Scouting can offer many things to the youth who join Scouting, some of these are activities that spark interest in the outdoors, camping, learning new skills, making new friends, achieving goals, and earning awards and ranks.
The highest pinnacle of the scouting rank is that of Eagle Scout. When the youth start working on this achievement the scout unit leaders are supported by the District and Council leaders. In
this way, the scout is learning to work outside of their unit and utilizing other adults that will also help guide them to this highest rank. The scout begins to see beyond their own unit and meet others who become another level of support.
As the scout begins seeking a project that excites them to use as their Eagle Scout project, they
should include the Eagle Scout Coordinator. The Eagle Scout Coordinator helps the scouts from approving the Eagle Scout project to being prepared for their Eagle Scout Board of Review. The Eagle Scout coordinator receives guidance from the Council in their monthly meetings. They receive knowledge from the Council in helping the scouts meet the guidelines of having a project that is worthy of an Eagle Scout.
As the ES coordinator and District Advancement committee approve the project and prepare the
scouts for their Eagle Scout Board of Review. (ESBOR) We have identified a few things we would
like to focus on this year. We will address each one of them in greater depth in future Newsletter articles to help the unit scout leaders help us in achieving them.
Here are the top five areas we will be addressing as we start our year:
- Contacting the Eagle Scout coach of a scout working on their Eagle Scout Service Project workbook, before they turn it in to the coordinator. This will help to ensure that basic information is in place. This helps the scout receive the Eagle Scout project approval quicker.
- Selecting Eagle Scout Coaches from the unit leadership to help guide scouts that understand the process of the trail to Eagle.
- Knowing the order and importance of having all signatures and dates of the Eagle Scout project proposal and project report.
- Understanding the importance of the whole Eagle Scout service workbook and why it needs to be completed and given to the Eagle Scout coordinator before the Eagle Scout Board of Review.
- Why Scouting has an Eagle Scout project and the importance of stating a project goal in the proposal.
We look forward to learning together how we each can improve our performance of, On My
Honor I Will Do My Best, as we serve perspective Eagle Scouts.
