The Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Report
Suggested Project Report Outline
As you write your report, emphasize your Leadership, your
Planning, your Organization of project details, your project
Direction (instruction and direction of project volunteers). Try to include
strong statements, such as "I said...", "I decided...", "I think...". In the
following suggested outline, the recommended total length of sections 1,2,3
should be about 3 to 5 pages.
1. Introduction
Tell what your project is, what you intended to accomplish, why you selected
this particular project. Tell who your sponsor is and how your project benefits
the sponsor. Mention the sponsor representative, and if you had some one guiding
and instructing you technically, mention that person.
2. Project implementation
Describe the planning stages of your project, who you met with, any special
problems in planning that you had to resolve, any special concerns such as
safety . Discuss what you did to prepare for your project, such as presentations
to sponsoring organizations, raising funds, getting donations of material and
equipment, preparing posters and handouts, what you did to get people to
volunteer.
Discuss the actual work required to accomplish your project. Was the project completed according to your original plans, or did you have to revise and change some of the steps? Were you able to keep everyone busy, were there any special problems keeping everything under control and running smoothly? Were the volunteers friendly, or did they complain and fool around? Generally, the best way to write this section is to simply say, "This is what we did on the first day.", "This is what we did on the second day.", etc.
3. Conclusions, Thoughts, Ideas
This section summarizes your efforts and how the project affected you and
the people you worked with. Tell whether the project was successful, did it met
the goals outlined in your project approval form? Tell about any unexpected
problems and what you might do differently if you were to do this project again.
What did you learn from doing the project? How has the project helped you and
your sponsor?
Finally, take some time to acknowledge and thank anyone special, the people that gave you that extra bit of support. Acknowledge your sponsor, the person who guided you as a mentor, the people and organizations that donated money and material, your friends who volunteered their time.
4. Tables, Charts, Diagrams
Provide an appendix with the following documents and any other documents
that you think would help the Board of Review evaluate your efforts.