Troop 111 Eagle Project Ideas
Preliminary Comments - This writeup is
complementary to the extensive guide entitled: "The Eagle Notebook - A
Conversational Guide for Scouts and Parents," which you should read
(and re-read) before beginning your Eagle Project. Note that the
provided list derived from various Eagle Projects that have been completed
by Scouts in Arlington County (that I have heard of or have personally
approved), but is by no means a limit to what you can do! Use your
imagination - the possibilities are almost limitless! Remember, however,
that any project proposal must go through the complete approval process
before you begin - do not start any project without approvals!
Again, this and many other details are spelled out in the above-mentioned
Eagle Notebook Guide.
1)Organize and run:
- a Bicycle Registration Drive and Safety Instruction Course.
- a Blood Drive.
- an Organ-Donor or Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drive.
- a Voter Registration Drive.
- a Food or Clothing (or both) collection drive for a local homeless
shelter.
- a Book Collection Drive for a school or library.
- a Flag Retirement Drive (and retirement ceremony.)
- a Daypack collection drive for disadvantaged youth at local
schools.
- a tree planting project (Arlington or Fairfax Re-Leaf.)
- a landscaping project at a local Church, School, Community Center,
Nature Center or Park.
- an "Adopt a Road" or "Adopt a Trail" Program.
- a Toy Collection Drive (for Christmas, with the Marines or local
TV/Radio Station.)
- a House Number curb painting drive for elderly or handicapped
residents.
- a comprehensive Street Sign review (missing, damaged, illegible) for
reporting to the Countyauthorities for repair.
- A Habitat for Humanity (or similar type organization) house
building/improvement project.
2) Repaint all the lines on a Church or
School Parking Lot; paint fire zones and Handicapped Parking and access
areas. Or paint all the guardrails, steps and railings outlining the
parking lot(s) and buildings.
3) Clean up a Community Park - collect
trash, clear underbrush, paint sheds or other buildings, eradicate
graffiti, etc.
4) Build and Install:
- Anti-theft bike posts along the County's many bike trails.
- Trail Signs in a local park or nature preserve, or at bike trail
intersections.
- Park Benches or wildlife observation posts in a local Park or nature
preserve.
- Bird Houses for endangered Bird Species.
- Bat Houses for endangered bats.
- Erosion barriers, water bars and trail lining along a local nature or
hiking trail.
- Storage shelves in a Church, School or Community Center.
5) Clear a old, overgrown and neglected
cemetery.
6) Clear and paint a community's fire
hydrants.
7) Continue the "Chesapeake Bay
Drainage - Do Not Dump!" program on the County's culverts and storm
drains.
8) Paint and do other maintenance work
on a Church or School Day-Care Center.
9) Adopt a Hospice or Shelter for a
Winter - organize groups to do all leaf-raking and snow shoveling.
10) Develop (or upgrade) a
comprehensive Webpage for a Church, School or Community Center.
11) Adopt and assist (i.e., provide
regular volunteers to) a soup kitchen or homeless shelter for a season.
Dr. Bob [1998 Printing]
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28 January 1998