Our troop not only does campouts, it does service projects also. I will talk about two we did recently. One was helping a certain Scout in our troop, Leif, with his Eagle project. We went to Round Hill conservation area in Sudbury, and spent two hours clearing part of the area of unwanted small oak trees and larger trees. Then we used weed wrenches, axes, and clippers, to get out the giant roots of the larger trees. We then packed all the stuff into two large pick up trucks which hauled it away. It was pretty easy and straightforward (except for the roots).
A more recent one was at Curtis middle school, where people from town dropped off Styrofoam products for recycling. We then took the Styrofoam products and broke them into smaller parts. There was a period of two hours for people to hand things in. It turns out breaking up Styrofoam is actually fun, as is having Styrofoam swordfights. There were also cookies and munchkins. Again, quite straightforward. These are some of the service projects our troop does.