A service project is when little planning is done. Everyone shows up with tools and serves in raking a lawn, cleaning up roadways or shoveling snow. We then stay until the service project it completed.
An Eagle Scout service project is when a scout selects a project in their community, plans out what needs to be done, develops the project in stages to complete, then works their plan with the volunteers. The scout will lead out by showing leadership skills he has learned while they have progressed in their ranks of scouting. The Guide to Advancement 2021 say: “Note that Eagle projects do not have a minimum time requirement, but call for planning and development, and leadership of others, and must be preapproved by the council...” (page 22, under 4.2.3.3. Service Projects)
This is what Eagle Scout Ethan Anderson said while working his Eagle Scout Project in Bryan on Scouting: (August 25, 2021)
“I think it’s a requirement because it puts to use all the skills you learn throughout the different ranks and merit badges you earn in Scouts,” he says. “It allows you to demonstrate your mastery of those skills, and it also allows you to give back to your community.”
That’s why young people can’t begin work on the Eagle project until they are a Life Scout — because the skills learned in Scouting are cumulative. By the time they reach Life, the young person can see the Eagle project as the ultimate symbol of their Scouting journey.
“I think if you choose a project carefully and thoughtfully, the Eagle project can be the epitome of ‘Do a Good Turn Daily'” Ethan says.
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