Cub Scouts help their communities with these amazing projects
We wanted to highlight the work Cub Scouts are doing, so we recently asked Scouters on social media to share with us their packs’ service projects.
Decorated military veteran encourages young Scouts to continue to serve Scouting
Channing M. Zucker, retired naval officer and Distinguished Eagle Scout, says service shouldn’t end when you earn the rank of Eagle or age out of Scouting as a youth.
Living shorelines project at this BSA camp is a conservation success story
As the Tidewater Council was exploring ways to improve its shoreline damaged from decades of erosion, the environmental division of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) was searching for ways to improve water conditions in the entire Chesapeake Bay region.
See how these Cub Scouts served their communities
Your Scout’s service doesn’t always have be that grand. Your youth can follow the Scout Oath by helping other people at all times, in little or big gestures.
Removing timber, burning underbrush – is this conservation?
On the surface, this work might seem counter-productive. Shouldn’t wild places just stay wild?
Getting to know the enhanced Messengers of Peace recognition program
The BSA’s Messengers of Peace program has launched a series of enhancements designed to more clearly define the awards available and to make it easier to understand how to earn them.
Here’s how you can help people, Scouting families in Maui after devastating fires
Scouts help people in need. It’s what they do. But sometimes, in disasters, Scouting families need help, too.
The Jamboree is over, but this service project will help people far into the future
When you get 15,000 Scouts together, good things happen. In addition to the zip lines, mountain biking and patch trading,
This troop has served the same historic site for more than 40 years
Palace Station, a historic site deep in the woods of the Bradshaw Mountains, has been around a long time. Thanks at least in part to Troop 109 in Phoenix, Arizona, it’ll be around a lot longer.
Scout creates nonprofit to keep veterans’ names alive
Connor Nicols created We Will Remember, a nonprofit organization with the mission of keeping the names of fallen veterans alive.
Extreme Makeovers, Round 46: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
The latest batch of 11 projects — from 9 different states — includes installing new signage at a local park in Missouri, improving access to outdoors areas at a rehabilitation facility in Ohio and installing new outdoor games at a middle school in Kentucky.
Scouting for Food is one good turn that benefits everyone
Scouting for Food began in St. Louis in 1985 as a council-wide service project. Starting in 1988, it became a national BSA program. Today, many councils across the country participate, collectively gathering hundreds of thousands of pounds of shelf-stable goods for food-disadvantaged residents of their local communities.
Iowa Scout supports charities through his paintings
When he was younger, Arsh Pal’s parents noticed he had an artistic gift. So, for his eighth birthday, his family decided to support that gift by giving him canvases, acrylic paints and brushes.
Service project ideas for your unit
The next time you’re looking for service project ideas, turn to these 9 examples of excellence, as found in this story from the November-December 2014 issue of Scouting magazine.
Extreme Makeovers, Round 44: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
The latest batch of eight projects — from seven different states — includes improved outdoor meeting places at churches, veterans memorials and sidewalks at schools.
Here’s how you can join the thousands of Scouts who will volunteer on National Public Lands Day
Helping other people at all times is what we as Scouts do, and there are few opportunities to make a bigger impact than National Public Lands Day.
2022 Eagle Scout Project of the Year: She built a playground, meditation area for women’s rehab center
The 2022 Adams awards, which include 16 territorial winners and a national winner selected from one those territorial winners, recognize outstanding Eagle projects completed by young people who earned the Eagle Scout rank in 2021.
Does picking up trash constitute conservation?
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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.
Leave a legacy, be OK with mistakes — and 5 other tips for a life-changing Eagle project
Nuruddin Abdul-Rashid’s Eagle project has left an impact on his Virginia town, but the journey has made an impact on him, too.
Mill Springs Cabin in Texas has a history of hosting Eagle Scout projects
Tucked into a quiet neighborhood in north San Antonio, Texas, Scouting and public education merge into a wonderful success story for the elementary school students of North East Independent School District.
Eagle project brings comfort and warmth to teens who experienced a school shooting
For her Eagle Scout service project, Anna and her helpers supported Project Linus, which gives blankets to critically ill or traumatized kids.