Extreme Makeovers, Round 48: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
The latest batch of 9 projects, including a new storage shed for a ball field, a new pavilion for a park and a new mural for a wall in school.
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.
Scouters in Action: They saved two men from drowning!
The Scouts of Troop 114 in Littleton, Colorado, were on an epic whitewater rafting adventure on the Arkansas River when disaster struck. A short distance ahead of them, a raft collided with a rock, dumping its passengers into the churning water.
Extreme Makeovers, Round 47: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
The latest batch of 10 projects — from eight different states — includes building gardens, painting tables and repairing cannons.
Let’s look at the awesome projects these Eagle Scout Adams award winners did
Each national service territory will review the council winners and select a territorial winner.
Unsung Heroes: Scout saves friend from possible tragedy
It was around 9:30 p.m. when Colton, a Scouts BSA member from Texas, gathered online with some friends — each from their own homes — to play videogames. During an otherwise routine call as the boys prepared to begin, Colton began to sense that something was wrong.
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.
Extreme Makeovers, Round 45: Eagle Scout project before-and-after photos
The latest batch of 11 projects — from nine different states — includes renovating gazebos, building driveways and restoring fences.
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.
Unsung Hero: Eagle Scout pulls driver from 18-wheeler’s wreckage
The programs of the Boy Scouts of America are designed to help young men and women Be Prepared to help other people at all times. Because the fact of the matter is, you just never know when someone is going to need your help.
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.”
Unsung Hero: He quickly identified his dad’s heart attack and took decisive action
For smart and speedy thinking that likely saved his father’s life, Matthew received the Medal of Merit from the Sam Houston Area Council.
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.
Unsung Heroes: Scout, his Scouter mom rescue kayaker from possible hypothermia
For his outstanding service that reflects the high ideals of Scouting, Marlin received the certificate of merit from the Sam Houston Area Council.
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.
Cleanup hitter: Scout combines passions for baseball, service into single project
“It made me feel sad to see the place dirty,” the Star Scout says. “That’s my baseball home. I didn’t like it when it wasn’t kept clean.”