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Council Venturing Leadership Award Nominations

Do You Know an Exceptional Venturer? Nominate them for the Venturing Leadership Award! To recognize Venturers and Advisors who have made exceptional contributions to Venturing and who exemplify the Scout Oath and Law, the Mayflower Council may present individuals with the Council Venturing Leadership Award. Qualifications Be registered and involved as a Venturer for [...]

Fabled Fabion

Adam Fabion paces Pack 56. A proud Eagle Scout, Adam Fabion of Pack 56 in Holdbrook returned to Scouting when his son joined Cub Scouts as a Tiger.  Of course, Adam immediately became a den leader and started helping to plan the Pack events. Moreover, like many adults in Scouting, Mr. Fabion loves taking [...]

By |2023-05-17T22:21:25-04:00May 17th, 2023|Council Wide, Den Leader of the Week|

Council Support For Units & Scout Families

What Does Mayflower Council Do For Units & Scout Families? To help unit leaders, the council maintains a service center with administrative staff to: Assist with online registrations, Scout Life subscriptions, and initiate special requests to the National Service Center and other organizations. Maintain a supply of literature, insignia, forms, certificates, etc., needed by [...]

By |2023-04-06T17:01:58-04:00April 6th, 2023|Council Wide, Featured, Membership, Unit Resources|

Workshop: Understanding New Barriers to Abuse

As part of our ongoing commitment to abuse prevention, the BSA is updating the adult supervision requirements for overnight activities. In this workshop, we will discuss: Enhancements to the minimum “two deep leadership” requirements. The definition of an adult fee required position. Limited exceptions for Cub Scout Parents and Guardians. Scenarios and examples. Required [...]

By |2023-04-05T22:43:54-04:00April 5th, 2023|Council Wide, Featured, Membership, Unit Resources|

Changes to Council Activity Fee Aug. 1, 2023

Dear Mayflower Families, Thank you for your commitment to Scouting. We truly appreciate you being part of our council and an essential part of your local unit. We know how important it is for a Scout (and a family) to be “thrifty.” Our non-profit organization looks to model that point of the Scout Law [...]

By |2023-04-06T16:31:50-04:00April 5th, 2023|Council Wide, Featured, Membership|

District Award Nominations

All districts are accepting nominations for District Award of Merit as well as recognitions for other outstanding Scouters: Nomination for District Awards - due April 15 Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, Venturing crew advisor, committee chair (for any unit) and charter organization representative of the year awards Unsung Hero Award - someone who goes above and beyond [...]

New Board Member Believes Scouting Is Integral

In 2017 when her son Arnav earned Eagle, Sangeet Srikanth told fellow parents at his Troop 355 Newton Court of Honor:  "It structures their lives and gives them the most valuable experience that even the best high school education cannot provide." “None of the experiences in Scouting can be measured in terms of letter [...]

By |2023-02-24T13:13:11-05:00February 24th, 2023|Council Wide, Featured|

Scouts BSA Summer Camp 2023 Season Kick Off

Join us to hear from our Camp Leadership Team about our 2023 Scouts BSA, Venturing & Sea Scouting camp programs. Moritz Schmid, Mayflower Council Vice President of Program will kick-off the meeting. We will then provide an update on the plans to improve upon and upgrade last year's program and administration. [...]

By |2023-01-12T23:15:04-05:00January 13th, 2023|Camp Resolute, Camp Squanto, Council Wide, Featured|

Big Summer Camp News From Mayflower Council

Dear Mayflower Families, Like you, we are very excited and looking forward to Summer 2023 and everything that comes with it. First and foremost in that recipe for summer fun is summer camp. Coming out of the pandemic, and as we look to utilize our council’s community spaces to their best ends, we have [...]

By |2023-01-12T14:40:11-05:00January 12th, 2023|Camp Resolute, Camp Squanto, Council Wide, Featured|

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