The Badge Archive

Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge

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Choose your own activities!

• Activity List  (Not Available Yet)

Our Summary* of requirements:

1. Sing a song (already created or make your own lyrics to a song) for a specific purpose (lift spirits, ceremony, gathering, OR sharing a message).
2. Celebrate the Girl Scout Birthday in one way (plan a celebration, perform a skit for younger scouts, teach younger scouts songs, plant a tree in honor of Girl Scouts, OR pretend to be an original Girl Scout).
3. Explore Girl Scout Sisterhood (make a time capsule for future Junior troop, invite another troop to Scout’s Own theme of Girl Scout Law, OR look up two old handbooks for two badges and do one activity from one of them).
4. Improve or help an area (adopt a park, solve a problem at school/church/library/neighborhood, OR make a walking tour for the town’s visitor bureau).
5. Explore Girl Scout Traditions with one activity (try a tradition in the past, talk to a Girl Scout Alumni, make a game about or using a tradition and share it, OR do a Dez chain story).

_{^{* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.}}

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What is a good Troop Meeting Plan besides the VTK?

• Archived Copy of Mtg1 and Mtg2 from GSRV (River Valley) _{– Original Mtg 1 and Mtg 2}
• B/J Girl Scout Way – Halloween Meeting Plan compiled by The Badge Archive

Click to Expand → All Known Meeting Plans and Resource Links

Meeting Plans

• Booklet Info from Scouts Honor Wiki
• Meeting Plan at Earn Junior Girl Scout Badges Blog
• Archived Copy of Mtg1 and Mtg2 from GSRV (River Valley) _{– Original Mtg 1 and Mtg 2}
• B/J Girl Scout Way – Halloween Meeting Plan compiled by The Badge Archive
• Slideshow on Google Docs from GSNWGL _{– Archived Copy of PPT}
• Slideshow PDF (Part 1 and Part 2) from GSWNY _{– Archived Copy of PDF1 and PDF2}
• Meeting Outline w/video from GSofCT _{– Archived Copy of PDF}
• Buy Printable Meeting at Teachers Pay Teachers for Growing Girl Scout Helpers

Other Resources

• (Not Available Yet) See the Activity List – choose your own activities!
• Info webpage at Girl Scout Wiki
• Booklet Info from Scouts Honor Wiki
• View Booklet Online

What is a good way to earn the badge at home?

• Google Forms Step by Step Activities (No registration needed) from GSMidTN

Click to Expand → All Known At Home Plans

At Home Plans

• Google Forms Step by Step Activities (No registration needed) from GSMidTN

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GSUSA Information and Details

Click to Expand → GSUSA Official Resources

• Buy the GSUSA Leader Guide Booklet (View Online)

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• GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan for 2 Meetings – No links available. This is only accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website for troop leaders
  • Mtg 1: Singing (Lift-the-Spirits Song, Ceremony/Gathering Song, OR Make-Up a Song), AND Celebrate (Girl Scout Birthday, Original Girl Scout, or Help Brownie/Daisy Troop Celebrate)
  • Mtg 2: Sisterhood (Time Capsule, Across Time, OR Scout’s Own), Traditions (Past, Game about Traditions, OR Dez Chain Story), AND Better Place (Community, Neighborhood, OR Walking Tour
• Junior GS Way Mtg 2 Activity Choices by GSUSA
• Celebrate Our Global Sisterhood by GSUSA
• Tips for Planning a Scout’s Own by GSUSA
• How to Choose Songs by GSUSA
• Juliette Gordon Low – A Brief Biography by GSUSA

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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?

Learn about the GS Way Themed Multi-level GSUSA 2011 badges.

Where does this go on the Uniform?

This is a Skill Based Badge – Click Here to see diagrams and details on where to place it.

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