Join us for Mayflower Council day with the Boston Red Sox! Come out for a day of fun at the iconic Fenway Park! Take me out to the Scout game! Come one, come all to the Boston Red Sox Scout Day! This is a great outing for the entire family! All Scouts will be [...]
The Mayflower Council's professional Scouters recently attended the three-day 2024 New England Councils Planning Conference... the highlight for many team members attending the event was the appearance of Captain Kenneth Curtin, the commanding officer of the nearby Naval Submarine Base New London.
Lace up your Hiking Boots for the BCT (Bay Circuit Trail) What if there was a local hiking trail that travelled around the city of Boston, through some 37 local cities and towns offering natural beauty, historical interest and access to trail heads and trail segments using the MBTA and public transportation? A trail [...]
Neil G. and Aadil K., seniors at Stoughton High School and stalwart Scouts BSA of Troop 516 Stoughton, completed their Eagle Scout Project and passed their Board of Review.
Always Room for More Earn your “Recruiter” patch in 2023 The founder of the Scouting movement, Sir Robert Baden Powell — better known as B-P in Scout circles — once said: “An invaluable step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.” In the spirit of that wise sentiment, the Mayflower Council [...]
In Scouting, we say "it's about the youth" and none of our adults are involved for the recognition, but every now and then we need to say thanks especially to those volunteers whose leadership and example has left a lasting positive impact on the program and the broader community. One way we do that [...]
The Mayflower Council recently received a generous capital gift of $40,000 from the George W. P. Magee Memorial Trust to fund two major camp projects at Camps Squanto and Resolute. The first project involves building a new program pavilion at the shotgun range at Camp Squanto (located in the LeBaron R. Barker Scout Reservation [...]
Usually, Mayflower Scouts are watching the action at Fenway Park. However, this fall, our Scouts will be in the action at Fenway (just not in baseball).
A Night With Friends & Fun to Kickstart a New Year of Scouting in the Mayflower Council! What: Fun, easy-to-host, one-night “pizza party” launch for 2022 - 2023 “sponsored” by the Mayflower Council When : Any date in October 2022 Where: Your unit at the venue of choice…just need a YouTube-ready TV [...]
Dear Scouting family, We received the following very important message from our national council and wanted to share it with you in its entirety. BSA’s emergence from bankruptcy represents a pivotal milestone in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)’s financial restructuring case and solidifies a path forward for survivors and the Scouting movement. To [...]
