A Few Facts:
We're a large troop with 89 active Scouts, including 16 First-year Scouts. We've been around for 55 years! Our Chartering organization is Los Altos United Methodist Church, who provides the facilities that we meet in. Average attendance at any one meeting is about 35 scouts and parents. Approximately 15% of our scouts achieve the rank of Eagle.

Troop 33 informational brochure

Membership:
We balance activities with advancement to create a fun and well-rounded program for scouts. Our activities are funded on a pay-as-you-go basis, so we don't do fund raising. Dues (~$120/year) pay for council fees, Troop supplies, recognition awards and up-front activity registration deposits and fees.

Our scouts come from many Cub Scout packs in and around Los Altos: Packs: 33, 35, 36, 74, 76, 77, 80, 105, 426, 501.

(fyi: Partipation in Cub Scouts is not required in order to become a Boy Scout.)

Troop Specifics:

"Scout led" means that the scouts run the meetings and the outings. The boys get an opportunity to plan, prepare and implement the troop's activities, with some guidance from the leaders and parents. The troop believes that learning leadership skills is a key aspect of the scouting experience.

First Year Program
New scouts coming into the troop are able to focus on building their scout skills and bonding with each other in this structured program that starts in March and continues to December. The "firsties" transition to the main troop during the winter. The program also allows for older scouts to exercise their leadership skills by serving as Guides and Instructors to the new scouts. The First Year program enable new scouts to advance quickly through the early ranks - Tenderfoot, 2nd Class, to 1st Class.

Parent Community
The parents of Troop 33 scouts are highly involved and supportive - some of their activities include, helping plan outings, leading merit badge classes, handling a variety of troop communication and administration etc. The scouts can count on the parent community to enhance the whole scouting experience.

Communications
The scouts, their parents and the leaders all keep in touch through Yahoo! groups email lists. There are separate lists for the main troop, the Guides & Instructors and the First Years and for the Adult Leaders.

Troop Leadership

Our troop leaders are dedicated and committed volunteers. In addition to the Troop leaders, we also have eight committee chairs and we welcome any participation by parents.

Adult Leadership:
Scoutmaster: Art Bernstein
Committee Chair: Mike Conant
Webelos Contact: Keith Jones

Assistant Scoutmasters
Brent Browning
Ken Kilen
Ted Marcopulos
John Schroeder
Dean Wilken
D'Arcy Myjer, 1st year program
Robin Joy, 1st year program

Registration Forms

• Scout Registration (pdf)
• Adult Registration (pdf)
• Registration Packet (zipfile)
• Medical Form, Class 1 & 2 (pdf)