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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son did his project with the Oyster Recovery Project by doing a day of service making oyster cages and helping them be distributed in the community. 
https://www.oysterrecovery.org/

You can also try Montgomery county parks which have an actual process in place:

https://montgomeryparks.org/support/volunteer/eagle-scout-candidate/

Catoctin Parks:

https://www.nps.gov/cato/getinvolved/eagle-scout-projects-and-opportunities.htm

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My daughter completed the Silver Award for Girl Scouts which isn't even the highest award, and she had to do a minimum of 50 hours on her project. It is very surprising to me that someone can earn Eagle Scout with a day of service. [/quote]

The event might be one day but there is time planning, time fund raising, time getting volunteers, and the like. You also count the hours of everyone who volunteered, not just your own. Some of the places with ideas for Scouts can cut down on that time. I know that the blood drive Eagle is not always accepted by Districts because the project is pretty much handed to the Scout and there is not a lot of additional work to do. The Scout who completed one in our Troop had to do more then just a blood drive to satisfy the District.

You don’t have to build something but the project is supposed to be a Scout idea and Scout lead all the way through. We have had Scouts set up tutoring programs at ES, the Scout provided supplies and taught a cohort of classmates to be tutors after working with the Teachers to identify were the ES students needed help. We had a Scout revive the Science Fair at a local ES. There are plenty of non-building options out there. [/quote]

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