’s highest honor for conservation and environmental service

April 27, 2022 2

Scouts BSA members who are at least First Class rank, Sea Scouts and Venturers, as well as adult volunteers and organizations, can earn a BSA Distinguished Conservation Service Award.

For his Eagle project, this Scout planned a Bocce Fest for students with special needs

April 21, 2022 0

For his Eagle Scout service project, Luke planned, developed and gave leadership to a Bocce Fest for life skills students at high school.

Other people, all times: He helped man with special needs rejoin Scouts, earn Eagle

March 30, 2022 1

Trenton learned that Chris had been a Scout in the early to mid-2000s. But that Scouting story ended in a cliffhanger.

Texas Scout saves cash by taking tree to sawmill to complete Eagle Scout project

March 24, 2022 4

As lumber prices soared by 280% last year, Ryan Featherston began brainstorming a thrifty way to complete his Eagle Scout project of building four wooden picnic tables for his church.

‘That is a true Scout’: These Scouts spotted a tattered American flag and took action

March 21, 2022 5

“Two boys from Troop 95 rang the doorbell and handed me a brand new American flag with a short note. I was bawling, tears running everywhere.”

Extreme Makeovers, Round 42: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos

March 2, 2022 1

The latest batch of 12 projects includes a wheelchair-accessible walkway at a Buddhist temple in Virginia, a new organization system for jazz music scores in Illinois and a set of raised gardens in Connecticut.