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Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Ideas
Any church, school or United Way Agency
United Way of the Midlands 733-7312
1800 Main Street, Columbia, S.C. 20201
John Heins, Executive Director @ 733-5400
American Red Cross
2751 Bull Street, Columbia, S.C. 29203 @ 540-1234
Bill Bartlett, Director of Emergency Services @ 251-6112
Libby Ross RN, Blood Services Consultant @ 251-6125
Berry Pollard, Administrator @ 251-6000
General Information @ 251-6000
Harvest Hope Food Bank 254-4432
2220 Shop Road, Columbia, S.C. 20201
Jim Lecicero, Director @ 765-9181
Family Shelter, Inc.
2411 Two Notch Road, Columbia, S.C. 29204
Rhettie Gettore @ 254-8344
Family Service Center
1800 Main Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201
733-5450
Family Services of Columbia
1410 Colonial Life Blvd., West Columbia, S.C. 29210
750-0700
Salvation Army
2025 Main Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201
Executive Director @ 765-0260
Palmetto Place Children=s Shelter, of Columbia
Betty McColl, Director @ 786-6819
Helpline of the Midlands, Columbia 790-7495
1800 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. 29201
Jane Key, Director @ 790-4357
Congaree Swamp National Monument
100 National Park Road, Hopkins, S.C. 29061
Fran Rametta, Park Ranger @ 776-4396
V.A. Medical Center, Columbia
Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, S.C. 29209
Priscilla Cramer, Volunteer Services @ 776-4000
Columbia City Hall
1737 Main Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201 545-3000
Information line 733-8300 (896-6100 & 896-6180 & 896-6183)
Norman McCorkel, State Historic Markers Specialist @ 734-8577
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Mike McCribb, City Traffic Engineer @ 545-3850
Presbyterian Home
700 DaVega Drive, Lexington, S.C. 29073
J.A. Baulknight, Head of Maintenance @ 796-8700
Peg Taylor, President @ 796-8750
Harbison State Forest
Ron Ferguson, Forestry Commission @ 737-8800
Epworth Children=s Home
2900 Milwood Street, Columbia, S.C. 29205
Sara Arnold, Personnel @ 256-7394
Tom Campbell, Director @ 256-7394
Camp Discovery at His Acres
208 Claude Bundrick Road, Blythwood, S.C. 29016
Donna Rayner, Director @ 754-2008
God=s Storehouse
6624 Shakespear Road, Columbia, S.C. 29223
Carol McCarthy, Director @ 691-1622
Sesquicentennial State Park
Tammy Sutherland, Park Naturalist @ 788-8332
George Gordon, Park Superintendent @ 788-2706
Riverbanks Zoo
1126 Graystone Boulevard, Columbia, S.C.
Palmer Krantaz, Director @ 779-8717
Columbia Animal Shelter
Shop Road, Columbia, S.C.
