Eagle Service
Project Process

An Eagle Scout service project is a significant undertaking where a Life Scout plans, develops, and gives leadership to others in a project that benefits a religious institution, a school, or the community, specifically excluding Scouting America itself. The primary purpose of this project is to learn, improve, or demonstrate leadership skills, and it is evaluated based on its impact and the leadership provided by the candidate.

The Eagle Project must:

• Be planned, developed, and led by a Life Scout

• Benefit a religious institution, a school, or the community (excludes Scouting America)

• Have its proposal approved by the benefiting organization, unit leader, unit committee, and council or district before any work begins

• Provide sufficient opportunity to demonstrate leadership to others

• Use the official Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook

• Not be primarily a fundraiser for a commercial business, or routine labor unless it requires substantial planning and leadership

The Eagle Project is NOT a preplanned activity by the beneficiary, routine labor (like stream clean up or landscaping),
benefit for profit, or a fundraiser.