Boy Scout/Venturing Peer Recruiting Drawing

MORE FUN WITH FRIENDS – NOVEMBER PEER-TO-PEER RECRUITMENT DRAWING

Scouting is even more enjoyable when Scouts can participate with their friends. This is designed to encourage Scouts to bring in new membership by inviting their friends to participate in what the Scouting program has to offer.

Scouts who successfully recruit a friend to join Scouting in November will have a chance to win one of these great prizes:

GRAND PRIZE

Discovery WiFi Drone

One Prize Winner

SECOND PRIZE

Sennheiser Wireless Headphones

Two Prize Winners

THIRD PRIZE

UFO Quadcopter Drone with LED Lights

Three Prize Winners

Both the Scout and the new member recruited will receive a prize. Contest is open to Boy Scouts and Venturing.

Here’s How It Works:

Scout invites a friend to “check-out” Scouting and attend a meeting or event
Friend joins a Scouting unit and completes an application
Application and applicable fees are turned into council service center and online entry form is completed
Scout is entered into the prize drawing. The more friends a Scout recruits, the more chances to win!
Scout is eligible to wear the Recruiter Strip on their uniform – First one free with an entry during the campaign. Normally available for $1.79 w/tax at the Scout Shop.
Be a Salesman for Scouting: Recruit new members with a personal invitation!

To help entice potential new Scouts to join your unit, give your current Scouts Bring-A-Buddy cards to hand out to their friends and classmates. Bring-A-Buddy cards are available to download below. Include event date, time, place, and contact information.

Bring-A-Buddy Cards

Troop and crews are encouraged to hold events, parties, ice cream socials, etc. where they invite a friend to join them and give their friends a taste of Scouting!

Scouting For Food Collection Reporting

Thank you to all of our units for participating in the 2018 Scouting For Food initiative. We ask you to please take a moment to fill out the google form below. This data is used for tracking purposes of community service and Scout service hours.

2018 Scouting For Food Tracking

A special Thank You to Channel 5 WCVB TV for serving as this years media sponsor, Cumberland Farms and Consigli Foundation.

2019 Silver Beaver Award Nominations

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 was we do that is through nominating a Scouter for the Silver Beaver Award, the highest adult recognition a council can bestow. Take a few moments to reflect on volunteers within your unit or district and consider nominating them for the Silver Beaver Award.

A detailed nomination form is available by clicking here and all nominations must be received by Monday, December 3, 2018.

Completed nominations can be sent via email or dropped off at the Canton or Marlborough Service Center.The awards will be presented at the Council’s Recognition Dinner in January.

Frequently asked questions about the Silver Beaver Award:

Overview

To recognize registered Scouters of exceptional character who have provided distinguished service within a council. The award is presented by the National Court of Honor on behalf of councils.

Who Can Earn This Award?

Anyone may nominate any deserving registered Scouter to the council, which selects recipients for the following year. Each council may process their own annual allotment of Silver Beaver awards and shall send a list of Silver Beaver awards presented each calendar year to the National Court of Honor no later than January 31 of the following year.

Location Change for Training Events

Due to circumstances beyond our control the location for tomorrow’s Den Chief Training, Youth Protection Training and Cub Scout Leader Training events has changed. The new venue will be United Church of Christ – Abington,10 Bedford St., Abington, MA 02351. Please share this update with anybody you know who may be planning to attend. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Scouts BSA Marketing Assets Are Available Now

Scouts BSA tools and assets are available to help you create awareness and interest among youth and adults.

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There are a variety of ways to help families join who may have missed the sign-up night. Here are a few strategies.

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Who Gets Scouting Magazine?

When Scouting — back then more newsletter than actual magazine — sent out its first issue in 1913, readers were told that they’d receive the publication at no additional cost.

This essential resource for BSA news, inspiration and ideas, Scouting wrote, would be included in a volunteer’s registration fee. But there was a caveat: the offer was only “for the time being.”

Staffing Update

We regretfully announce that Tim Forsberg, District Executive of Sachem District is leaving his position with Mayflower Council. This is a great loss to the council but we can only wish Tim the best of luck in his new endeavors. Tim’s duties will be assumed by Rick Riopelle, Director of Field Service until a new District Executive is hired.

National Eagle Scholarship

You must be a current member of NESA to apply for the following scholarships.

There are three types of Eagle Scholarships:

Academic
- Academic scholarships weigh academic performance, school and Scouting participation, and financial need.
- Academic scholarships include a range of scholarships, up to four $25,000 scholarships (payable at $6,250 per year for four years) one $48,000 scholarship (payable at up to $12,000 per year for four years) and a $50,000 STEM scholarship for an Eagle Scout planning to major in a science, technology, engineering, or math field.
Merit
- Hall/McElwain scholarships
  Awarded based on school and Scouting participation as well as community service.
  $5,000 – 40 minimum awarded annually
- Robert and Rebecca Palmer scholarship
  Awarded based on school and Scouting participation as well as community service.
  $2,500 – Three awarded annually
- Bailey scholarship
  Awarded based on school and Scouting participation as well as community service.
  $2,000 – One awarded annually
  $4,000 – One awarded annually
- Michael S. Malone/Windrush Publishing scholarship
  Awarded based on desire to pursue studies in journalism.
  $2,500 – One awarded annually
Field Study
- Since the program’s launch in 2012, over fifty Eagle Scouts have earned the distinction to be considered a NESA World Explorer. These young men have assisted researchers in destinations including the Galápagos Islands, Mammoth Cave, Amazon rainforest and South Africa.

The scholarship window for all scholarships is August 1st through October 31st. Eagle Scouts who want to apply must do so by midnight in their time zone by October 31.