Boy Scout Troop 437, Westford MA

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Welcome to Troop 437! Proudly chartered by American Legion post 437 in Westford Massachusetts.

Spring is here..and that means it is time for the 2nd Annual Bike and Sporting Goods Sale! May 5th - mark your calendar. Click here for more information.

Are you a Webelos scout looking for a boy scout troop? Feel free to come to a troop meeting to check out our troop.

Boy Scout Troop 437 meets on Thursday nights from 7:00 to 8:30 PM when school is in session at the American Legion at 114 Dunstable Road. Meetings are always open to prospective Scouts. We recommend that you contact us in advance in case we are having a special off site meeting on that night. We are an enthusiastic, outdoors-focused Troop with a dedicated group of adult leaders and alumni. We have a full calendar, with one weekend adventure per month, in addition to other events and service projects.

Supporting Boy Scouting and Troop 437 throughout the year is easy...simply start your amazon.com shopping trips from our home page with this link or by using the amazon.com search box to the right and a portion of the money you spend will be given back to our troop to help support the Boy Scouting program!

Spring Court of Honor Approaching - Time to finish up advancement

Posted on May 16 2012 - 10:20pm

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The deadline to submit advancment for the Spring Court of Honor is May 24th. All rank and merit badge paperwork must be logged in the advancement book by the 24th. If you are in need of a scoutmaster conference and Board of Review for a rank advancement please talk to the Scoutmaster this week.

Call for Memorial Day Volunteers

Posted on May 16 2012 - 10:19pm

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The Memorial Day coordinators need scouts to participate in reading the Honor Roll at this year's Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 27. The scouts have always been a big part of the Memorial Day celebration. Volunteers read a page of names (approx 50 names per page). If you are not shy about reading from a podium or into a microphone, this is a great opportunity for you.

If you're willing to participate, please send an email to westfordromano@hotmail.com. Parents are certainly welcome to participate as well. Volunteers should be at least 11 years of age or older.

Troop Web Site Accounts being activated

Posted on May 16 2012 - 10:19pm

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We will be activating accounts on the troop web site. In the near future you will receive e-mail containing a user id and a temporary password. You will still be able to access all the content that has been available up to now without logging in, however by logging into the site you can take advantage of the following features:

Calendar synchronization - if you use a smart phone or web calendar service you can synchronize with the troop calendar and have the troop events appear in your personal calendar
On-line event signup - We are going to start testing on-line event signups as a mechanism to simplify signing up for troop outings.
Ability to contribute content to the web site

When you sign-in to the web site for the first time you can change your password by selecting "My Profile" from the uppder left hand "user" box and then selecting the "edit" tab. If you already use your web site account you will have to reset your password.

Please Support Boy Scouting and Troop 437 - Start your amazon shopping trips here!

Posted on May 16 2012 - 9:19pm

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Support Troop 437 by starting your shopping trips here. Click on the Amazon banner above or this link, shop as you normally would, and the troop will receive a percentage of what you spent. Remember to book mark the link for future shopping trips! Thank you for supporting Boy Scouting and Troop 437!

A few Zip-Line spots still available if you are interested - Must submit sign ups at START of MEETING

Posted on May 9 2012 - 10:01pm

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The May trip for Troop 437 will be a one-night camping trip to Osceola Vista campground. This trip includes a day hike on Saturday in the vicinity of Osceola Mtn. On Sunday morning we will visit Alpine Adventures Zipline in Lincoln NH. To find out more about the zip line activity, visit http://www.alpinezipline.com.

In addition to the Troop permission form each participant needs a waiver form filled out and signed by a parent. Waiver form can be found here.

Tree Planting service Opportunity Thursday afternoon at Nabnasset School

Posted on May 9 2012 - 10:00pm

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Mrs Bergin is coordinating a tree planting project at Nabnasset School on Thursday afternoon from 3:30 - 4:00. Scouts interested in helping out should arrive around 3:30 and look for Mrs Bergin. Your help would be appreciated.