Potential Eagle Scout Service Projects

BCLT is open to any potential project on our privately-owned ecological preserves. Our focus is on habitat restoration projects for native plants and wildlife. We also allow public recreation on our preserves, including hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. Trail improvement projects, signage, and similar projects are always welcomed by the community.

We are looking to add shaded areas for our 30+ rescued potbelly pigs. what we are looking for is a short shaded structure about 4 ft tall and deep and as long as you want to make it. We have similar shade area for the rescued turkeys and can provide pictures for what we would like.

The animals rescued here eat a lot of fresh produce and our goal is to grow as much as possible. We have a large population of squirrels and rabbits and would love some raised garden beds with cages on top to protect the plants. We're open to sizes numbers and ideas!

There is a road median on H street between 1st and 2nd Avenues that needs new landscaping, mulch and irrigation repairs.

Replace accident damaged wooden fence bollards. There are five missing bollards (D-11-4) on the south side of H Street and Kernel Place. The Beacon Cove apartment complex is on the west side of this area.

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There are City maintained walls and monuments that need minor repairs and painting. One is located at the entrance to Terra Nova Park (https://goo.gl/maps/jNBYKSvnJVs) and other two are on H Street and Hidden Vista Drive (https://goo.gl/maps/p1s387KL5VA2).

The City of La Mesa has a number of trail building and lodge pole fence projects available, in addition to garden boxes, shelving and other park improvements.

Tube frame structure, covered with canvas tarp 10' by 10' or 10' by 20' adjacent to handicapped parking to shelter disables patients awaiting transportation in the sun or in the rain. Posts will need to be very securely anchored to the pavement and as yet unknown specifications may need to be met. They already have a larger, but similar structure in another location far from parking that meets the required specs, so I see no problem there. I am 75 years old and recently put one of these things up single handedly. crew with a bit of team-work can easily do a bang-up job of one. Suitable used frames are frequently available on craigslist.org and that is how I got mine and bolted it down to protect my tools long before finding this need for one. I can do the entire job myself, but want some scouts to get their feet wet, so to speak. (by the way, in the box below, "if" is misspelled as "it")

A 6-7 ft tall 10 x 10 ft (or 12 x 10 ft) shade structure with hooks to hang shade cloths onto. It will be located in a large grass field where the rescued ex-racing greyhounds are allowed to play off leash and where local Agility Club has classes and events.

The Fallbrook Land Conservancy (FLC) maintains hiking and walking trails on open space preserves in Fallbrook and other North County communities. FLC is open to projects on our preserves including trail signage and distance markers, trail improvements such as steps and storm water control structures, fencing, and habitat restoration projects. Other ideas to improve our trails and user experiences are welcome!

The Foundation for Senior Care provides many services to seniors and the disabled to help them live in their homes safely and to age in place with dignity . One of the requests we have is to build ramps so that a senior can get in and out safely from their home. We had a ministry of men who provided their time and expertise to building these ramps for our seniors, only charging for the cost of wood. If the senior did not have the income, which is usually about $350 - $450, for the ramp, the Foundation would try to obtain a benefactor. The builder who understands how to build the ramps to ADA code, is now a snow bird, but he would me more than happy to consult with anyone interested in building the ramps for our seniors.

Due to Covid-19 our garden died. We have several projects. We need 18 raised garden beds to be built (we have a specific design in mind), a compost bin system, repair four raised garden beds, build brick wells for fruit trees, signage for many fruit trees and plant a succulent garden.

Stelzer Park is in need of a pushing carts to be used by boy and girl scouts, when they camp here at the park. We need two to be made of wood, one for the scouts and one for the school groups. It should be able to hold 300 pounds.

Our current area that houses the chickens is not secure nor does it have the proper roosts for the hens to perch. We would love to see the whole area utilized for their perch and scratch area. A new or expanded chicken coop where they can be closed in at night as well as chicken wire and shade cloth must be stretched over all area to protect from aerial predators.

Research, design and complete a sensory path for students at Cajon Park School. Collaborate with school Occupational Therapist on purpose and needs met by having a sensory walk, locate an acceptable location for the path, and complete installation of the path. Costs would be minimal, including but not limited to paint supplies for painting components of the path.

Improving the tennis courts at my San Marcos High School. This would include a deep cleaning of the courts, replacing and/or fixing the scorecards and scorecard holders, as well as creating number cards for every court.

Need two level shelves built in board room across the wall of a room. Need a corner of it to be used for janitorial supplies.

With all the new regulations going into kids and school, we are hoping to extend our small school garden with 3-4 garden boxes that are on casters (wheels). These garden boxes will provide the opportunity to move to different parts of the campus during lunch time or outdoor events, can be reserved by different grade levels to use during science or special classroom activities, and can allow us to extend our garden space (which is very small and tucked in the back corner of our campus) to keep students at a safe distance apart while still being able to work outdoors in nature. Being a title 1 school, most of our students live in apartments and school is the only opportunity they have to grow their own food. We do not have funding for this project, but want it to happen so badly that we could try and help fund the project.

We need a 3 compartment wooden, hinged lid compost bin, (or two), for our school garden program that follows the best practices guides for composting in San Diego Unified School District. Guidelines will be provided and allow for the Eagle Scout(s) to design and execute fairly independently.

We would like to have a three section wood and hardware cloth compost bin constructed for our campus, so we can participate in campus-wide recycling. We can assist with plans, provide some volunteer support, and provide partial funding for the project.

We are seeking an Eagle Scout willing to build, install and supply plants for "Green Walls" for our Visitation rooms. We are also seeking an Eagle Scout willing to build and install a large peg board that can hold our clients "Visitation" bags.

La Petite Ecole is a 501(c)3 nonprofit school serving over 200 students in Serra Mesa. Our preschool is interested in starting a sensory garden for the children ages 2-4 years old to plant flowers, herbs, and vegetables in. Our goal is to provide a space to explore the various senses through the natural world. We are open to different design ideas of incorporating a small bench or different textures such as rocks. We hope to hear your creative ideas and we are happy to provide examples! Our school is lacking in green space so this addition would be a wonderful improvement to our space!

We'd love help with our school's garden - it needs a little TLC. Create a walking path and an enclosed raised bed garden area. Current garden was created with a grant 7 years ago and is showing signs of wear. We visited Turtleback Elementary school, where they have had multi-year Eagle Scout projects that have created a beautiful garden space. Very proud of those Eagle Scouts and would love to have a little pride in our garden!

We would like to add onto our established garden beds in order to make them pest proof and also aesthetically pleasing. We have seen similar work done at some local elementary schools that was also done by Eagle Scouts. Woodwork necessary along with working with plexiglass material.