The provided list is derived from various Eagle Projects that have been completed by Scouts in Arlington County. It is by no means a limit to what you can do! Use your imagination - the possibilities are almost limitless! Remember,however, that any project proposal must go through the complete approval process before you begin - do not start any project without approvals! Again, this and many other details are spelled out in the above-mentioned Eagle Notebook Guide.

1)Organize and run:

a Bicycle Registration Drive and Safety Instruction Course.

a Blood Drive.

an Organ-Donor or Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drive.

a Voter Registration Drive.

a Food or Clothing (or both) collection drive for a local homeless shelter.

a Book Collection Drive for a school or library.

a Flag Retirement Drive (and retirement ceremony.)

a Daypack collection drive for disadvantaged youth at local schools.

a tree planting project (Arlington or Fairfax Re-Leaf.)

a landscaping project at a local Church, School, Community Center, Nature Center or Park.

an "Adopt a Road" or "Adopt a Trail" Program.

a Toy Collection Drive (for Christmas, with the Marines or local TV/Radio Station.)

a House Number curb painting drive for elderly or handicapped residents.

a comprehensive Street Sign review (missing, damaged, illegible) for reporting to the Countyauthorities for repair.

A Habitat for Humanity (or similar type organization) house building/improvement project.


2) Repaint all the lines on a Church or School Parking Lot; paint fire zones and Handicapped Parking and access areas. Or paint all the guardrails, steps and railings outlining the parking lot(s) and buildings.


3) Clean up a Community Park - collect trash, clear underbrush, paint sheds or other buildings, eradicate graffiti, etc.


4) Build and Install:

Anti-theft bike posts along the County's many bike trails.

Trail Signs in a local park or nature preserve, or at bike trail intersections.

Park Benches or wildlife observation posts in a local Park or nature preserve.

Bird Houses for endangered Bird Species.

Bat Houses for endangered bats.

Erosion barriers, water bars and trail lining along a local nature or hiking trail.

Storage shelves in a Church, School or Community Center.

5) Clear a old, overgrown and neglected cemetery.

6) Clear and paint a community's fire hydrants.

7) Continue the "Chesapeake Bay Drainage - Do Not Dump!" program on the County's culverts and storm drains.

8) Paint and do other maintenance work on a Church or School Day-Care Center.

9) Adopt a Hospice or Shelter for a Winter - organize groups to do all leaf-raking and snow shoveling.

10) Develop (or upgrade) a comprehensive Webpage for a Church, School or Community Center.

11) Adopt and assist (i.e., provide regular volunteers to) a soup kitchen or homeless shelter for a season.