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.
How to Offer Families a Second Chance to Join
There are a variety of ways to help families join who may have missed the sign-up night. Here are a few strategies.
How This Webelos Den Leader Is Welcoming Girls
“I’m back at it and loving every minute of it,” she says.
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
- Hall/McElwain scholarships
- 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.
Learn More and Apply
2019 Eagle Scout Service Project Of The Year
Mayflower Council NESA Committee
Is now accepting nominations for the
2019 Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year
The National Eagle Scout Association established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award to recognize valuable service of an exceptional nature by a Scout to a religious institution, a school, community, or other entity. The award recognizes the Scout for his Eagle Scout leadership service project, which is part of the requirements for earning the Eagle Scout Award. Each year, the Mayflower Council National Eagle Scout Association Committee may select a winner from the applications received.
The recognition consists of a bronze device for the Eagle square knot, and a $250 award. Our winner’s Service Project will be submitted to the NE Region NESA Committee for consideration of their $500 award. If the Region selects his project, he will be in consideration for the National $2,500 award
Eligibility
You must have completed your Eagle Board in calendar 2019.
How to Apply
For more information and to download the Application for the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year, please visit:
A complete duplicate copy of your Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook (previously submitted by you to the Eagle board of review committee) must be attached to your application. Please note this copy will NOT be returned to you.
Applications must be received in the Council office or E-mailed on or before January 21, 2020
Your completed application should be sent to:
US Mail to:
NESA Eagle Scout Service Project Award
Mayflower Council BSA
2 Mount Royal Avenue, Suite 100
Marlborough, MA 01752
Or Email a PDF copy to: nesa@mayflowerbsa.org
Columbus Day
The Marlborough and Canton Service Centers will be closed on Monday, October 8th in honor of Columbus Day.
Learn To Save A Life
… AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE!
Did you know that Mayflower Council offers training and certification in CPR/AED, Professional Rescuer CPR/AED, First Aid, and Wilderness and Remote First Aid (WRFA)? Our team of volunteer instructors offers this training at a discounted rate for Scouts and Scouters. We only charge what it takes to recoup the cost of Red Cross certification and to maintain our teaching supplies.
Below is a partial schedule of our offerings through June 2019.
Please, before you consider signing up for any of these courses, take note of the following:
- We limit registration in these courses to 20 participants so that each participant gets enough instructor attention.
- CPR/AED (current within two years) is a prerequisite for WRFA.
- “First Aid” is a basic first Aid course. It is not a prerequisite for WRFA. If you want to take WRFA, you don’t also need to take “basic” First Aid as a prerequisite
- WRFA is required by the BSA for two adults accompanying youth BSA members to any BSA “high-adventure” venues, or any real (away from a road) wilderness location.
- From October through May we will offer WRFA five times vs. the three times we have offered the course previously. Based on demand in previous years, we offer this training once in the fall and four times in winter/spring. Please plan ahead and register early. If you realize at the last minute that you need this training, it may be too late to get into our course.
- Minimum age for certification in CPR/AED and/or First Aid is 11. Minimum age for WRFA is 14. Certification in these courses is for two years.
- The per-person fee for CPR/AED or First Aid certification is $35 for BSA-registered individuals, $60 for non-BSA registered individuals. The per-person fee for WRFA certification is $90 regardless of BSA affiliation.
- Most of the courses below will be at Nobscot Reservation in Sudbury. Courses in other parts of the council will be added over the next few months.
Mayflower Council CPR/AED, and First Aid Training and Certification Opportunities, October 2018-June 2019
CPR/AED: Tuesday, October 16: Sign Up Here
WRFA: Saturday-Sunday, October 20-21: Sign Up Here
CPR/AED: Tuesday, November 6: Sign Up Here
First Aid: Tuesday, November 27: Sign Up Here
CPR/AED: Tuesday, January 8: Sign Up Here
WRFA: Saturday-Sunday, January 12-13: Sign Up Here
CPR/AED: Tuesday, February 5: Sign Up Here
WRFA: Saturday-Sunday, February 9-10: Sign Up Here
First Aid: Tuesday, February 26: Sign Up Here
CPR/AED: Tuesday, March 5: Sign Up Here
WRFA: Saturday-Sunday, March 9-10: Sign Up Here
First Aid: Tuesday, March 26: Sign Up Here
WRFA: Saturday-Sunday, April 6-7: Sign Up Here
CPR/AED: Tuesday, April 9: Sign Up Here
First Aid: Tuesday, April 23: Sign Up Here
CPR/AED: Tuesday, May 7: Sign Up Here
Professional Rescuer CPR/AED: May 18: Sign Up Here
First Aid: Tuesday, May 21: Sign Up Here
CPR/AED: Tuesday, June 11: Sign Up Here
Questions: George Ecker, 781-235-6104, mushmahatma@verizon.net
Den Chief Training
What’s a Den Chief, you ask?
It’s a Boy Scout or Venturer who makes a commitment to assist a Cub Scout den. The Den Chief program is a “win-win-win-win”: the pack and den get a helping hand (someone who’s probably great at teaching Scouting skills and leading skits, songs, and games!), the Cub Scouts get a role model who inspires them to grow in Scouting, the Den Chief gets valuable leadership experience (and credit toward rank advancement), and the troop or crew gets an ideal recruiter working directly with the pack. Once you’ve recruited your Den Chiefs, set them up for success by getting them trained! Our training team will be offering Den Chief training on:
Click on the date to sign up!