<p>My daughter and husband were invited to an Eagle Scout Court of Honor - the honoree is one of my daughter’s best friends, and both assisted with his community project. Is it customary to bring a gift, and if so, what kind of gift would be appropriate? Thanks for any suggestions!</p>
<p>Usually a card with a check is appreciated or a gift card to blockbuster, something like that. They even have cards for Eagles now. If you have a scout shop nearby they also have an assortment of appropriate gifts like pens and watches, key chains, all with the Eagle logo. And if you don’t have time or don’t feel like bringing anything, that’s not unusual either.</p>
<p>At this time of year, even a Christmas ornament of an eagle would be appropriate. S received a couple beautiful eagle ornaments for his Court of Honor.</p>
<p>Most Eagle Courts I’ve attended have been “no gifts, please.” Sometimes family and close friends have violated the request. I would say that it is generally NOT expected that attendees would bring a gift.</p>
<p>We went to one recently. Card with a check inside. From the number of envelopes the young man had in his hand, everyone had the same idea.</p>
<p>We have attended many Eagle ceremonies over the years, and I would say that 90% of the invitees did not bring gifts.</p>
<p>As the SPL, my son has been the emcee for the last couple of Eagle Courts of Honor for his troop. I have also attended (mainly to see how all-out these functions need to be). No card/gift table was in evidence anywhere. This is not to say that the new Eagle Scout won’t be appreciative; I’m sure he will! It just may not be expected.</p>
<p>2 cool Eagle-related things.</p>
<p>My mom went to an Eagle ceremony for one of her coworker’s sons heldo on a nearby lake. The New Eagle and his Official Escort kayaked in and a fire burned in the middle of the lake.</p>
<p>The last Eagle ceremony my son emcee’d had the most wonderful cake! The parents had bought one of those ceramic eagles flying over cliffs figurines. Anyway they commissioned a decorator to make a 3-tier cake that went from green forest to brown/grey mesa. You could barely see where the statue ended and the cake began!</p>
<p>Sounds like the gift/no gift is an area thing. I’ve been to at least 6 Eagle ceremonies (all around here) and there was always a basket for optional envelopes or small presents. When my son got his Eagle he was very grateful and suprised to get so many gifts, neither of us had given it much thought.</p>
<p>My son made Eagle last year. Probably 2/3 of the invited guests (adults) brought a card with a small check. Some of his friends simply gave him congratulations cards. A gift isn’t expected, but it is nice. Doesn’t need to be large, and if you do it should probably be money or a small/token gift card. Now that I think about it my son also got a gift card to an Outdoors-type store.</p>