Eloise McMillan, Superintendent of Animal Services @ 776-7387
Daybreak Crisis Pregnancy Center
2009 Hampton Street, Columbia, S.C. 29204
Mark Mehenn, Director @ 771-6634
Daybreak Crisis Pregnancy Center
821-A East Main Street
Lexington, S.C. 29072
356-6634
Habitat for Humanity
209 South Sumter Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201
Tom Carlisle, Project Supervisor @ 252-3570
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Midlands Center
737-7519
George McLees, Service Support Administrator @ 935-7510
Columbia Police Department 545-3500
1Justice Square, Columbia, S.C. 20201
Identification @ 545-3515
Special Events @ 545-3535
Mays Park
4100 Trenholm Road, Columbia, S.C. 29206
James Lanracy, Park Planner @ 733-8331
Children Unlimited of Family Service Center
1825 Gadsden Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201
Gina Votion, Assistant Program Director @ 799-8311
S.C. Organ Procurement Agency
Dr. Lewis Galloway @! 771-4408
Saluda River Public Access Area
Tom Boozer, Project Manager @ 748-3000
Saluda Shoals Park
731-5208
Ronald McDonald House 254-3181
2955 Colonial Drive, Columbia, S.C. 29203
254-3893
Cayce Historical Museum
Clayton Kleckley, Curator @ 796-9020
Oliver Gospel Mission 254-0590
1100 Taylor Street, Columbia, S.C. 29202
Bill Howly, Director of Men=s Services @ 254-6470
Carolina Children=s Home
3201 Trenholm Road, Columbia, S.C. 29206
Administration @ 782-1421
Department of Juvenile Justice
Patricia Rock, Project Director @ 896-9258
Historic Columbia Foundation
1601 Richland Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201
Ray Sigmon, Director @ 252-7742
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Women=s Shelter 254-0056
3425 North Main Street, Columbia, S.C. 29203
Kathy Riley;, Director @ 779-4706
Office 799-9457
St. Lawrence Place
2400 Waites Road, Columbia, S.C. 29204
256-3999
The Nursing Center
Joan Fall, Director of Development @ 771-4160
Nancy Truluck, Director of Services and Facilities
Sandhills Academy
1500 Hallbrook Drive, Columbia, S.C. 29209
695-1400
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
4201 North Main Street, Columbia, S.C. 29203
333-0961 or 786-5150
Sharing God=s Love
147 Friarsgate Blvd., Irmo, S.C. 29063
Brenda Davenport, Director @ 732-3188
Lowman Home
2101 Dutch Fork Road, White Rock, S.C. 29036
Sherry French, Administrator of Activities @ 732-8748
Beckie Wolfe, Day Spring Coordinator @ 732-8780
General Information @ 732-3000 or 732-8800
Y.M.C.A. Family Center Day Care
401 YMCA Road, Lexington, S.C. 29073
Pebbles Hydrick, Director @ 359-3376
Kevin Eubanks, Assistant Director
Lexington Town Park
Grahm Taylor, Park Commissioner @ 359-4048
Lexington County Museum
Fox Street, Lexington, S.C. 29072
Elisabeth Owens, Curator @ 359-8369
Horace Harmon, Director
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Peachtree Rock Preserve in Lexington County
Dale Soblo, Director of Stewardship @ 254-9049
Billy Dreher Island State Park
Lake Murray, Lexington, S.C.
Rick Smith, Head Ranger @ 364-3530
Lexington County Commission on Recreation and the Aging
Kathy Sharp @ 359-4048
Babcock Center
1502 West Main Street, Lexington, S.C. 29072
359-9717
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Columbia, Inc.
4949 Two Notch Road, Columbia, S.C. 29223
691-5700
Cooperative Ministry
298 Taylor Street, Columbia, S.C. 29202
Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands
1012 Woodrow Street, Columbia, S.C. 29205
P.O. Box 123, Columbia, S.C. 29202
252-9578
Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands Lorick Park 786-7515
1751 Lorick Avenue, Columbia, S.C. 29203
Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands – Lexington Unit 957-5232
104 Allen Street, Lexington, S.C. 29072
Eau Clair Cooperative Health Center
4605 Monticello Road, Columbia, S.C. 29203
252-7001
Fort Jackson Youth Services
5975 Chestnut Road. Fort Jackson, S.C. 29207
751-7030
Free Medical Clinic
P.O. Box 4616, Columbia, S.C. 29240
765-1503
Sistercare, Inc.
