(Year 2 – Financial Literacy Badge)
Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge
Released in 2022 but is considered part of the 2011 Girl’s Guide. Replaced Good Credit (retired) as the new Year 2 Financial Literacy badge. The Ambassador page has information on when all badges were released.
What is this badge about?
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.
Choose your own activities!
Activity List(Not Available Yet)
Our Summary* of requirements:
- Prepare for moving by exploring expenses and planning your future living arrangements (Log expenses, talk to a new renter/home owner, OR make a list for your dream place).
- Track spending habits (monthly spending personal or troop spending) OR use a budget calculator/worksheet to plan your first year after high school.
- Learn how investing and wealth building can create stability and help you achieve your goals with one activity (create an investment model with an online tracker, play an online stock market game, watch videos about diversification, OR explore two wealth stories AND analyze what they did right and wrong).
- Learn how to make informed investment decisions and understand the protections available to investors (research how the government protects investors with common securities and insider trading, identify red flags of investment fraud by talking to a professional or online research, OR verify credentials of local investment advisors with background checks through trusted sources).
- Find ways to share with others and make a difference through your time, talent, or resources (Learn tax-deductible donations and creative ways to contribute to a charity of choice, calculate annual gift spending with creative alternative options, OR explore careers in charitable organizations).
* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.
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What is a good Troop Meeting Plan besides the VTK?
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Meeting Plans
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Other Resources
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See the Activity List – choose your own activities! - Booklet Info from Scouts Honor Wiki
- View Booklet Online
What is a good way to earn the badge at home?
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At Home Plans
- None Currently Available
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GSUSA Information and Details
Five steps are needed to complete this badge:
- Plan for where you’ll live
- Plan for expense spending
- Explore how to build wealth
- Find out about investment protection
- Plan for sharing with others
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
- Ambassador My Financial Independence Glossary by GSUSA
- VTK Check Up by GSUSA
- VTK Rule of 72 by GSUSA
- VTK Charity Can Be Tax Deductible by GSUSA
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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?
Learn about the Financial Literacy 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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