Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award

In 2009, the National Eagle Scout Association established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award to recognize valuable service of an exceptional nature by a Scout to a religious institution, a school, community, or other entity. The award recognizes the Scout for his Eagle Scout leadership service project, which is part of the requirements for earning the Eagle Scout Award. Each year, local councils select a council-level winner, and from that pool, each region selects a region-level winner. A national winner is then selected from the four regional finalists.

Completed nomination forms shall be submitted to the San Diego-Imperial Council on or before January 31st of each year. Submissions are sent to James Atkins: jatkins576(at)cox.net.

Your submission must be A SINGLE PDF FILE with the following items should be submitted with this nomination form:

  • Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook
  • Up to 10 project photographs
  • OPTIONAL supporting documentation (drawings, news articles, etc.)

It is strongly recommended that the Scout record a short video that can be part of this nomination form that is between 3-5 minutes, tells the story of their Eagle Scout Service Project and describes the impact on their community as well as themselves. The video file format must be MP4, WMV, or MOV. It should be uploaded to a cloud-based storage site (such as Google Drive or Dropbox) with permission to download and the link should be provided below. Please use a short URL if possible.

Application for the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award


Recipient Unit Recognition Level Year Project
Dakota Burnett Troop 777 Council 2023 St. Andrew's Church Paver Project
Ian West Troop 777 Council 2022 Play it Forward - collected & refurbished instraments for La Costa Canyon school band.
Branden Lintner Troop 784 Council 2021 Bee-Quarium at the Discovery Center of Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad.
Joshua Lintner Troop 784 Council 2020 Milkweed for Monarchs Greenhouse at Calavera Hills Middle School.
Nathan Lee Troop 346 Council 2019 Constructed a 30 foot equestrian bridge on the Sea to Mountain trail
Zachary Williams Troop 617 Western Region 2018 Built a K9 training center at a CHP station in honor of his father.
Evan Wright Troop 774 Western Region 2017 Built inexpensive prosthetic hands for children
Gabe Krut Troop 713 Council 2016 Developed a theater summer camp for children at The Family Recovery center
Shane Uribe Troop 324 National 2015 Sports bags with personal supplies for foster children in San Diego
Ramon Solis Troop 750 Western Region 2014 Purple Heart Memorial Project, Walnut Grove Park, San Marcos
Yash Huigol Troop 667 Council 2013 The Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve Virtual Trails Project
Dillon M. Patel Troop 765 Council 2012 Canyon Crest Academy Native Plant Garden
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