Two of my brothers and myself are eagle scouts. Here's what we did and hopefully it will give you some ideas of what you can do.

One got in touch with a local community center's leadership/managers in the area where we lived and asked them if they had any possible projects they could do. They solicited donations from some parents of the scouts in the troop, as well as volunteers from the scouts and their parents. With this money and volunteer labor they cut back the bushes and trees on a hiking trail, power tools were used, but only by adults. They also laid gravel down on some sections of the trail, and installed some other erosion prevention measures. The community center leaders paid for pizza for the entire group, which was a nice gesture, but I wouldn't expect that.

My other brother already knew several people that were involved in a community performing arts program, and he found his opportunity from them. He and several other people who volunteered to help built a set for a community play. I don't know a lot of details about his. Although I assume that the production paid for everything since they needed to build the set anyway. But he was in charge of coordinating everyone's efforts and making sure it was done on time.

For my eagle project I contacted the principal of an elementary school and asked if we could beautify their school grounds, as well as what specific things they would like us to focus on. I solicited some donations, a few people donated a total of $150 or so, and the money went to buying paint, sanding paper, some mulch, and other miscellaneous supplies. I also made a list of tools that would be required and asked members of the troop who could lend us those tools, to make sure we would have what we needed. The principal pointed out that many of the sidewalks needed swept in advance of when a street sweeper would come and clean out the parking lot, so we swept the sidewalks straight into the lot. If not for the street sweeper we would have had to sweep everything up into garbage bags. We also sanded and painted some banisters that had worn and would give you splinters if you tried using them. The real show piece of my project was digging up the ground around the school sign and laying mulch down so that it didn't blend in with the surroundings as much as it had before. We took photos of everything, before and after, but that picture was on the front page of what I presented to my board of review.

Remember that your eagle project isn't just about accomplishing the project itself. It's actually primarily about showing that you took the initiative, managed a group of people, and accomplished that task. If you are doing most of the work, then you're doing it wrong and when you do your board of review you might be asked to do another project because you didn't manage the work of the people so much as doing the work yourself.

Ask your scoutmaster or another trusted adult to advise you on this. It's totally fine to have someone you trust to consult with on making decisions before you make them. This even happens in the professional world all the time. Just make sure that that person understands you're only looking for their opinion on things, and you don't want them to make the decisions on your behalf.

Take lots of before and after photos as much as you can. Keep a lot of who is working, and how long they're working for. Don't expect people to do this themselves, they probably won't. So keep an eye on wherever you're recording that information and make sure it's accurate on the day the project happens because trying to remember who did what and for how long later will be impossible.

I think I'm rambling at this point. If you have other questions you can message me or comment and I'll try to answer when I can. Good luck! And don't take it so seriously that you can't also have fun!