Westborough Scouts To Honor Town Pillars With Good Scout Award

WESTBOROUGH, MA — The Westborough Good Scout Committee has chosen its 2022 award recipients, and will honor the two town pillars at a dinner in November.

Here's more from a Westborough Good Scout Committee news release:

Amber Bock and Karen Henderson will receive the Westborough Good Scout Award on No. 1. This is only the second time two individuals have been chosen to receive the award simultaneously.

The gathering will begin at 6 pm at the DoubleTree Hotel in Westborough with an opening ceremony by the Scouts at 6:55 p.m. Dinner and the Good Scout Award presentation will follow.

The Good Scout Award Dinner raises money to support Scouting while recognizing people who personify the Scout Oath and have excelled in their career and personal lives. The Mayflower Council BSA presents this award to individuals who have exemplified themselves in outstanding community leadership, have demonstrated a concern for the welfare of others and have been role models to all young people.

Both recipients have strong community ties and have supported this event over the years. Amber Bock, Westborough Superintendent of Schools, has served on the Good Scout Committee and Karen Henderson, General Manager of Westborough TV, has filmed the event.

Amber Bock’s professional experience includes more than 30 years of leadership experience in the public school setting. Currently, she is the Superintendent of the Westborough Public Schools where she has led the district for the last eight years.

Bock is an active member of the Westborough community. She serves on the board of Westborough Connects and as a member of the Mayflower Council Good Scout Committee. She volunteers on a variety of town committees, is a member of the Westborough Women’s Club and has participated in her local book club for more than 13 years.

Amber earned her undergraduate degree in Education at Wittenberg University in Ohio, majoring in Elementary Education and Reading and her M. Ed in Administration at Boston College. Amber teaches for the MSAA Leadership Program instructing future educational leaders for their Leadership Licensure Program, and provides private leadership and instructional coaching. As an educator, Bock has led various initiatives that have brought parents and faculty together to forge partnerships to solve problems collaboratively.

She and her husband, Neil, have been married for 30 years and have lived in Westborough since 1997. As two Midwesterners relocated to New England, they found their new community and lifelong home in Westborough. The Bocks are very engaged and active members of the Congregational Church of Westborough, where Amber is known for her wreathmaking skills at the annual church fair, when she isn’t busy serving on various church committees. They have two children, Kevin, an Eagle Scout, and Sarah. As empty nesters, the Bocks acknowledge that the family dog, Gordie, now holds the spot of favorite child.

Henderson, a longtime Westborough resident and active volunteer, has served since 2014 as General Manager of Westborough TV, the town’s local access television station. She was previously involved in national training and website management at the HR and benefits firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide.

Originally from Guilford, Conn., she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Vermont. While at UVM, she met her now husband, Scott, and the couple relocated in 1995 to his hometown of Westborough where they have raised their children. Henderson and her family reside in the Parkman Parsonage, a local historical landmark home built in 1750 for the first Reverend of Westborough, Ebenezer Parkman.

Henderson is the current president of the board of trustees for Project Graduation Westborough, serves on the board of directors for the Charlotte Spinney Vision Scholarship Program, and is a member of both the Superintendent’s Advisory Council and the Westborough Athletic Boosters Association. She was an elected member of the Westborough School Committee for six years (2006-2012), serving twice as chair, and then completed a partial term when appointed by the Select Board to fill a vacancy in 2013. She has actively participated in a variety of parent groups at every school level: as a member of the Armstrong Parent Group, and as a member and president of both the Mill Pond and Gibbons Parent Groups.

Henderson was a member of the town’s Cable Advisory Committee from 2012 to 2014, and currently serves on this committee as an advisory member. Over the past 20 years, she has made time to volunteer in classrooms, coach several youth soccer teams, and chaperone school events. Since 2017, she and her family have been entrusted with the task of watering the Westborough Garden Club’s 28 downtown planters from spring through fall to help beautify Westborough’s downtown.

For dinner tickets, sponsorship opportunities or further information please contact Carlene Covino at (508) 217-4622 or Carlene.Covino@scouting.org.

• WHAT: 2022 Westborough Good Scout Award Dinner
• SPECIAL HONOREES: Amber Bock and Karen Henderson
• WHEN: Monday, November 1, 2022 at 6 p.m.
• WHERE: DoubleTree Hotel, Westborough, MA