We are a male and female troop in which the girls and boys work, learn, explore and adventure side by side in a cooperative fashion that treats all Scouts as equals. Our membership is currently from Portola Valley and Woodside but we welcome anyone from the surrounding areas including Ladera, Menlo Park, Stanford and Palo Alto.

Troop 64 & Troop 4064 belong to the Redwood District, which includes Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, Woodside, and La Honda.

Redwood is one of three districts in the Pacific Skyline Council, covering San Mateo and northern Santa Clara Counties. There are 91 Boy Scout troops with 2300 Boy Scouts in our council, in addition to 115 Cub Scout packs with 3900 Cubs.

Getting Started

Scouts should start work on the Scout badge/joining requirements (Scout Oath, Law, etc., on page 17 of the 12th edition of the Boy Scout Handbook) right away, and can get signed off at upcoming meetings, or by telephone or video call for the duration of the COVID restrictions.

Meetings & Outings

We have meetings on the 1st Wednesday, and 3rd Thursday of the month during the school year from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Portola Valley Town Center in the Alder Room, which is labeled Room A. For the duration of COVID restrictions, however, we are holding our meetings online rather than in person.  Patrol Leader Meetings are the first Wednesday of the month.  Occasionally an optional offsite meeting is held to cover Scout skills. Regular meetings kick off with an outdoor game to burn off some youthful energy. This is also an opportunity for individual Scouts to have Scoutmaster or Assistant Scoutmaster meetings, as time permits. We then move indoors and start the more formal part of the meeting with recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and Scout Oath and announcements. The core of each meeting is typically work on Scout skills or planning for upcoming events. The meeting wraps up with recitation of the Scout Law, important reminders, and the Scoutmaster’s minute. Scouts should bring their Scout Handbooks to all meetings so that completed requirements can be signed off. Each scout’s name should be written on the outside of the front cover for easy identification at a distance.

Courts of Honor

Twice a year, approximately in June and December we have a Court of Honor in the sanctuary at Valley Presbyterian Church. This is a formal ceremony during which scouts are officially awarded rank badges and Merit Badges. Parents and families attend the Court of Honor. When a scout receives a rank badge (a patch), his mother or other family member joins him and receives the corresponding pin, which goes on a ribbon that the mother is given when the scout is awarded the Scout badge.  We are currently holding Courts of Honor oh line.

Youth Protection Training

All Troop leaders and at least one adult on Scout meetings and field trips are required to have Youth Protection Training. There is an online course with useful information and a certification that lasts 2 years. You can register and take the course on line at YouthProtection.

Join Scouting

If you are interested in joining Troop 64 or Troop 4064 please use the following form to contact us.  You can also apply on-line.