1820 Morline Lane, Cayce, S.C. 29033
926-0505
Family Shelter 254-6854
1721 McFadden Street, Columbia, S.C. 29204
Family Service Center
Lexington County 791-3580
Richland County 929-6353
Arcadia Lakes Town Clerk 782-2272
6626-A Arcadia Woods Road, Arcadia, S.C. 29206
Blythwood Town Business Office 754-0501
141 Langford Road, Blythwood, S.C. 29016
Cayce City Hall 796-9020
1800 12th Street Ext., Cayce, S.C. 29033
Eastover Town Hall 353-2281
Forest Acres City Hall 782-9475
5205 N. Trenholm Road, Forest Acres, S.C. 29206
Gaston Town Hall 796-7725
Irmo Town Hall 781-7050
7300 Woodrow Street, Irmo, S.C. 29063
Lexington Town Hall 951-4640
111 Maiden Street, Lexington, S.C. 29072
South Congaree Town Hall 755-2760
119 West Berry Road, South Congaree, S.C. 29172
Springdale Town Hall 794-0408
2915 Platt Springs Road, Springdale, S.C.
West Columbia City Clerk 791-1880
1053 Center Street, West Columbia, S.C. 29169
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Eagle Scout Projects Already Done
Red Cross:
$ Organized emergency items in the warehouse
$ Coordinated, inventoried, and built shelves for the warehouse
$ Cleaned, repaired, and restored the Emergency Resource Vehicle and Disaster storage cage
$ Developed a youth run disaster response team
Churches:
$ Cleaned, repaired, and painted playground equipment
$ Built ramp from parking lot to picnic shelter for the handicapped
$ Cleaned cemetery grounds, removed old shrubbery, planted new trees and shrubbery
$ Turned room into a food pantry and clothes closet for the needy
$ Removed dead shrubs from around a parking lot, planted new ones and painted lines on parking lot
$ Constructed and landscaped a garden area adjacent to the church cemetery
$ Constructed a playground for 2 and 3 year olds
$ Covered day school playground with wood chips and built retaining fence to prevent erosion
$ Construct a sign to identify a cemetery, planted trees, built a distinctive entrance way
$ Created garden for child development center
$ Built self-guided and handicapped accessible nature trail
$ Removed diseased shrubs and planted 125 Red tips over 1064 square feet
$ Create and implement program to record church services and deliver to shut ins
$ Repair church sign and landscape grounds around it, build a flower bed
$ Build a janitor closet in the church Fellowship Hall
$ Build storage cabinets for Sunday School rooms
$ Re-roof, repair and paint church gazebo
$ Conduct a book fair for a church run bookstore and inventory books in bookstore
$ Paint murals on church class room walls
$ Remodel church's storage building, adding double door entrance for tractor access, shelving and window coverings.
$ Repaint lines on parking lot and clean up area
$ Landscape a pathway
$ Plant decorative trees on church’s retreat property
$ Refinish 16 desks
$ Build a personal reflection garden with 2 benches and a plaque
$ Install lighting and outlets around the BBQ pit
$ Renovate the basement room of church
$ Planting bushes around the air-conditioning units, and plant a flower bed and grass in area
$ Plant trees and shrubs, and landscape
$ Install new sign at a church
$ Build picnic tables
$ Remodel GOYA room
Schools:
$ Restore bleachers on the football and track fields
$ Build bleachers for sports stadium
$ Fingerprint and photograph students
$ Landscape at new school
$ Build ramp to supply shed
$ Develop cross-country trail for a high school
$ Repaired playground equipment and planted flowers
$ Rebuild nature trail, build wildlife habitat and a tracking/feeding station
$ Cleaned and build a spring area on a new nature trail
$ Landscape a courtyard for mentally handicapped students
$ Built picnic tables and benches for students waiting for buses
$ Renovated and naturalized kindergarten playground
$ Planned a bicycle safety program, checked bikes, and gave safety tips
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$ Collected donations for Christmas gifts to the needy
$ Recondition and replace 2 sets of 16 foot bleachers
$ Design, build and install cedar flag pole 20 feet tall at athletic field
$ Paint parking and no parking areas, curb and directional arrows
$ Create a nature walk and area, plant flowers and plants in area
$ Build ramp in walking path so kids would not get wet feet while walking from school to parking area and between buildings on rainy days
$ Create archives for local high school
$ Build 2 benches for students to eat lunch on
$ Build a sturdy footbridge across a brook to make a safe shortcut for children between their homes and school
$ Set up a community study center for children who needed a place to do schoolwork
$ Trained fellow students as audiovisual aids for their school. Arranged for more than 200 hours of audiovisual work
