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Guide to Safe Scouting Has Been Updated

All participants in official Scouting activities should become familiar with the Guide to Safe Scouting. The Guide to Safe Scouting is an overview of Scouting policies and procedures gleaned from a variety of sources. For some items, the policy statements are complete. Unit leaders are expected to review the additional reference material cited prior to conducting such activities. [...]

By |2019-02-13T23:05:14-05:00February 13th, 2019|Council Wide, Featured, Unit Resources|

Charter & Membership Processing Update

As many of you are already aware, membership registration has fallen behind due to an unexpected and prolonged situation leaving the Council Service Center short handed for several months.  A solution through Registration Shared Services with the National Council is now in place and we are working feverishly with their help to get all membership [...]

By |2019-02-07T23:34:17-05:00February 7th, 2019|Council Wide, Featured, Membership|

2019 Guide to Advancement Update Now Available

It is important that unit leaders and committees understand the advancement guidelines, and follow them. There is a summary of the changes near the beginning of the Guide. The 2019 update to the Guide to Advancement is now available online here.

By |2019-02-03T20:41:00-05:00February 3rd, 2019|Advancement, Council Wide, Featured|

A Scout Is Reverent

The Worcester Diocese Catholic Committee on Scouting is calling for nominations for Adult Catholic Religious Awards due by February 20, 2019. The awards are to recognize those adults in Scouting who have participated in promoting and teaching Catholic Faith Formation in Scouting through religious emblem programs, Scout Sunday observance, and various other activities relating to [...]

By |2019-01-31T09:14:18-05:00January 30th, 2019|Council Wide, Featured|

2018 Silver Beaver Recipients

The Silver Beaver Award is the council-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America.  The Silver Beaver is an award given to those who implement the Scouting program and perform community service through hard work, self-sacrifice, dedication, and many years of service. It is given to those who do not seek it. We [...]

By |2019-02-04T16:45:27-05:00January 6th, 2019|Council Wide, Featured|

A letter from Bryan Feather, Scout Executive/CEO, Mayflower Council, BSA   To: Mayflower Council, BSA Scouting Community Re: Update to Wall Street Journal News Article- December 13, 2018 Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal printed a news Article titled: Boy Scouts of America Considers Bankruptcy Filing Amid Sex-Abuse Lawsuits…. Nonprofit has hired law firm [...]

By |2018-12-17T09:27:18-05:00December 14th, 2018|Council Wide, Featured|

Health and Medical Records

We hear this question often “Is a medical form required for this activity?”  The answer is yes!  All Council and District activities like Camporees, Klondikes, Chuckwagons, etc are required to collect a medical form for every youth and adult participant.  These forms are filed by unit and returned to the unit leader or designee at [...]

By |2018-12-06T18:46:26-05:00December 6th, 2018|Council Wide, Featured, Training|

Council Service Center Adverse Weather Policy

With our first major snow of the 2018-2019 winter the council would like to remind our community about our adverse weather policy.  The council follows the lead of the Canton & Marlborough school systems when setting it's adverse weather policy.  If Marlborough Public Schools close, so does the Marlborough Service Center and if the Canton [...]

By |2018-11-15T18:06:03-05:00November 15th, 2018|Council Wide, Featured|

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