Join the Troop

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Youth can join Scouts BSA if they are at least 10 years old, currently in the fifth grade and register on or after March 1st; OR have earned the Arrow of Light Award and are at least 10 years old, OR are age 11 but have not reached age 18.  The troop currently enrolls new youth for our Firsties program which begins in early March. First-come-first-serve registration is opened in November (date to be announced), with various recruiting events and open houses in the autumn.


If you would like to be notified by email of upcoming events as well as when registration will be opened, please fill out this form


Would you like T33 scouts to attend your local den or pack meeting?


We’d love to get to know you! We’ve recently had a lot of fun launching bottle rockets, judging pinewood derby designs, and running a bike rodeo at local pack meetings. In addition to subscribing to the announcement list, please send a short email to recruiting@troop33.org with the logistics of your event and we will follow up with you.

Upcoming Events Registration

Please RSVP for each event you intend to attend. Use this Google Form once for each RSVP  — and please note the deadlines associated with each. 

Sat 10/26 — Day Camping Packoree

Join us at Foothills Park in Palo Alto for a fun-filled late afternoon event.  Please RSVP by the end of Sunday 10/13, so we can finalize activities, and collect additional information from you that the City of Palo Alto requires us to submit a week before the event.

We'll share more details with those who RSVP, but we anticipate the event will run from approximately 3:30 to 6:30. We anticipate you will do some geocaching, and there will also be a fun cooking competition! We'll serve dinner.

Tue 10/29 — Open House

Join us from 7:30-9pm at our weekly meeting at Los Altos Unified Methodist Church.

Please RSVP by the end of Sunday 10/27, so we can be prepared to welcome you.

This will be a representative weekly troop meeting. Your kids will be able to participate in the Firstie program for the evening, and after check-in all parents will meet in an adjacent conference room for a formal presentation about the troop, as well as a bunch of time for Q&A.

Registration for Spring 2025 Cohort

Please make sure you’ve carefully read material on this website, including our introductory slides, which explain many aspects of what makes our troop unique. This page describes the tasks you must complete to register for troop 33. Please complete them all.


Registration Phase 1 — You must complete all these things, and receive confirmation from the troop. These can all be handled electronically.




Thank you! You should expect instructions for onboarding and subsequent registration tasks to be posted closer to 2025.