Knox Trail Scout Executive Director To Retire

Dennis Prefontaine’s has served as Boy Scout of America Knox Trail’s first and only executive director; a Life Scout, the Holliston resident joined the Cub Scouts in 1954 and was awarded the Life Saving Award for helping a young man having a seizure.

Boy Scouts of America Knox Trail Council Executive Director Dennis Prefontaine will retire on Dec. 31, after four decades working with Scouts. A Life Scout, Prefontaine joined the Cub Scouts in 1954 and was awarded the Life Saving Award for his part in assisting a young man having a seizure, and is a vigil member of the Order of the Arrow, where he received the Order of the Arrow Distinguished Service Award. Being a professional with the Boy Scouts of America is the only job he has had since graduating from New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University) in 1970. He began his career with Pine Tree Council in Portland, Maine from 1970 to 1977, where he served as district executive, program director and district director of …

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Boy Scouts Support Local Food Pantries

The Knox Trail Council's 25th Annual Scouting for Food, Good Turn for America drive ended Saturday.

Local Boy Scouts spent Saturday unloading non-perishable donations at area food pantries. The Knox Trail Council Boy Scouts' 25th Annual Scouting for Food, Good Turn for America drive ended with Saturday's collection. The Scouts unloaded the donations at such sites as the Westborough Food Pantry. Scouts went go door-to-door in the council's 21 communities, including Westborough, last Saturday, Nov. 3, delivering donation bags donated by Price Chopper or, in Westborough, special notes.

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Patch Facts

5 Things: Ready for the Weekend?

From a blood drive to a cheerleading fundraiser, there is plenty happening in town.

Each morning, Westborough Patch presents “5 Things You Need to Know,” a collection of announcements, events, reminders and odd little ditties to help you organize your day. What will you be doing today? Here are five events to be aware of this weekend. 1. The Westborough Senior Center's annual Honor Our Veterans luncheon is at 12:30 p.m. The event is sponsored in part by the Central One Federal Credit Union. 2. Support Westborough High School athletics: 3. The Knox Trail Council Boy Scouts will be picking up donations Saturday for their Scouting for Food, Good Turn for America drive. 4. An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. There will be a drawing to win a $50 …

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Boy Scouts Collecting Food

The Knox Trail Council's 25th annual food drive starts Nov. 3.

For the 25th straight year, Knox Trail Council Boy Scouts soon will do a Good Turn for area food pantries. This year, the demand on the pantries has taken an unexpected turn, event Chairman Ed Behn of Westborough said Monday. A speaker at September’s Scouting for Food, Good Turn for America kickoff meeting “definitely said they continue to see growing needs,” Behn said. “They’re seeing a lot more underemployed now: people that had had jobs, but now they’re not making the same, so they need to supplement. So, they’re seeing a wider audience, a non-traditional audience,” Behn said. Collecting more than 100 tons of food is the goal of this year’s drive, which starts Saturday, Nov. 3, he said. Boy and Cub Scouts will go door-to-door in the …

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VIDEO: Town Scouts Collect Over 3 Tons of Food

The food collection was part of the nationwide Scouting for Food program.

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Rod Jané Honored With Good Scout Award

The annual award presentation will take place on Nov. 2.

Information courtesy of the Knox Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America.   The 2011 Westborough Good Scout Award will be presented to Rod Jané on Nov. 2 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Westborough. The event begins at 6 p.m. An opening ceremony by the Scouts is scheduled to take place at 6:55 p.m. Dinner and the Good Scout Award presentation will follow. “Jané, a Westborough resident, has done much to strengthen the community through his involvement in public service and youth sports,” read a press statement from the Boy Scouts of America Knox Trail Council. He is a familiar face on the athletic fields in town and has served as a year-round coach from 1999 to 2011. His passion for serving Westborough families continued when he joined the Gibbons …

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