2011 – Ambassador: Badge List

Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge

Official GSUSA Badges released from 2011 to present (including those retired starting in 2021)
Does not include any Council Own badges or Council Patch Program fun patches or troop Fun Patches.

Girl Scout Promise and Law Printable from GSUSA
Promise and Law in Spanish by GSUSA
Year Planner by GSUSA

Badges

App Development (Part 3 of Coding Set) – Code a data set as objects and design an app based on data collected, including prototype of what the screen looks like, a list of features, and how it functions.
Cheers for Every Body – New GSUSA Badge Coming Soon in August 2025
Climbing or Snow Adventure – Try a three-day climbing trip after 2-3 practice sessions using an artificial climbing wall OR a three-day winter backpacking trip in the backcountry while staying safe.
Coaching – Spend four weeks coaching athletes, practicing leadership skills to mentor and guide others effectively.
Coding Basics (Part 1 of Coding Set) – Learn about functions using and writing lyrics, and write code for a step-by-step dance routine.
Coding for Good (3 Progressive Badges Set)
College Knowledge – Prepare for college by exploring options, applications, and financial aid while learning common issues faced by those attending college.
Cookie Influencer (Year 2 – Cookie Business) – Develop marketing strategies to boost cookie sales.
Cybersecurity (3 Progressive Badges Set)
Cybersecurity Basics (Part 1 of Cybersecurity Set) – Learn about hacking, steganography, ethic questions about cybersecurity, cyber warfare, and cybersecurity careers.
Cybersecurity Investigator (Part 3 of Cybersecurity Set) – Look a fictional clues about a possible cyberattack with steganography and decide how to prevent it in the future.
Cybersecurity Safeguards (Part 2 of Cybersecurity Set) – Learn about the importance of digital footprints and cyber hygiene.
Democracy for Ambassador – Discover how local, state, and federal government works and explore the three branches of government.
Designing Robots (Part 2 of Robotics Set) – Design a robot that could be used to help solve a social problem humans have and make a model of the robot.
Digital Game Design (Part 2 of Coding Set) – Design a story-based game with a decision making tree and create a character that follows the GSUSA G.I.R.L acronym characteristics.
Digital Leadership – Explore digital landscapes, learn how to be a positive leader in online spaces, and choose an issue to motivate your community to take action.
Dinner Party – Plan and host a dinner event, including budgeting and meal preparation.
Eco Advocate – Research environmental cause or issue, make and enhance a plan to help, and either educate or inspire action from younger activists.
Entrepreneur Accelerator – Think of a business idea, create a customer profile and do market research, make a prototype, make a business model, and pitch the idea.
Financial Planner (Year 1 – Financial Literacy) – Explore expenses, credit cards, personal loans, and credit scores, and create a personal financial statement.
First Aid – Learn how to handle worst-case scenarios, about real-life wilderness emergency examples, how to get help in places it’s hard to communicate, make a plan for wilderness emergencies, and interview someone about training and education needed for extreme conditions.
Girl Scout Way – Learn about Girl Scout traditions and songs.
My Cookie Business Resume (Year 1 – Cookie Business) – Practice cookie sales, make a marketing plan, create a pitch, and learn about what a resume and a portfolio is and how cookie experience can be used in them.
My Financial Independence (Year 2 – Financial Literacy) – Plan future living expenses, track spending habits, learn about investing, and find ways to share with others and make a difference through your time, talent, or resources.
Outdoor Art Master – Create art inspired by nature using various techniques.
Photographer – Develop photography skills of composition, light, movement, and share a story through photos.
Programming Robots (Part 1 of Robotics Set) – Learn about Sense-Think-Act, make a robot using a simple device (like a fan) as the base that can move, and write a basic maze algorithm with a conditional.
Public Policy – Understand how public policy is created and influenced, and how it impacts communities.
Robotics (3 Progressive Badges Set)
Showcasing Robots (Part 3 of Robotics Set) – Show off a robot you built, hold a robotic event, and learn how robotics might be incorporated into a career.
Snow or Climbing Adventure – Try a three-day climbing trip after 2-3 practice sessions using an artificial climbing wall OR a three-day winter backpacking trip in the backcountry while staying safe.
Space Science Master – Explore life beyond Earth and NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, do one activity for space science exploration, and participate in one science activity, then share one thing you learned with others.
STEM Career Exploration – Discover cool jobs and how they use STEM.
Survival Camper – Learn a new survival camp skill, a new camp skill, a new food making skill, and go camping.
Trail Adventure – (Hiking or Trail Running) – Go on a five-day, four-night backpacking trip of 20-25 miles distance or guide another scout in the sport of trail running with at least eight training sessions over a two-month period.
Ultimate Recreation Challenge – Take 5 adventures: on a trail, at camp, with water, one never tried before, and one based on the region you live in.
Water – Share one experience after activities exploring water, water art, how to protect water, and either explore a water issue or tour a water facility.
World Thinking Day (Yearly Release) – Learn about a topic GSUSA picks each year that affects the entire world.

