Scouting 400 - Huntsville, Alabama

10/01/2023

The youth of troop 400 had a great time camping at Monte Sano State Park this weekend. It was the girls' first campout! 🏕️🌲

08/02/2023

In 2021, the adult scout leaders of Scouting 400 Huntsville Alabama recognized the need to restart structured mentorship for girls in our community. Inspired by the BSA's expanded participation of girls, we took a significant step forward by including girls in the Cub Scouts Pack and creating a duplicate Troop 400 to accommodate them. This new unit, led by Scoutmaster X'zandria Hails and long-time volunteer Assistant Scoutmaster Virginia Cole, remains true to the mission set forth by our founder, Scoutmaster Albert F. Farrar Sr.: to serve children, especially those from public housing neighborhoods in inner-city Huntsville, by providing a tailored program that meets their unique needs in a supportive and nurturing environment.

In November 1988, Mr. Albert Farrar Sr. became involved with a troop registered by the Boys and Girls Club at the request of a board member who had paid for the charter. He discovered that the troop was not organized so he volunteered to be the Scoutmaster. After several scheduling conflicts and fun...

01/10/2022

Congratulations to the newly trained youth leaders of !

During the troop leadership training, youth leaders gain more insight on their positions and the structure of the troop. They also learn about servant leadership and have a moment of self reflection to set action plans on how our troop can improve!

12/24/2021

We are grateful to all our supporters! We hope you have a safe holiday and we'll see you in 2022!

12/07/2021

More photos from our Winter Court of Honor and New Officer Installation ceremony held on Saturday at the Phillips CME Church

12/04/2021

Scouting 400 - Huntsville, Alabama at the Winter 2021 court of honor.

12/03/2021

We are grateful to Fantasy Playhouse Children's Theater and Academy for inviting our Cub Scouts to the dress rehearsal for their annual Christmas Carol!

Our scouts had a lot of fun and enjoyed themselves!

12/01/2021

A sincere thank you to Sergeant Rosalind White of the Huntsville Police Department for visiting the girls of and yesterday.

She said good information to our scouts about how to stay safe, career opportunities and cheerfully answered their 1,001 questions!

11/30/2021

Catching up on activity updates from the past month not yet posted:

10/30/2021 - Boys of went ziplining at the Screaming Eagle Adventures at Lake Guntersville

11/06/2021: Boys of attended Oak Park cleanup event with Operation Green Team

11/13/2021: Boys of joined VFW Post 2702 for a flag retirement ceremony

11/25/2021

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope you are enjoying your meals just like our youth did when we hosted them earlier to this month to a hearty thanksgiving meal!