$ Refurbishing the lighting booth at the local high school auditorium
$ Build 3 newspaper and 2 aluminum can recycle boxes at local school
$ Conduct a program for Kindergarten children about dangers of abduction and fingerpring them for their parents
$ Construct a section of the Congaree Trail
$ Construct a horseshoe and hacky sacking area for students
$ Beautify the three parking lots
$ Build two benches and planter boxes
$ Create flower beds and build three lattice trellises for vines
$ Construct corner cabinet and provide books for the Richland County Health Department Child Health Clinic
$ Create a concrete mosaic stepping stone path
$ Build walkway to 4 flag poles
$ Build shelving
$ Build Benches and lectern
$ Refinish 14 picnic tables
$ Landscape area in front of school
$ Create signature D and plant ground cover at Dreher High School
$ Construct nature trail
$ Construct bird houses and install at University of South Carolina garden
$ Build garden path
State Parks:
$ Build protective fence around state champion Loblolly Pine Tree
$ Build a living classroom behind the Park Nature Center
$ Used railroad ties to stop erosion on a trail and built benches for people to rest while walking
$ Built a new primitive/youth campsite
$ Finished a nature trail and placed bluebird and bat boxes
$ Build and install 4 benches along trail
$ Plant about 1500 Pine seedlings in barren area
$ Build bridge over ditch
$ Place trail signs along nature trail
$ Build and install nesting boxes for Canadian Geese
$ Designed and built a conservation education display for a natural resources center
$ Build handicapped trail with posts for Braille plaques at forest preserve
$ Paint 100 picnic tables for forest preserve
$ Build wooden bridge over stream
Congaree National Monument:
· Build foot bridge over creek
· Construct a 250 foot cable barrier at the after hours, picnic & camping area
· Build wheelchair accessible picnic tables
· Build new deck at two turnouts for the boardwalk
City of Columbia:
· Picnic tables, ball bin, club racks for Golf Driving Range
· Build campsite at Eastside Park
· Build and install duck boxes at Eastside Park
Miscellaneous:
$ Straighten grave markers and fill-in pot holes in road at a cemetery
$ Set up Disaster Response Plan with local ARC and Scouting
$ Design and build historical display for local museum
$ Build patio area for local nursing home
$ Welcoming dinner for international students at university
$ Set up historical trail through town and write brochure
$ Design, build and install flag holders for light posts for city
$ Work with mentally handicapped students through custom designed program
$ Organize and conduct river clean-up program
$ Rebuild old bikes to donate to needy children
$ Conduct food drive and distribute food to the needy
$ Grade pond banks to control erosion, map pond and stock with fish at forest preserve
$ Place street numbers on street side for EMS and other emergency services. Used reflective paint
$ Plant trees around boundary of playground at Camp Discovery to define property lines
$ Expand Palmetto Trail on Fort Jackson about one mile
$ Make raised planter boxes at local nursing home. Planters will be for wheel chair persons
$ Renovate traffic island in local community with historical marker on it
$ Renovate bedroom in local shelter home, patch and paint walls, install blinds and curtains on windows, install shelving in closet, and build chest of drawers
$ Build wheelchair ramp for disabled at local park
$ Made trays to fasten to wheelchairs for veterans with disabilities at a VA Hospital
$ Collected used books and distributed them to people in the community who wanted and needed, but could not afford, books
$ Collected and repaired used toys and gave them to a home for children with disabilities
$ Organized and operated a bicycle safety campaign. This involves a written safety test, equipment safety check, and a skill contest in a bike rodeo
$ Build a Atot lot@ in a big city neighborhood and set up a schedule for Boy Scouts to help run it
$ Design and build educational games for learning disabled students
$ Collect 500 pair of used eye glasses for the Lions Club Program
$ Organize social functions for church sponsored nursing home for 6 months
$ Build a footbridge at local park
$ Repair a local troubled youth facility, inside and out, including woodwork, painting and carpeting
$ Collect children's books and toys and setup a plan area at a public hospital neighborhood clinic
$ Build patio at local troubled youth home
$ Plant trees and place logs and boulders in a local park to stop off-road vehicles from damaging grounds