A major part of Scouting involves community service projects. Troop 5 participates in 3 or more community service projects each year, including Scouting for Food, Memorial Services, and California and National Trail Days.

Recent Eagle projects include a portable library for a reading garden, information kiosk for Towle Campground in Foothills Park, food boxes for Towle Campground in Foothills Park, an emergency amateur radio repeater located in Foothills Park, game tables for senior citizens having restricted mobility, a classroom with an evolving mural for a restricted opportunity school, benches for a church courtyard, and several storage sheds for schools in the Palo Alto district.