Instructions for Letters of Reference
Please include the following in your letter of reference for an Eagle Scout Candidate:
- Your name, phone number, and email address.
- The name of the Eagle scout candidate from whom you are providing a letter of reference
- The District name and Unit number provided by the scout.
- How do you know this scout?
g. “I was/am their teacher, coach, scout leader, neighbor…; I am a friend of the family; they are a friend of my family; we attend the same church,” etc. - How long have you known this scout?
- The ideals of Scouting are spelled out in the Scout Oath, the Scout Law, the Scout Motto, and the Scout Slogan. Scouts measure themselves against these ideals and continually try to improve.
Scout Oath: On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
Scout Law: A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent.
Scout Slogan: Do a Good Turn Daily.
Scout Motto: Be Prepared. - In your experience with this Scout, to what extent have they lived up to the Ideals of Scouting listed above? Use a scale of 1 to 5: 1= little or not at all; 5 = completely
- Please provide one or more specific examples to explain why you chose the rating that you did in the previous question.
- What other information should the board know when considering this Scout’s application to become an Eagle Scout?
Submission Instructions by District
Scouts have two choices to collect references:
- Ask each person providing a reference to review the reference letter instructions, put their letter in an envelope you provide with “Eagle Scout Reference Letter for your name” on the front, seal it, and return it to you.
Then, you will bring the sealed envelopes to your Board of Review. - Or, ask each reference to go to https://forms.gle/VJ97Rd6SF9AZBgds7 to submit a letter of reference online. (Chrome and Microsoft Edge are the recommended web browsers for submitting letters of reference.)
Scouts should request that people providing references review the reference letter instructions and send letters to arrowhead.eagleadmin@nhscouting.org.
Scouts should request that people providing references review the reference letter instructions and send letters to Historiceagleboard@gmail.com
Scouts should ask each person providing a reference to go to https://forms.gle/jxr56VLRFq1ySDo27 to submit a letter of reference online. (Chrome and Microsoft Edge are the recommended web browsers for submitting letters of reference.)
Scouts should ask each person providing a reference to go to https://forms.gle/rmGKuahsqYsCn2hq6 to submit a letter of reference online. (Chrome and Microsoft Edge are the recommended web browsers for submitting letters of reference.)
Scouts should request that people providing references review the reference letter instructions and send letters to sunapee.district@nhscouting.org
Scouts should ask each person providing a reference to go to https://forms.gle/c5FgyacZHwJCKDq29 to submit a letter of reference online. (Chrome and Microsoft Edge are the recommended web browsers for submitting letters of reference.)
Instructions for Letters of Reference by US Mail
In some exceptional cases, a letter might need to be sent by U.S. mail. In this exceptional case, the Eagle Scout candidate will ask each person providing a reference to review the reference letter instructions, and ask that the letter of reference be on 8.5” x 11” paper, with the first line Letter of Reference for Scout Name, Troop 999, District Name
The Scout should provide a stamped envelope addressed to:
Scouting America New Hampshire
[District Name] Eagle Board
1500 Bodwell Rd
Manchester, NH 03109
Letters received this way will be opened and scanned in the Council office and sent by email to the District Eagle Board Chair.
