Independence Day
The Marlborough and Canton Service Centers will be closed on Thursday, July 4th in honor of Independence Day.
Fund Your Adventures With Popcorn
Want To Earn Enough Money To Fund ALL of Your Scouting Adventures? One of the best fundraisers for a Scout is selling Trail's End Popcorn. It teaches your Scout important life skills, it can fund their Scouting adventures, earn college scholarship money, and earn great prizes for both scouts and units. Trail's End would like to [...]
National Duty To God Award
Mayflower Council congratulates Michael P. Healy for receiving the National Duty to God Award at the Duty to God Award Breakfast at the 2019 Boy Scouts of America National Annual Meeting posthumously. Michael P. Healy was the leading figure in enabling youth and adults of Unitarian Universalist faith to enjoy Scouting. He founded the Unitarian Universalist [...]
Silver Antelope Award
Mayflower Council would like to congratulate Chris Thorp as a recipient of the Silver Antelope Award. The Silver Antelope Award is conferred by the National Court of Honor of the By Scouts of America upon nomination by the region for distinguished service to youth. The award is made for noteworthy service of exceptional character to [...]
Upgrades to Internet Advancement Now Live
Good news for unit leaders who use Internet Advancement to track their Scouts’ progress along the Scouting trail. The BSA has introduced an array of upgrades designed to make your life easier. The improvements make inputting advancement updates faster, allow leaders to search advancement history in a snap and give Scouters more control over printable reports [...]
Popcorn Kick-off Meeting
Here Comes Popcorn! We Are Ready to Kick-Off the 2019 Trail’s End Popcorn Sale and We Want to See You! This year Mayflower Council will be having four kick-offs for the popcorn sale. They will be on June 5 (Medfield), June 11 (Framingham area), June 17 (Marshfield) or June 20 (Abington), choose the one [...]
May Training Newsletter
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New Nobscot Trail Crew
Saturday, April 27 marked the launching of the new Nobscot Trail Crew. On their first day, the founding Crew members spent time receiving outstanding training on Nobscot history, tools, trail management and first aid. Afterwards, they hiked to Tipling Rock practicing practical trail work along the way. The Nobscot Trail Crew adult advisors, Chuck Hurwitz, [...]
Paper Recycling Day
Tax season is now over and Sachem District is holding a Paper Recycling Day Fundraiser on May 4th. A truck from New England Security Shredders will be at the Crescent Ridge Dairy in Sharon located at 355 Bay Rd, Sharon, MA 02067 from 12:00 noon until 4:00 PM. A minimum donation of $10 per box is suggested (although remember it is a fundraiser for the council's Investment in Character Campaign). [...]
Staffing Update
Mayflower Council is pleased to announce the addition of Davis Stockton to the Mayflower Council staff. Davis will be serving as the Ranger for Camps Resolute and Nobscot. Davis joins us from Twin Rivers Council in Albany, New York where he served as a Camp Ranger and most recently held staff positions with Westchester-Putnam Council [...]