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Use this guide to supplement Plan Your Junior Year or create your own custom plan.
All Troops Should
- Meet at least 10 times per year
- Complete a Leadership Journey
- Complete at least one activity plan from each skill-building area
- We recommend earning Financial Education badges before the Cookie Program
- Participate in the Cookie Program
- Attend or hold a spring celebration event
- Participate in at least one summer activity
On This Page: Girl Scout Skill-Building Areas
Leadership
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Award |
Ways to Earn — Choose One |
Shopping Options |
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It’s Your Story — Tell It!
aMUSE
Explore your potential by combining storytelling with the many roles — real and creative — that the world offers. Have fun trying on roles and learning about people and the power of real-life action and leadership.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2 + Take Action project
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Journey Event
Find aMUSE events
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aMUSE Journey
Complete as outlined
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It’s Your Planet — Love It!
Get Moving!
Investigate and innovate as you explore your own energy, the energy of your places and spaces, and the energy of getting from here to there. Meet energizing people and ‘get moving’ to get others moving, too!
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2 + Take Action project
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Journey Event
Find Get Moving! events
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Get Moving! Journey
Complete as outlined
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It’s Your World — Change It!
Agent of Change
This powerful Journey is filled with ceremonies and circles and real-life heroines. Along your Journey, learn how your own power combines with others into team power and then becomes community power.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2 + Take Action project
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Journey Event
Find Agent of Change events
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Agent of Change Journey
Complete as outlined
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Junior Aide
Juniors earn this award by making and completing a plan to guide Daisies or Brownies on one of their Journeys.
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Girls Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Award Event
None scheduled
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Girl Scout Bronze Award
Welcome to the Girl Scout Bronze Award, a leadership adventure and the highest honor a Girl Scout Junior can achieve. As you and your team plan and complete your project, you’ll develop more confidence, meet new people, and have the kind of fun that happens when you work with other Girl Scouts to make a difference.
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Award Packet
Complete Bronze Award Packet and submit report
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Award Planning Event
Find Bronze Award support events
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Science, Technology, Engineering + Math
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Award |
Ways to Earn — Choose One |
Shopping Options |
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Jeweler
Explore the design process by making jewelry. Create it for yourself or give to other people. Try this badge and you’ll have something wonderful to wear in no time.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Digital Photography
It seems like almost every gadget can take a digital photograph, from phones to laptops to — of course — digital cameras. But do you know how to get the most of your digital device and what it takes to capture a winning photo? This badge will help you do just that.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Entertainment Technology
Learn the ins and outs of entertainment technology: discover the sound waves in a ringtone, the light magic that makes movies and the topsy-turvy physics of roller coasters.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Entertainment Technology events
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Gardener
Dig your hands into the earth and spend time with soil, water and sunlight to find out how to help life grow from a tiny seed. You can make your own garden no matter where you live.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Gardener events
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Detective
Stories, movies, and television are full of detectives solving mysteries and bringing criminals to justice. Their jobs are important, exciting, and take serious skills — skills you can try in this badge. Grab your magnifying glass and dive into the science of detecting.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Detective events
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Drawing
In this badge, you’ll learn techniques to make your drawings even better — which will make seeing what your imagination can do even more fun.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Product Designer
A product is anything developed by one person for another. An innovation is an invention that improves people’s lives, like a smartphone or waterproof fabric for a tent. In this badge, you can be the product designer.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Product Designer events
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Healthy Living + Creativity
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Award |
Ways to Earn — Choose One |
Shopping Options |
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Playing the Past
Dream up a character for yourself as a girl or woman who lived in another time period. You could be a poodle skirt-wearing Girl Scout from the 1950s, a Wild West cowgirl, a medieval duchess or maybe a Japanese princess from long ago. You can be someone who really existed or a historical woman from your imagination. Give yourself a new name and get ready to live history.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Playing the Past events
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Practice with Purpose
Even the best athletes weren’t born great at sports. They had to practice with purpose. Have fun with these activities as you learn to improve a skill no matter what track, court, rink, pool, slope or field you like to play on.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Practice with Purpose events
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Simple Meals
Discover how to make amazing meals and learn to create an entire meal on your own.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Simple Meals events
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Junior First Aid
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to help people when they’re ill or injured and how to respond during an emergency.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Junior First Aid events
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Staying Fit
You need a fit body and mind to do all your favorite things. Jump into this badge to figure out what you need to stay strong for life.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Musician
Whether you’re already a musician or you just want to see what it’s like to make sounds on an instrument, there’s something for you in this badge.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Scribe
Great writing can make people feel encouraged, entertained or excited. And when you’re sad or angry, writing down your feelings can make you feel better! In this badge, find out what you can do with words.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Independence
