Financial Literacy Badges

Say goodbye to the Daisy leaves!  This summer they were phased out and new, cloud shaped badges took their place.  I loved how the leaves created a scene with the daisy petals so this is a big bummer.  On the other hand, it will be easier to place these badges with the other cloud badges and not worry about spacing as much.  The requirements are pretty much the same as before so basically just a shape change.  

My troop works on a financial literacy badge every year.  We normally aim for December so we can either start planning how to use proceeds from our cookie sale or discuss spending and budgets around the holidays.  This year we have a Junior, several Cadettes, and a Senior.  This is an easy badge to adapt for a multi-level troop.

Similar steps include discussing wants vs needs, creating a budget, and learning something new about money each year

2021 Retiring and New Girl Scout Badges

GSUSA has just released 28 new badges, retired 13 badges, and changed the design of the Global Action Award badges.

Cookie Business:

Some of the old cookie badges are getting kicked out to make room for new and improved badges.  Thirteen very different badges are out, with thirteen very similar badges coming in.  This could make it easier to combine badges with a multi-level troop since many of the steps are similar, like set a troop goal and budget.

Retiring Badges:

Digital Leadership Badges

Find out how to stay safe online while using technology to make a difference in the real and digital world.

Math in Nature

Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors have a new series to bring math concepts outside of the classroom and into nature.  I am pretty excited about these, I only wish my troop was younger!

Global Action Awards

The Global Action Awards are no longer dated and instead are Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3 like the Cookie Family Entrepreneur pins.  The requirements each year differ and can be found here.

Ambassador Journey Overview

Switch to Daisy  Brownie  Junior  Cadette  Senior 

Ambassadors have seven different Journeys available to complete. Below is a guide to help them choose which ones spark their interest.

BLISS: Live It! Give It!

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out how to fulfill your dreams and help others realize their dreams as well—invite an athlete to talk about how she pursued a goal, write songs and create artwork about following dreams, or find and share stories about women who successfully pursued their goals.
2. Plan a Take Action Project that helps someone else follow her dream.
3. Earn the Dream Maker Award.

Justice

In this Journey, you will:

1. Identify global environmental issues and create your own vision for change.
2. Plan a Take Action project to address food and land-use issues, improve food delivery systems, fight hunger in developing nations, or rediscover healthy eating traditions.
3. Earn the Sage Award.

Outdoor (Ambassador)

In this Journey, you will:

1. Deepen your outdoor skills when you earn your Outdoor Art Master, Water, and Survival Camper badges.
2. Plan a Take Action project that helps people.
3. Earn a Take Action Award.

Think Like a Citizen Scientist

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out how citizen scientists make observations, collect data, and help scientists conduct scientific research.
2. Do 3 observation sessions of a citizen science project from SciStarter.
3. Collect data from you community and plan a Take Action project that helps others.

Think Like a Programmer

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out how programmers use computational thinking to solve problems.
2. Do 3 computational thinking activities: build a message-sending machine out of everyday objects to learn about binary, develop an algorithm to find the smallest playing card in a row of cards, and design an app that solves a problem for others to explore user-centered design.
3. Plan a Take Action project that helps others.

Think Like an Engineer

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out how engineers use design thinking to solve problems.
2. Do 3 design thinking activities: design and build prototypes of an animal enrichment product, a zip line course, and mobility equipment.
3. Plan a Take Action project that helps others.

Your Voice, Your World

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out how to advocate for change by networking, planning, and speaking up for what you believe—invite a woman advocate to speak about her work or visit your state capital to find out how to advocate for causes you believe in.
2. Plan a Take Action project about an issue you care about.
3. Earn the Advocacy Award.

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