Scouting America Troop 40 of West Windsor, NJ is a scout-run troop for youth ages 10-18 that teaches leadership and skills through an exciting, year-round program that focuses on camping, service, adventure, and opportunities for advancement.
If you are interested in joining Troop 40, please come visit us at a meeting! Troop 40 meets each Monday from 7:30-9pm (excluding WWP school holidays, national holidays, and the week of July 4th) at Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church, 154 South Mill Road, West Windsor. In good weather, we often meet outside behind the church.
Please contact our Committee Chair at committeechair@princetonjct40.mytroop.us if you have questions or plan to join us for a meeting. Once you have attended a troop meeting and confirmed you would like to join Troop 40, we will have our Registrar send an email with instructions about required paperwork and fees.
Troop 40 Activities
Meetings: We meet every Monday, year-round, at the Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. We do not meet on federal or school holidays. We follow the West Windsor/Plainsboro school calendar. In addition, we typically have one to two campouts or service events per month on weekends.
Campouts: Usually the troop organizes a campout each month. Not all scouts attend all campouts, but we encourage scouts join whenever possible. Campouts include fun activities and opportunities to learn new skills. Most campouts run from Friday evening through Sunday morning. In the summer, the troop participates in a week-long sleepaway camp.
Service: Service is an important part of BSA. Troop 40 typically helps at the NJ Special Olympics, runs a blood drive, provides leaf raking to our chartered organization (Dutch Neck Presbyterian) in the fall, puts flags on veterans’ graves for national holidays, and participatse in the local Memorial Day Parade and 9-11 Memorial event. We also hold a wreath-making event every November so that scouts themselves can contribute to the troop’s operating expenses. Throughout the year, our aspiring Eagle scouts will organize community projects that all members of the troop are invited to support.
Rank advancement: One large difference between Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts is that the Scout takes over control of their advancement. Ranks are not based on grade or age. They move at their own pace through 7 ranks. The Scout receives a BSA Scout Handbook that covers rank advancement details. An overview is that the Scout, Tenderfoot, and Second Class ranks are mostly skill-based, and the ranks of First Class, Star, Life and Eagle are focused on leadership and service.