This badge will start you on the road to riding solo so you can feel confident on your own, show your family they can trust you and get comfortable striding down your path to changing the world.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Outdoor Awareness + Environmental Stewardship
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Award |
Ways to Earn — Choose One |
Shopping Options |
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Flowers
There is more to a flower than just good looks; without flowers, plants could not make seeds and scientists think the world would be much drier (and a lot less pretty). Dig up more flower secrets in this badge.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Camper
Plan a camping adventure, watch a sky full of stars, cook a meal on a stick, share silly stories around the campfire and learn outdoor skills as you take part in this favorite Girl Scout tradition.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Camper events
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Geocacher
Geocaching is your chance to be part global explorer, part detective. You’ll search for treasure chests called “geocaches” using a GPS receiver that will help you find each chest’s secret hiding place. Get ready for a thrilling adventure.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Geocacher events
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Animal Habitats
Imagine meeting a monkey or kicking up dust with a kangaroo. These animals live in the wild, so we don’t get to spend time with them in their natural homes — their habitats. But that doesn’t mean we can’t find out more about where they live, how they play and how we can help them thrive.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Animal Habitats events
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Financial Education
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Award |
Ways to Earn — Choose One |
Shopping Options |
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Cookie Program
Participate in the largest girl-led business in the country and learn valuable life skills, including goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. Earn fabulous awards while raising money for your troop’s activities and adventures.
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Sell Cookies
Find cookie information
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Cookie CEO
When you have earned this badge, you will know more about how to run all parts of your cookie business.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Customer Insights
When you have earned this badge, you will have a better understanding of your cookie customers.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Business Owner
When you have earned this badge, you will know the basic steps to plan and create a new business.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Savvy Shopper
When you have earned this badge, you will know the difference between what you need and what you want, and you will be able to wisely save money for both.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Fall Product Program
Use this simple money-earning activity to earn funds for your troop activities and trips. Girls sell nuts, chocolates and magazines in the fall. Earn various rewards by participation level.
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Sell Snacks + Magazines
Find Fall Product information
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Global Citizenship + Girl Scout Sisterhood
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Award |
Ways to Earn — Choose One |
Shopping Options |
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Junior Girl Scout Way
As a Girl Scout Junior, you’re on an adventure to find your path through the world. Our sisterhood is full of traditions to help guide you. In this badge, share activities and spirit that are a century strong and growing stronger every day.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Social Butterfly
Have you ever found yourself in a group or place where you didn’t know how to act? It happens to everyone. In this badge, have fun practicing the social style and good manners that will make you comfortable in any situation!
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
None scheduled
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Skill-Building Activity Set
Complete as outlined
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Inside Government
Active citizens should know the basics of government, so here’s your chance to go behind the scenes. In this badge, you’ll explore laws that affect you every day, meet people who work in government and be active in government yourself.
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Activity Plans
Plan 1 + Plan 2
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Earn a Badge Event
Find Inside Government events
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Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete as outlined
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Commuity Service + Volunteer
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Award |
Ways to Earn — Choose One |
Shopping Options |
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Community Cleanup
Join your sister Girl Scouts for the Community Cleanup for Water Quality. More than just cleaning up leaves, it’s an opportunity to learn the importance of water quality, protect and restore local water resources and raise community awareness.
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Activity Plans
Water Quality Activity Plan
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Learn More + Register
Community Cleanup
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Community Service Projects
River Valleys’ girls and volunteers donate over one million hours to the community each year. Join other Girl Scouts and make a difference by giving back to your community.
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Take Action Event
Take Action projects
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Celebrating Success
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Award |
Ways to Earn — Choose One |
Shopping Options |
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Court of Awards Ceremony/Year-End Celebration
You have learned new skills, made new friends and become a better leader. It is time to celebrate you, your Girl Scout sisters and everything you accomplished this year! Hold or attend a troop or Service Unit Year-End Ceremony.
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Hold Your Event
Use the Court of Awards Guide and Bridging Ideas to plan your event.
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Girls Guide to Girl Scouting
Review ceremony ideas in The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
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Bridge to Girl Scout Cadettes
When you climb up to Girl Scout Cadette, get ready to take the lead on all kinds of adventures. As a Cadette, you’ll have the power to create an amazing impact on the world around you.
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Girls Guide to Girl Scouting
Complete Bridging Activities as outlined in The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
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Bridging Event
Find Intro to Cadettes events
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Summer Fun
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Award |
Ways to Earn — Choose One |
Shopping Options |
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Camp, Travel + Discovery Series
Girl Scouts does not stop when school is out. Join us this summer to camp, make new friends, have an adventure or explore your community with other girls.
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