Trail to Eagle

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Eagle Scout Rank Requirements

• Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 6 months as a Life Scout.

• Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. List the names of individuals who know you personally and would be willing to provide a recommendation on your behalf, including parents/guardians, religious, educational, and employer references
• Earn a total of 21 merit badges, including the following:
  1. First Aid
  2. Citizenship in the Community
  3. Citizenship in the Nation
  4. Citizenship in the World
  5. Communications
  6. Personal Fitness
  7. Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving
  8. Environmental Science
  9. Personal Management
  10. Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling
  11. Camping, and
  12. Family Life
• While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of 6 months in a position of responsibility
• While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, school, or community. (The project should benefit an organization other than Boy Scouting.) The project idea must be approved by the organization benefiting from the effort, your Scoutmaster and troop committee and the council or district before you start. The scout must use the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook in meeting this requirement.

• Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.

Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review.