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The process to become an Eagle once a Scout is
achieves the rank of Life can be confusing and complicated. This page outlines the steps and order the Scout must follow in obtaining the
Eagle Rank.
The requirements for Eagle rank are:
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Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath
and Scout Law in your everyday life.
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Earn the 12 Eagle required merit badges and 9 other
merit badges.
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Serve in a qualifying leadership position in your Troop for at least 6 months while a Life Scout.
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Plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a
service project. See below on how to have a successful Eagle Scout
Service Project.
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Take part in a Scoutmaster's conference.
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Successfully complete the Eagle Board of Review.
Once you have completed requirements 1-5 above(including your Eagle Project) you are ready to complete the process of obtaining your Eage rank. You must complete the following steps in ORDER:
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Ask the Troop Advancement Chair for a copy of your Troop Advancement record and the blue card for each of the merit badges you have earned.
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Printout a copy of the Eagle Scout Rank application bsa frm 58-728 eagle scout application.
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Fill out the application - this is only a rough draft.
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For requirement #2 on the application you need to list several people that are willing to vouch for your good character. You must list your parent(s), an educator, and two “other” people. If you have a job and/or a religious leader you should list these people in the appropriate spots. Contact each person you listed in Requirement 2 and ask them to complete an Appraisal Form (pages 12 & 13 of the Trail to Eagle Packet BSA Pacifica frm 200700 path to the eagle.
Please note that these Appraisal Forms expire after 6 months – that is, you must complete your District Eagle Board of review with in six months of when your appraisers fill out their forms – so do not have them do it too early in this process.
- Prepare your Eagle Notebook
- Section 1: Eagle Application
- Section 2: Rank cards for each of your scout ranks – ordered by rank and with all signatures completed.
- Section 3: Merit Badge Blue Cards – include only the “Applicants” portion of the Blue Card. Order the cards with Eagle merit badges first in this order: camping, cit in the community, cit in the nation, cit in the world, communications, emergency prep or lifesaving, env. science, first aid, cycling/hiking/or swimming, personal management, personal fitness, family life; followed by the rest of your Blue Cards in the order that you earned the merit badges.
- Section 4: Eagle Project – include your eagle project application and write up (as described below) with all before and after required signatures and plenty of before, during and after pictures.
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Section 5: Requirement #6
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Type up a 1 to 2 page essay about your ambitions and life purpose – in school, in career, in family. Sign and date the bottom of your essay.
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Type up a resume or list of academic awards, clubs, sport participation, positions held in organizations outside of scouting, etc.
- Section 6: Include certificates and pictures showing your achievements – both inside and outside of scouting - since you started your scouting career.
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Complete a Troop 783 Advancement Form
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Meet with the Advancement Chair to have your Eagle Book validated, Eagle Application finalized, and Advancement Form signed.
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Contact each person you listed in Requirement 2 and
ask them to write a letter of recommendation on your behalf.
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Arrange for a Scoutmaster's Conference.
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Arrange for a Board of Review within the troop.
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Have the Troop Scoutmaster and Troop Committee
Chairman sign your application.
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When your Eagle application is completed and all
letters of recommendation are in your Eagle Book, call the Pacifica
District Eagle Project Coordinator, Ms. Margaret Wallace at to arrange a review of your material. You will then meet with a
series of Pacifica District representatives cumulating in your Eagle
Board of Review (requirement 6 above).
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After successfully completing your District Board of
Review, you are now an Eagle Scout! However, your Eagle application will
be forwarded to the Los Angeles Council Service Center and then on to
BSA National Eagle Scout Service Center for processing. It will take
about a month or so to receive official notification, at which time you
can begin to plan your Eagle Court of Honor.
How to have a Successful Eagle Scout Service
Project.
Your Service Project must be for the benefit of a
religious institution, school or your community. The project should
benefit an organization other than Boy Scouts. Troop 783 required that
the project be large enough to ensure at least 100 man hours of
volunteer work. You must use the
Eagle Scout Leadership Service Workbook, BSA publication #18-927B to document your project.
After you come up with a project idea, you should
follow these steps in order and do not move on to the next step until
you have successfully completed the current step:
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Get a verbal okay from a representative of the
organization that will benefit from your project.
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Get a verbal okay from the Scoutmaster.
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Type up your plan using the Eagle Scout Leadership
Service Project Workbook pages 5 and 6. Make sure your plan is detailed
and includes the estimated man-hours, budget, tools and materials
needed, as well as before pictures.
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Get the signature of the representative of the group
that is going to benefit from your project.
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Make an appointment with the Scoutmaster to go over your detailed plan and get his signoff.
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Make arrangements with the Troop Committee Chair to present your project to the Parent's Committee. Call
the Committee Chairman to arrange to present your project at the next
Parent's Committee Meeting. Wear your Class A uniform and sash. Tell the
Committee about your project and show pictures. Be prepared to answer
all questions that may be asked. If the Parent's Committee approves your project, then Committee Chairman will sign your paperwork.
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Call the Pacifica District Eagle Project Coordinator
Ms. Margaret Wallace at (310) 371-0403 to arrange a meeting with a
Pacifica District Advancement Committee Member.
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Meet with your assigned Pacifica District Advancement
Committee Member wearing your Class A uniform and sash and bring your
Eagle Project Book.
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Carry out your project. Remember you are supposed to
demonstrate leadership. You should not be doing all of the work
yourself. You need to organize other Scouts, friends and adults to help
you complete the project. File a Tour Permit at the Cabrillo Scout Shop
for each day of your project. Send out flyers and emails about your
project work dates. Call the Scouts a day or two before to remind them
to come. Keep a first aid kit and cell phone on hand in case of an
emergency. Have a sign in sheet so volunteers can log their hours. Take
pictures along the way.
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When your project is complete, give a list of all
volunteers and the number of hours worked to the Troop Service Hour
Chairperson. Fill out pages 7 & 8 on the Service Project Workbook and
obtain signatures from the organization representative and your
Scoutmaster.
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