The Occoneechee Council Advancement Committee has prepared this Life to Eagle Guide to give guidance, consistency and confidence to our scouts and our volunteers. The following statement from the national publication Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures says it best:

… (A) Scout advances and grows in the Boy Scout program in the same way a plant grows by receiving nourishment in the right environment. The job of adults concerned with advancement is to provide the right environment. One of the greatest needs of young men is confidence. There are three kinds of confidence that young men need: in themselves, in peers, and in leaders… Self confidence is developed by measuring up to a challenge or a standard. Peer confidence develops when the same measuring system is used for everyone—when all must meet the same challenge to receive equal recognition. Confidence in leaders comes about when there is consistency in measuring—when leaders use a single standard of fairness. No council, district, unit, or individual has the authority to add to or subtract from any advancement requirement. A Boy Scout badge recognizes what a young man is able to do; it is not a reward for what he has done.
Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures, p. 23

Occoneechee Council provides this Life to Eagle Guide to its volunteers at no charge, and electronically attached here and at www.ocscouts.org. Please share this material with your unit. Comments or suggestions for future editions may be sent to me at EMillerBSA@aol.com.

Yours in Scouting Ed Miller, Chairman Occoneechee Council Advancement Committee