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.
Our Program Areas
Lion Scout Information
Cub Scouts Information
Scouts BSA Information
Venturing Information
Exploring Information
Recruiting Materials
Cub Scout Packs
- Joining Night Playbook
- Table Rotation Display Layout
- Table Rotation Display Center Panels
- Table Rotation Display Side Panels
- Joining Night Sign In Sheet
- Cub Scout Directional Signs
- Cub Scout Wear Face Covering Sign
- Cub Scout Use Hand Sanitizer Sign
- Parent Orientation Meeting Agenda
- Parent Orientation Meeting Script
- New Family Welcome Email
- Returning Family Welcome Back Email
- Leader Recruitment Tool – Take a Moment to Consider
- Leader Recruitment Tool – The Yard Stick
- School Principal Email
- School Support Opportunities for Joining Night
Scouts BSA Troops
Membership Support Materials
Support Documents
- I Want to Start A New Pack, Troop or Crew
- How to Sign Up As An Adult Member
- How to Sign Up Youth Members
- 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
- Youth & Adult Membership Fees As of August 1, 2021
- Youth & Adult Membership Fees As of August 1, 2020
Be A Scout Pins / Online Applications
Unit Marketing Support
Membership News & Updates
National BSA Member Fee Increase 2021
The national annual membership fee is increasing by $6, about 50 cents per month effective August 1st, because the costs associated with Scouting, including the cost of liability insurance, continue to increase and the [...]
Multi-Council Membership Kick-off June 10
Learn how to grow your unit in the day of virtual Scouting, expand your program and fund your adventures for free. Since our event is being held virtually we won't do breakouts, so you [...]
Changes Coming in My.Scouting
A new Position Manager tool, found on the Organization Manager page of My.Scouting, will be rolled out in the next few days. This new tool updates and replaces the current Organization Security Manager and [...]
Virtual Little Philmont 2021
Join Hundreds of Other Scouters at the Virtual Little Philmont 2021 Event and Get a Taste of the Philmont Experience Friday, May 21 from 9pm-10:30pm EDT Saturday, May 22 from 10:30-2pm EDT Virtual Little [...]
BSA System Maintenance Updates February 6
In efforts to provide a more stable and secure MyBSA environment, the BSA will be migrating an internal database server to new hardware. During the maintenance window of Saturday, February 6, 9AM EST to [...]
Updated Charter Agreement
The BSA National Service Center has just released a new Charter Organization Agreement that must be signed by either the Institutional Head and/or Chartered Organization Representative. We understand that a number of units have [...]