EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION April 4 2008 1

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION April 4, 2008 1

USE THE CORRECT FORM PID Number Entry Date and Form Number (58 -728) 2

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • First and foremost, fill out this application completely and correctly. Anything and everything that is documented on this application will be checked by the Council Service Center, verified and certified as correct. For entries that pertain to other Councils, those Councils will be contacted and the information verified through them also. If there is a discrepancy between what is entered on this application and what is on record at a Council Service Center, the application will be returned to the unit for correction. • In preparation for filling out the application, gather together all pertinent personally held records. Locate all unit issued merit badge cards and rank cards that the Scout received at Courts of Honor. These are documents that should have been saved and kept in a safe place since "Day One" that the boy joined Scouts. – For those documents that are not personally on hand, contact the registered adult who is responsible for unit record-keeping. The unit should have copies of all advancement reports submitted to the Council Service Center. In some units there may also be an electronic record of each Scout. 3

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • I recommend that a copy be made of all the unit issued merit badge cards, as well as the rank cards that the Scout received at Courts of Honor and that are used as supporting documentation to this Eagle Scout Rank Application. – A good way to do this is to place the merit badge cards in commercially available clear plastic baseball card holders, in the order they are listed on the Eagle Scout Rank Application , and copy them in that manner. It will take two or three sheets of the clear plastic baseball card holders to accommodate all the merit badge cards. – Do the same for all the rank cards. • Providing these copies as support documentation will assist the Council Service Center in verifying the information on the Eagle Scout Rank Application and may speed up the processing time. 4

EAGLE SCOUT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS • 1 – Enter the date of the applicant’s Life Scout Board of Review • 2 – List the names, addresses and phone numbers of people who have personal knowledge of the Scout and who would be willing to provide a recommendation to the Eagle Board of Review • 3 – Listing the 21 merit badges • 4 – Leadership positions held for six months or more while a Life Scout • 5 – The Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project • 6 – This requirement has two parts: üPart One is a statement of ambitions and life purpose üPart Two is the Scoutmaster’s Conference 5

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Gulf Coast Council enters this information 6

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Biographical Information 7

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Requirement 1 – Enter the date of the applicant’s Life Scout Board of Review. – This date will also be entered under Requirement 4 8

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Requirement 2 – List the names, addresses and phone numbers of people who have personal knowledge of the Scout and who would be willing to provide a recommendation to the Eagle Board of Review 9

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Requirement 3 – The 12 required merit badges are mandatory and self-explanatory. For those Eagle-required merit badges where the Scout had to select from several acceptable ones, "XXXX" out the merit badge(s) he is not using to fulfill that particular Eagle-required merit badge requirement (i. e. , entry number 9 allows the Scout to use either Cycling, Hiking, or Swimming merit badge to fulfill that requirement. If the Scout had earned any or all three of these badges and chose to use Cycling merit badge, then he would physically type "X’s" over the words "or Hiking or Swimming"). 10

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Requirement 3 (Continued) – The remaining 9 merit badges are of the Scout’s choosing, selected from the ones he has earned. These can include any of the Eagle-required merit badges he earned but crossed out because he used another Eaglerequired merit badge to satisfy that requirement. Any additional 9 merit badges fulfill this requirement. If the Scout only has 9 additional merit badges from which to pick, then the exercise is academic. • If the Scout has more then 9 merit badges (over and above the 12 required for Eagle), he should pick those that are representative of his entire Scouting career. • As a District Advancement Committee member, I will use those merit badges that are listed to help form an opinion of what type activities the Scout participated in and what he got out of his Scouting experience. 11

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Requirement 4 – Leadership positions held for six months or more while a Life Scout. • If the Scout held a single leadership position for six months or more while a Life Scout, then only that position needs to be documented on the application. • If the Scout held several leadership positions as a Life Scout, it is preferable to document the one that had the most leadership responsibility. 12

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Requirement 4 (Continued) – If the Scout held several leadership positions while a Life Scout, but none were for a minimum six-month period, then the time spent in more than one leadership position can be combined to achieve the six-month requirement. – Again, it is preferable to list those positions that had the most leadership responsibility associated with them. Listing those leadership positions that exemplify "higher level" leadership gives the Eagle application reviewer a more accurate gage of the Scout’s true leadership abilities and potential. 13

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Requirement 5 – The Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project • Enter the completion date that the Scout finished the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project. – This completion date should be the same as the one in the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook. 14

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Requirement 6 – Part One is a Statement Of Ambitions And Life Purpose, and a listing of positions held in the Scout’s religious institution, school, camp, community, or other organizations during which he demonstrated leadership skills. – Part Two is the Scoutmaster’s Conference. This conference can be held ONLY after all the above Eagle Scout Rank Application requirements have been met. Enter the date the Scoutmaster’s Conference was held and successfully passed by the Scout. Remember, this conference must occur prior to the Scout’s 18 th birthday!! 15

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Certification By Applicant – When the 6 Eagle Scout requirements are completed and documented on the Eagle Scout Rank Application, the Scout signs and dates the application form. 16

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Unit Approval – After the Scout signs and dates the Eagle Scout Rank Application, both the Unit Leader (usually the Scoutmaster) and the Unit Committee Chair sign and date the application. 17

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • When these 3 signatures (Scout, Unit Leader and Unit Committee Chair) are obtained, an Eagle Scout package is ready to be sent to the Council Service Center. This package should consist of: • The original Eagle Scout Rank Application • The original Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook (I also recommend an additional copy of the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook be sent along to preclude the Council Service Center from having to make their own copy. This is especially relevant if there are color pictures in the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook) • The Statement Of Ambitions And Life Purpose • The copies of the listed merit badges and rank badges • It is STRONGLY recommended that copies be made and retained of EVERYTHING sent to the Council Service Center! It is also recommended that the entire package be hand-carried to the Council Service Center and placed in the hands of the Council Service Center’s advancement person. 18

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • BSA Local Council Certification – The Council Service Center will review, verify and certify the information on the Eagle Scout Rank Application, and then sign the application form. – The Council Service Center will return the original Eagle Scout Rank Application and the original Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook to the Scoutmaster. – The Council Service Center will also send out the confidential questionnaire/recommendation forms to the individuals listed on the application, with instructions to return the forms to the Scoutmaster in the enclosed prepaid envelope. 19

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • Actions By Eagle Scout Board of Review – When the Eagle Scout candidate successfully passes his Eagle Board of Review, the Eagle Board of Review Chair and the District or Council Advancement representative both sign and date the original Eagle Scout Rank Application. – The Unit Advancement Chair initiates an advancement form and both the original Eagle Scout Rank Application and the unit advancement form are submitted to the Council Service Center. • It is STRONGLY recommend copies be made of both of these documents before they are sent to the Council 20 Service Center.

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • The Council Service Center will have the Council Scout Executive sign the Eagle Scout Rank Application, and forward all required paperwork to BSA’s National Headquarters. – It usually takes between 4 -6 weeks before the National Headquarters responds. 21

EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION • When the National Headquarters approves the Eagle Scout Rank Application, the Council Service Center will notify the Unit Leader to have someone personally pick up an Eagle Scout package. A benefactor within the Gulf Coast Council provides the new Eagle Scout with the Eagle Scout Badge, the Eagle Scout cloth rank patch, and other Eagle Scout memorabilia. • At this point the Scout is an Eagle Scout, with his date of Eagle Scout rank the date of his Eagle Scout Board of Review. Formal recognition of the Eagle Scout should be at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor. 22

CONTACT INFORMATION Mary Snell District Advancement Committee Chairman 850 -897 -0718 snellj 2 m@aol. com http: //troop 553. com/ 23