Work with Eagle Scout Coordinator before Project Proposal

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:

1. 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.
2. Selecting Eagle Scout Coaches from the unit leadership to help guide scouts that understand the process of the trail to Eagle.
3. Knowing the order and importance of having all signatures and dates of the Eagle Scout project proposal and project report.
4. 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.
5. 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.

Congrats to These Eagle Scouts

 

The Old Ephraim District would like to recognize the following scouts for reaching the rank of Eagle Scout. Many Eagle Scout projects have beautified our district by their service to leadership and planning. Congratulations to these Eagle Scouts.

Troop 1

    Weston B. Christensen

Troop 2 

    David Audd 

Troop 47

Thatcher Jones
Mateo Webb-Barragan 

Troop 110

Case Holmes PostHumous Eagle Scout
Bridger Beeton

Troop 123

Adam L. Rowe
Hyrum Anderson
Joshua Tippetts

Troop 314

Hayden Francis

Troop 589

Seth Barton
Isaiah Carr
Easton Bodily
Jack Davidson
Bretton Petersen
Korver Hurd

Troop 2119

Katie Latvakosk

Troop 2319

Andrew Thornley

“Since 1912, the Eagle Scout rank has represented a milestone of accomplishment—perhaps without equal— that is recognized across the country and even the world. Those who have earned the Eagle Scout rank it among their most treasured achievements. 'Eagle Scout' is not just an award; it is a state of being. Those who earned it as youth continue to earn it every day as adults. That is why an Eagle Scout IS an Eagle Scout—not was.”

(Guide to Advancement, page 62)

District Eagle Scouts in 2021

We are proud to announce that the Old Ephraim district had 43 Eagle Scouts for the year 2021! The Eagle Scout Coordinators could not have done it without the district Advancement Committee.

• We call on them to help with all the Eagle Scout Board of Reviews
• We ask them to help in approving Eagle Scout Projects.
• They help educate units with advancement.
• They have helped scouts who have been left behind when the massive change took place.
• This last year we had to say good-bye to a great scouter who is greatly missed due to Covid-19.

We love the scouting program and what it makes of the youth & their leaders!

 
Here are a few reminders as we head into the New Year of 2022!

• Eagle Scout Boards of Review are held twice each month on the first Tuesday and the third Thursday. 
• Boards start at 6 pm and there may be up to three in an evening
• Eagle Scout Boards of Review are only scheduled after all of the documents the scout needs for their Eagle Scout Board of Review have been received
• Unit leaders and parents are notified when the Board of Review will take place and invite them to be there as a support
• When approving Eagle Scout projects, two to three people review the project. 
• Scouts should use the Eagle Scout workbook (Jan 2021) and send it by email to be approved
• It takes a few days to look over all aspects of each project. Sometimes revisions are needed
• Each project should be typed for several reasons
• First, it makes it easier to read for those who review it, and changes are easier to make when needed.
• Second, each Eagle Scout project plan is saved until the Eagle Scout Board of Review
• Remember that Eagle Scout applications can be filled out right in Scoutbook! 
• All pertinent  information in Scoutbook will be automatically filled in on the application.
• This also gives the unit, council office and the Eagle Scout Coordinators a nice clean copy to scan and send to the National office after the scout's Eagle Scout Board of Review

Eagle Scout Project Workbook Tips

 Consider the following when mentoring scouts working on their Eagle Scout Service project. The council Eagle Scout Coordinators offer these tips for completing the Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook some of which you may not have known before.

1. Did you know BSA has a refillable Eagle Scout Project Workbook? It can be printed out to write down the project plans. When done it can then be typed and saved on a computer, then emailed to the Eagle Scout Coordinators to be approved. The only paper that needs to be done separately is the signature page for the approval of the Eagle Scout project. When it comes time to write up the report the scout can return to the one on the computer and complete the report with the help of the copy that the scout has been writing on to make notes while doing the project. 
2. Did you know that the District and Eagle Scout Coordinators read ALL of the project workbook before an Eagle Scout Rank Board of Review? When the workbook is typed everyone can read and clearly understand how the Eagle candidate developed the plan for their project. They can also read how they showed leadership skills while directing their project.
3. Did you know that every Eagle Scout Project that comes to the Crossroads of the West Council for approval will also be submitted for consideration to be a District, Council or National Eagle Scout Project of the Year? 
4. Did you know when a report is requested by teachers, employers, etc. the report is expected to be typed with complete sentences, spell checked and punctuation corrected? The same expectations apply to Eagle Project workbooks.
5. Did you know when repeating the phrase: On My Honor I will do my best means that we try to do our best in everything that is expected of us? This includes filling out the project workbook.
6. Did you know the Eagle Rank in Scouting BSA is the crowning gem of what the scout has learned to help them to be an outstanding citizen of our communities? Scouting has always been a program that helps our youth to be ready to become a responsible adult.