Boy Scout Troop 400, San Jose

Welcome to Troop 400 of San Jose, California

Our troop was established over 25 years ago. It is one of the Boy Scout troops that serves the Cupertino/West San Jose area of Silicon Valley. We are chartered by the Bethel Lutheran Church of Cupertino.

Who Are We?

We also work very hard to ensure the boys of our troop are advancing in their trail to the rank of Eagle. We have Assistant Scoutmasters assigned to encourage the boys to stay focused on advancement, with one assigned to Trail-to-First Class, one to Star & Life and one to the boys working on Eagle rank.

We are a boy-run troop, as the BSA recommends. Twice a year, our Patrol Leaders' Council meets to do a rolling 12 month plan. The plan includes a monthly selection of which patrol is in charge of programs, what the theme of the month is, which patrol is in charge of Service and where we plan to go camping. The troop meets every Monday night, except during school holidays. One meeting each month is a PLC meeting, where the Patrol Leaders do the plan for the next month or two. On a different meeting each month, we have a Parents' Meeting, which serves as our troop committee.

Our Website

Our web site is organized into two major sections, public and restricted. The restricted side of our web site contains our troop roster and calendar, and other private information. Only members of our troop have access to the restricted side of our web site; if you are a member of T400 and wish to get access please email your request to T400WebAccess at sbcglobal dot net Anyone can see the public side of our web site, it has links to details of our meeting times and location, forms, as well as other interesting links.

Weekly Meetings

We host our weekly meetings at Bethel Lutheran Church. Meetings start at 7:00pm and feature a boy led program. The meeting is spent preparing for upcoming campouts, planning patrol meetings and working on advancement and Scout skills.

Learn More

If you are interested in learning more about Troop 400, please feel free to print out the troop flyer and/or to contact the Scoutmaster, Mr. Nick Ward, at: familyward at sbcglobal dot net. Or call (408) 257-6076.