The Mayflower Council wants to help you grow your unit. We want to be able to offer every youth in our community an opportunity to join an organization that prepares youth to become responsible, participating citizens and leaders that are guided by the Scout Oath and Law.
Unit growth is a very important part of a unit’s health! Units with strong recruitment activities and well planned joining nights will have much more success throughout the rest of the year. The Mayflower Council realizes this and has put together some tools and materials that we hope you will use to increase parent participation as well as grow your unit’s membership. A great way to get new parents and youth engaged in Scouting is by letting your community know about the fun, exciting things that your unit is doing.
Below you will find both new and time-tested tools that Mayflower Council has put together to help your unit with their Spring and Fall recruitment drives. Please keep this page in mind when you start planning your recruitment drive.
Quick Links to Our Content
Our Program Areas
2024 Recruiting Initiatives
Membership Support Materials
Support Documents
- I Want to Start A New Pack, Troop or Crew
- Adult Leader Application
- Adult Leader CORI
- Additional Disclosures & Background Check Authorization Digital Signature Form
- Youth Member Application
- What is a Unit Key 3?
- Important Changes to Membership Card and Charter Certificate Printing
- Changing Functional Roles on My.Scouting
- Transfer Between Councils on My.Scouting
- Transfer & Multiple on My.Scouting
- How to Run A Dropped Youth Report on My.Scouting
- Youth & Adult Membership Fees As of August 1, 2024
- Mayflower Council Activity Fee Waiver Application
Unit Success Workshops
Around the Campfire Podcast
Mayflower Council’s “Around The Campfire” Podcast, a show designed specifically for unit leaders and volunteers. Hosted by Rob DiFazio, an Eagle Scout from East Bridgewater serving on the Membership & Unit Service Team. Each episode will be packed with useful information. Don’t miss out on this informative podcast!
Membership News & Updates
Mayflower Council Roundtable May 2026
Slides from our May 2026 roundtable are now posted at the link below. In addition, the information sheet on food safety is included. The May "breakout" session solicited comments on roundtables (topic & speaker suggestions, [...]
Mayflower Council Roundtable Apr. 2026
Slides from our April Roundtable along with a copy of the Hiking safety moment are posted at the links below. Thanks to all who participated. The May Roundtable will be held at the Council Service [...]
Eagle Scout Ari M.: A Life Without Limits
When Ari M. first walked into a Troop 65 Sudbury meeting in the 5th grade, she hadn't so much as pitched a tent. She was there for the simplest of reasons: a friend, Katelyn, [...]
Amelia C.: Cultivating Confidence & Community
When Amelia C. first stepped into a Scout meeting, she was a 17-year-old who admittedly "didn't know what she was doing". Like many trailblazing young women in the program, she began as a "follow [...]
Eagle Scout Paige B.: Leading Through Chaos
When Paige B. first joined Troop 424 as an 11-year-old in the 6th grade, she was entering a world that was about to change. Navigating her Scouting path through the "pre-COVID" and "post-COVID" eras, [...]
The Transformation: From Shy to Scouting Leader
Katelyn with members of her family with the shed she built for her Eagle Scout project. Katelyn’s story began in the 5th grade. Looking back, she remembers a version of herself that [...]














