diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index bb6ce52..56291ad 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ footer a.fb{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px}
 .nu-meets{font-weight:700;color:#1E2F52;font-size:14.5px}
 .nu-note{color:#6A7280;font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6}
 .nu-mail{color:#B07B12;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none}
+.nu-src{color:#6B5510;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline}
 """
 
 ICO_INFO = ('<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="17" height="17" fill="none" stroke="currentColor"'
diff --git a/app/nearby.py b/app/nearby.py
index 2e3bd8b..4b46dd5 100644
--- a/app/nearby.py
+++ b/app/nearby.py
@@ -39,6 +39,25 @@ SERVES_LABEL = {
 
 BEASCOUT = "https://beascout.scouting.org"
 
+# The district's own short link to its unit list. This is the page the district
+# hands out, so it is the right thing to credit and the right thing to link.
+# One URL for the whole page rather than a per-row column: when the admin panel
+# exists this belongs in a settings row, not in seventeen copies.
+SOURCE_NAME = "Continental District unit list"
+SOURCE_URL = "https://tinyurl.com/ContinentalScouts"
+
+MONTHS = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July",
+          "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"]
+
+
+def pretty_date(iso):
+    """2026-09-04 -> September 4, 2026. A log line is not a sentence."""
+    try:
+        y, m, d = (int(x) for x in str(iso).split("-"))
+        return f"{MONTHS[m - 1]} {d}, {y}"
+    except Exception:
+        return str(iso)
+
 
 def listing():
     """Rows grouped by area, in sort_order. Empty list if the table is unusable."""
@@ -157,8 +176,10 @@ def body_html(hero_html):
                  'has every unit in the area.</div>')
 
     checked = checked_on()
-    stamp = (f'We checked these details on {_esc(checked)}.' if checked
-             else 'These details come from the district unit list.')
+    src = (f'<a class="nu-src" href="{SOURCE_URL}" target="_blank" '
+           f'rel="noopener">{SOURCE_NAME}</a>')
+    stamp = (f'Pulled from the {src} on {pretty_date(checked)}.' if checked
+             else f'Pulled from the {src}.')
 
     return f"""{hero_html}
 <section style="padding:56px 0 20px"><div class="wrap">
@@ -168,9 +189,9 @@ of them welcomes visitors, and none of them mind being asked.</p>
 </div></section>
 <section style="padding:0 0 24px"><div class="wrap">{inner}</div></section>
 <section style="padding:0 0 40px"><div class="wrap"><div class="note">
-<strong>Before you drive out, call ahead.</strong> {stamp} Meeting nights and locations change,
-and this list is a courtesy rather than an official record. The unit's own page, linked from its
-name above, is always more current than we are.
+<strong>Reach out before you go.</strong> {stamp} Meeting nights and locations change through
+the year, so contact the unit first and make sure the details still match their program. Each
+unit's own page, linked from its name above, is more current than we are.
 </div></div></section>
 <div class="band" style="background:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(13,22,40,.55),rgba(13,22,40,.78)),url('/static/img/campfire-dusk.jpg') center/cover no-repeat">
 <h2>Looking somewhere we haven't listed?</h2>