The New England Scout Shop in Southborough (Route 9) is now looking to interview and hire a new Part-time Sales Associate.

The opportunities are “Seasonal” with the possibility of becoming a permanent position. Work shifts we would need to fill are one to two days a week and include weekdays and Saturdays.

Previous sales/customer service experience is a plus.

The skill set enabling you to sew using a sewing machine would be outstanding and make the possibility of even more hours/shifts being available to you.

If you are interested, please stop by the Scout Shop for an application and to schedule an interview.

New England Scout Shop
23 Turnpike Road (Route 9)
Southborough, MA 01772

Open weekdays 9:30 AM – 6 PM
Saturdays 10 AM until 2 PM
CLOSED Sundays

Important Update from the National Council regarding membership forms:

New registration applications no longer have duplicate copies included. This was a conscious decision based on a units’ access to member information through BSA’s online systems. Units have access to both youth and adult leader information through both my.Scouting and Scoutbook, which is now free for every unit.

Both of these systems update overnight after the registration is posted by the council through ScoutNET, or immediately after an online application is approved by the unit. Additionally, privacy of personal information is a constant growing concern today and removing these additional copies helps to keep individuals personal information from being non-securely passed around or disposed of by volunteers.

If your Unit was not able to attend our April 4th Roundtable, not to worry.  We are making all the event flyers, training newsletters and other information available!

Click here for PDF of all April Roundtable Handouts

Our April Roundtable featured:

Metacomet District Executive, Nick Keyes, lead a discussion about recruitment tactics for your Units.  We brainstormed about methods that other Troops and Packs have used to recruit, having an online presence for your Unit, updating your BeAScout Pin through my.scouting, and much more.  Here is a link to the long list of ideas that we all contributed to.

Brainstormed Recruitment Ideas from Headwaters District April Roundtable

What can your Unit do to recruit?

• Plan fun events and have your Scouts invite friends, use buddy cards as invitations
• Make a detailed plan for your Fall recruitment campaign and talk with your District Leadership about the resources that Mayflower Council can provide to your Unit
• UPDATE YOUR UNIT’S BEASCOUT PIN
• Send a Unit representative to Roundtable for event and recruitment materials
• Reach out to local businesses to partner with, i.e. libraries, schools, newspapers, clubs, your chartering organization, restaurants, etc.
• Wave your Unit’s Flag! Show up to Town Events in Uniform, show your Town that you are there and you are active!  Put our Pack/Troop/Patrol Flags when you are at events or doing community service

Questions, comments, or ideas for the District’s leadership?

Send an Email to: Headwaters@mayflowerbsa.org

Our next District Roundtable will be:

May 2nd at 7:00 pm

Milford High School Cafeteria

31 West Fountain Street
Milford, MA 01757

Make sure to send a representative so that your Unit is kept informed and in the loop. Come talk with your District leadership, commissioners, committee teams and other Leaders!

See you there!

Congratulations to our Awesome Pinewood Racers!

On Saturday April 6th, Headwaters District had their annual District Pinewood Derby Race!

119 cars came and raced against each other to find our top 3 fastest cars for EACH RANK of our Headwaters Cub Scouts!  Parents, friends, Scouts, and guests voted on the COOLEST looking cars from each rank as well.

We hope that everyone enjoyed their time at the Solomon Pond Mall!

Here are our winners!

Lions

1. Cameron W. – Pack 3601 Southboro
2. Sam M. – Pack 97 Hopkinton
3. Blake T. – Pack 42 Marlborough

      Coolest Car: Liam M. – Pack 97 Hopkinton

Tigers

1. Tucker K. – Pack 100 Westborough
2. Sebastian C. – Pack 3001 Ashland
3. Frankie R. – Pack 97 Hopkinton

       Coolest Car: Sebastian C. – Pack 3001 Ashland

Wolves

1. Mack S. – Pack 31 Marlborough
2. Cole C. – Pack 926 Southborough
3. Josh S. – Pack 3501 Mendon

      Coolest Car: Henry O. – Pack 3001 Ashland

Bears

1. Ben P. – Pack 51 Marlborough
2. Danny J. – Pack 3004 Hopkinton
3. Braden L. – Pack 97 Hopkinton

      Coolest Car: Justin F. – Pack 3204 Milford

Webelos

1. Gavin B. – Pack 3001 Ashland
2. Corey L. – Pack 3601 Southborough
3. Bennett D. – Pack 3601 Southborough

      Coolest Car: Will J. – Pack 3033 Westborough

Arrow of Light

1. Tyler H. – Pack 3104 Hudson
2. Nate H. – Pack 42 Marlborough
3. Bodie C. – Pack 3104 Hudson

       Coolest Car: Skylar M. – Pack 42 Marlborough

We also had a Siblings Race and we were thrilled to have three awesome racers join us!  Congrats to our siblings that raced: Stella, Isabelle, and Graham!

Finally, a HUGE thank you to our AMAZING volunteers that helped make this year’s Pinewood possible:

Eric Martin, Mark Derderian, Damien Knox, Stephen Reade, Tom Hirsh, Andy Lindeman, Steve Silverstein, Eric Hobin and Mathew Dyer.

As well as our awesome Scout helpers:  Eli, Shelby, Joseph, Leo and Ian!

Click here for PDF of all April Roundtable Handouts

Our next District Roundtable will be on May 7, 2019 at 7:00 pm.

The Center At Medfield

1 Ice House Road
Medfield, MA 02052

This guide is for Leaders needing to register your Packs, Troops or Crews for events, activities and summer camp.

Click Link to Download:  Doubleknot Instructions

Click on the Image to download

Dear Mayflower Council Volunteers,

My name is Deb MacGregor. I am currently working on my Wood Badge ticket. My project is to gather the names and contact information for Mayflower Council volunteers who would be willing to help out by rendering first aid at events or by teaching for training of adult volunteers or youth members. By answering my survey you are in no way committing to any obligation other than that you are a volunteer in the council who is willing to help out at some time in the future.

I was approached by several leaders expressing that it is extremely difficult to find qualified adults to cover first aid stations at events, teach first aid at events, etc. I am gathering information to create a database that we can all use to help us get coverage when needed.

Please take a few minutes to answer my survey so that I can make this database for all to use.

YIS, Deb MacGregor

SURVEY

Some of the hours of your store have changed.

Southborough (508-229-2396) – Effective Monday, April 1st the hours of our store will be changing.

• Monday through Friday: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
• Saturday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Sunday:  Closed

Milton (617-361-0315)

• Monday through Friday:  9:30 am – 6:00 pm
• Saturday: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
• Sunday:  Closed

Lancaster (978-840-8108)

• Monday through Friday:  9:30 am – 6:00pm
• Saturday:  10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Sunday:  Closed

Woburn (781-937-4282

• Monday through Friday:  9:30 am – 6:00pm
• Saturday:  9:30 am – 3:00 pm
• Sunday:  Closed

We’ll be offering the live version of youth protection training (YPT) for adult leaders.  All our currently registered leaders should have already taken YPT in 2018, and that certification is still good for two years. But, if you have new leaders who need this training, parents who’d like to take it, or experienced leaders who want a refresher, we encourage them to come to this live training!

It covers the same material as the online course, and it offers the same credit… along with a chance to discuss and ask questions.

Pre-registration is appreciated

April 6th in Franklin

April 18th in Whitman