Badges & Awards

Girl Scouts offers many fun and challenging activities and projects for all grade levels. Journey awards, grade level awards, leadership awards, patches and other insignia are available to purchase through our Council Shops.

Journeys

A key part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience is the leadership Journey, a coordinated series of activities grouped around a theme. Each Journey is tied to some of Girl Scouting's 15 national outcomes for girls, as defined in the Girl Scout Leadership Model. These outcomes are integral to the three leadership keys, Discover, Connect, and Take Action. Girls now have three series of leadership journeys to choose from: It's Your World - Change It!, It's Your Planet - Love It! and It's Your Story - Tell It!

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Earned Grade-Level Awards

Earned by completing requirements or demonstrating understanding of a concept, as outlined in Girl Scout grade-level program books. Includes Girl Scout Badges, Journey Awards, and leadership awards. See below for available earned awards for each grade level. Remember that these awards and more may be purchased through our Council Shop.

Leadership Awards - The Highest Awards in Girl Scouting

In 1980, Girls Scouts introduced the Girl Scout Gold Award (for Girl Scouts 14-18) as its highest honor, along with the Girl Scout Silver Award (for Girl Scouts 11-14). To receive these awards, girls must meet requirements that help them prepare for, and complete, a special project benefiting their communities. Based on requests from Junior Girl Scouts (ages 8-11), the Girl Scout Bronze Award was introduced in 2001. Today these three awards are a highlight of the Girl Scout experience.

Girl Scout Gold Award

The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest achievement a Girl Scout 14 to 18 can earn. It represents the work and dedication a girl has shown to Girl Scouting and her community as well as her commitment towards making the world a better place. Earning the Gold Award requires hard work and a willingness to take on significant responsibility. It will involve decision making and the ability to follow a plan set by each girl. Someone once described the Girl Scout Gold Award as being "what you really want to be remembered for" in Girl Scouting. For many, the leadership skills, organizational skills, and sense of community and commitment that come from "going for the Gold" set the foundation for a lifetime of active citizenship.

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Girl Scout Silver Award

The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest achievement for Girl Scouts 11-14. The Girl Scout Silver Award represents a girl's accomplishments in Girl Scouting and her community as she grows and works to improve her life and the lives of others. The Girl Scout Silver Award allows girls to discover needs in their communities and shows them that they can make a difference by setting goals and accomplishing great things. It can be done as an individual or with a group. If done with a group, a girl must be responsible for a specific part of the project and evaluate her contribution to the project and the group.

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Girl Scout Bronze Award

The Girl Scout Bronze Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout Junior can earn, requires her to learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that makes a positive impact on her community. Working towards this award demonstrates her commitment to helping others, improving her community and the world, and becoming the best she can be.

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Participation Patches and Pins

Supplementary insignia developed at the national or Council level with a focus on participation. Patch Programs are available in a wide variety of topics that offer unique learning experiences for every grade level.