Life to Eagle

After the Scout Advances to Life, the steps to Eagle….

1) Step One (put link to the Letter to Parents of Life Scouts.pdf) In the past the scout was given an “Eagle packet”once they achieved the rank of Life, gratis from Monmouth Council. That has been replaced with forms available on the Monmouth Council web site: www.monmouthbsa.com as Monmouth Council no longer provides “Eagle Packets”.   To make this simple, we have placed all the forms need here on our Web Site. This cuts down on “Re-prints”as the scouts tend to “lose”the first 1 or 2 packets. It is the scout’s responsibility to view/print these forms. In addition, the Troop now provides a Word “Eagle Service Project Workbook”in Microsoft Word. This is available through your Eagle Advisor and is strongly suggested that the scout uses this document. An Eagle Application is no longer produced by the Scout, this is provided by Monmouth Council and instructions are in the Eagle Checklist.

2) An Eagle advisor and back-up are assigned by the Troop as a mentor.

3) Periodic meetings are scheduled by the Advisor with the Scout to start the review process and Service Project selection and scoping. The more interest and response the Scout has to the Eagle Advisor, the quicker this process goes.

4) Once a Scout is a Life scout they can technically start their service project selection/scoping/doing/documenting, but realistically before that happens they should be down to 1-3 merit badges left for Eagle (this is usually not a problem).

5) The Life scout needs to meet with the Scout Master at several stages (of which will require signature) as they go through the process. See the Eagle Scout checklist.

6) Parents can be a key component to the responsiveness and encouragement of the Life scout. We all believe that a scout grows his leadership skills through the Eagle Scout Service Project, but we find that parents that are encouraging and supportive through the process accelerate this grow!

7) A Court of Honor for Eagle Scouts is typically held twice a year and coordination for this will be with the Troop 50 Committee Chairman –scheduling will be determined by the number of Eagle Scouts and the schedule of the Eagle Scouts family –each Eagle Court of Honor can include 1 to 3 Eagle Scouts.

Please begin the coordination phase with the Troop 50 Committee Chairman as your son approaches his final Eagle BOR. The Troop will provide the Court of Honor, Standard Troop 50 Eagle Ceremony, and hold the Court of Honor at the church. Any deviations from this as well as decorations, refreshments, special invitee list, customization of the ceremony, personal family invitations are the responsibility of the parents/family and coordination with the Troop 50 Committee Chairman and Eagle Advisor. As you get closer, you can discuss with your Eagle Advisor and Committee Chair on this process. Of course any questions on this process can be addressed to your Eagle Advisor or Scoutmaster and they will either be able to handle your request or point you in the direction to get your answer.

Yours in Scouts,

Troop 50 Leadership Team