Other Awards

Counselor in Training I Award (CIT) (New GSUSA Pin Coming Soon in August 2025) – Take a leadership course and help plan, prep, and run a campout or help with a service unit/community or council run campout
Counselor in Training II Award (CIT II) (New GSUSA Pin Coming Soon in August 2025) – Gain advanced experience in leading and guiding younger scouts after earning CIT.
Community Service Bar – Give 20 hours of service to an approved organization.
Cookie Entrepreneur Family Pin (Year 1 & 2) – Learn about business ethics, earn a Financial Literacy badge, get a mentor to help with a personal selling goal and a business learning goal, and teach younger Girl Scouts.
Global Action Award (New GSUSA Pin in 2025) – Find a way to help one of the 17 sustainable development goals and make a difference.
Gold Award – Spend at least 80 hours on a community-focused permanent project, such as building a structure, providing education, or advocating for an issue, that includes research, planning, taking action, and sharing the impact the project had.
Gold Torch Award – Serve a leadership role in an approved organization.
International Friendship Pin – Live in a different country, teach a friend about scouts, and do a good turn daily.
Mariner Membership – New GSUSA Pin Coming Soon in August 2025
My Promise, My Faith Pin (Year 1 & 2) – Explore how your Girl Scout Promise connects to your faith and values.
Safety Award Pin – Teach younger scouts about online safety, discuss safety issues, talk to an expert about dating safety, research sport safety rules, and make a checklist for safely planning and taking a trip.
Service to Girl Scouting Bar – Provide 20 hours of service to girl scouts.
Take Action Award (New GSUSA Pin Coming Soon in August 2025) – Find a way to help your community and make a difference.
Trailblazer Membership – New GSUSA Pin Coming Soon in August 2025
True North Award (Gold) – (New GSUSA Pin Coming Soon in August 2025) Choose a courageous goal that reflects your values, make a plan to achieve it, take action, and reflect on how it strengthens your character and leadership.
Volunteer in Training Award (VIT) (New GSUSA Pin Coming Soon in August 2025) – Take a leadership course and mentor younger Girl Scouts outside of camp, completing a long-term service project.

Journeys

Per GSUSA’s 2025 Award Log: “These awards are retiring on 10/1/26”

Bliss: Live it! Give it! (Journey Set) – Interview three accomplished women, find a worthy dreamer, define the dream, help them achieve or come closer to their dream with a Take Action Project.
Justice (Journey Set) – Research an issue, calculate information, find multiple sources, pick an issue and find a scientific result, explore effective decision-making before tackling a project to help an environmental issue, and do a Take Action Project.
Your Voice, Your World (Journey Set) – Find a cause and who can help, make a plan, deliver a pitch to inspire others to help, thank those that follow through, and do a Take Action Project.
Outdoor Journey (Journey Set) – Earn three specific outdoor badges, and do a Take Action Project.
Think Like a Citizen Scientist (Journey Set) – Observe nature, record what you see, help scientists study the world, and do a Take Action Project.
Think Like a Programmer (Journey Set) – Learn how to give computers instructions and solve problems using coding, and do a Take Action Project.
Think Like an Engineer (Journey Set) – Build and create things to solve problems, and do a Take Action Project.

Retired Badges

Good Credit (Retired – Year 2 from 2011 Original Financial Literacy
On My Own (Retired – Year 1 from 2011 Original Financial Literacy)
P & L (Retired – Year 2 from 2011 Original Cookie Business)
Research & Development (Retired – Year 1 from 2011 Original Cookie Business)

Per GSUSA’s 2025 Award Log: “These awards are retiring on 10/1/26”

Journey Summit Award – Complete three journeys.
Global Action Award (Year 1 & 2 Badges) – Learn about a topic GSUSA picks each year to help achieve one of the 17 sustainable development goals.

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Badges with the official “Ambassador…” name are listed without “Ambassador” in this Alphabetical list, but will link to the “Ambassador…” badge name on the webpage about the badge (i.e. “Ambassador First Aid”, is just listed as “First Aid”). Some badges are known under multiple variations of the name. Any duplicated badges in this list will link to the same page about the badge.

The Ambassador Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting page has specific information on the Senior 2011 Program and what year all badges were released.
The full GSUSA 2011 Program has links to Badge Lists of all levels.

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