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but do u use scout

What was your project? I did a native plant garden for a local lake/park/recreation area. Installed an irrigation system, raised the money, talked to a bunch of landscape designers, etc etc etc. Took about a year from start to finish, then 6 months after it was completed the city decided they wanted to install a bus stop in the same place and so poured concrete over half the garden and stopped irrigating it. Hopefully yours lasts longer, I was pretty bummed.

I only made Life, but I moved around a lot and didn't get right back into Scouts. So my fault. :\

dang, they couldn't just pour the concrete next to the garden?

I restored a local fishing lake for a club that does a lot of community outreach (ducks unlimited, boy scouts, and a local program for kids who may not have the opportunity to do sportsman activities) I worked with a marine biologist and a few people from the club to plan and fortunately the club paid for all the funding. we put a few dozen old christmas trees, F.A.Ds (see below), and old oyster cages clumped together. now the lake has areas were small-medium sized fish can hide from big fish, creating a healthy and more plentiful lake.

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Life Scout as well, only had to do my project to get Eagle. I was going to build a utility shed for a local camp ground, I had already selected dates and had plenty of volunteers, had all the information for supplies, and reached 60-70% of the money I needed to do it. I then had a abscessed tooth, that I got blood poisoning from. Was put on anti-biotics for 2 weeks while being basically bed ridden, which I then had a bad reaction to and was in/out of the hospital for another 2-3 weeks, then I had a root-canal. By the time that was all said and done I didn't have anymore time to do the actual work of the Eagle project.

Looking back I'm not even mad about it, I did basically everything to be an Eagle Scout and learned a lot from it. That and it was pretty much my fault for waiting until the last 3-4 months before my 18th birthday.

I got my eagle a couple years ago. For my project, I built about 20 new benches for the local swim team.

i also only made life, with only my project left for eagle. decided to focus on schoolwork instead. i dont regret my decision, but i have a lot of respect for people who put in the time and effort to make it all the way.

My brother was trying to become an Eagle Scout but quit :(

Thats ok though because there is a really high correlation between being an Eagle Scout and being a serial killer.

Trade offs I guess.

the girl scouts are cooler

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/559/transcript

I got my eagle and went to philmont two times which was fun.

Awesome stabilization project, you definitely deserved it.

I got Eagle in senior year, my project was a sign-post making project where I made cross-shaped sign-posts for the buildings at my old church with hanging signs, posted them in the ground, cemented them, painted them nicely, had the signs routed to make clear text, and since the signs are hanging, they can be removed during inclement weather since South Florida is storm central.

Congrats on being an Eagle Scout!

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If you're under 21 and stay active in a troop, you have the chance to be brought into the Order of the Arrow, and if you're still under 21 when you're in the Order, you can attend Philmont for 2 weeks for around 200 bucks. You do service projects on the trails for a week, then you have a week of fun to go with a crew.

I also recommend this to anyone in the Order, you get major High Adventure benefits for nearly a fraction of the cost with a regular troop

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order of the arrow was really fun. an overall older age group combined with fewer adults in leadership meant camps were way more fun while still being organized. it was also a lot less concerned with stuff like merit badges and more with naturally building leadership and other skills.

T'Kope Kwiskwis lodge represent lol

There's a 21 day trek thats a few hundred miles that you can do until you're 25 that I'll probably do sometime. Its Called rayado.

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i didnt realize you could do rayado until youre 25. i might see if i can still do it in a year or two then. that trek is supposed to be fuckin gritty, you have to pack in all the ingredients for every meal, you go 20+ miles everyday. it sounds incredible

Myself, I built a wood shelter for a historic mill, shake shingles and everything. Their previous wood storage location was beneath their water spout, lel.

I only made it to First Class my second year in, at which point I was appointed as an ASPL and helped out the younger scouts. I stopped there as I was content with what I had gotten to (still earned a crap ton of merit badges though, and went onto leadership training and Order of the Arrow), but I still went on and helped out a bunch of the younger ones. About six of the scouts I helped made Eagle, which is nice.

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It was easily my favorite part, that and arranging all the duty lists so I could cook all the time. I was popular with the younger scouts because when it came to teaching them skills I made it more of a game which made it somewhat enjoyable.

idk my favorite part of scouting is probably high adventure, i went to a aquatics base called claytor lake in virginia and it was the best experience ive had in the troop for a while, it was honestly worth the year i spent dealing with kids. im star currently and about to get my eagle project done, and then I will only need time requirements.

mini-rant below