• Scouts, friends from school and church, the benefactor

• Community service hours, recruiting, input from the benefactor as the project progresses, community pride, etc.

• Water / fluids
• Food / munchies
• Shelter from the elements
• First Aid Kit and Trained First Aider
• Hospital access
• Cell Phones
• Adult Supervision and Drivers
• Safety talks
• Lifting instructions
• Inspect tools and equipment
• Hats, gloves, sunscreen, insect repellent
• Breaks
• Buddy system
• Restrooms
• Rain Gear
• Proper certifications for projects on the water, etc.

Nobody is a super-hero so there is no need for anyone to act like it. An injury during your project can ruin a project.

Give a safety talk before each different part / aspect of your project and go over possible hazards involved. Review with new comers.

Tool usage: Adults only operating power saws! Usage of other power tools by workers is fine as long as you give proper instructions and have qualified supervision.

• Adults as well as youth can work on the project and have their hours count.
• Anyone who helps you will have their hours count, i.e. parents, siblings, store clerks, ...

• There is no minimum or maximum as set by National. Your project is done when it's done. As long as the benefactor is satisfied with the project and what's done is agreed upon by all involved. I've seen projects with as few as 38 man-hours and worked on one that went well over 800 man-hours.

• Get a grandparent, parent or someone who maybe can't do the physical labor and really wants to help to take lots of pictures. This is one of two ways your Board of Review will see how you demonstrated leadership in your project.

• Check calendars -- personal, troop, school, church, benefactor, etc.
• Rain dates -- especially if it is an outside project
• It's better to have too much time planned and not need it rather than needing more time and not having it planned.

• Number of people adequate for the task -- too many vs. too few
• Age appropriate tasks

• Get donations as much as possible. Write a letter saying who you are, what you're doing, who you're doing it for and why. Include a detailed list of the materials you are needing. Contact the manager or owner and set an appointment to meet with them. Be in uniform. You may be very surprised at what you end up with.
• Try not to fund it out of your own pocket.
• Tax Exempt forms -- use them.
• Write a thank you note to your donors.

• Make sure they don't run your project.
• Have them instruct you and then you instruct your workers, with his or her input. This goes for your parents as well.
• Remember it's your project!!!

• Write down a detailed summary at the end of each day -- a paragraph or two per task or day every day.
• Use these daily notes to write your report after you complete your project.
• This report should not be a novel or essay -- 2 pages or less.
• Write it in the first person -- I showed, I led, I taught, I instructed, etc.
• This is the second way your Board of Review will see how you demonstrated leadership in your project.