(Year 2 – Junior Financial Literacy Badge)
Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge
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Released in 2022. Replaced Savvy Shopper as the new Year 2 Financial Literacy Badge.
The 2011 Junior Page has information on when all badges were released.
What is this badge about?
Learn about jobs, income, investing, and how to protect personal banking info.
Quick Links:
Activity Choices, Meeting Plans, Solo Scouts,
Uniform Placement, GSUSA Info & Links
Our Summary* of Requirements:
- Explore jobs (job charades OR work shadow) OR explore money making ideas (turning a hobby/interest into a business OR list of things you could earn money at home) and try one.
- Find out how much income 3 different jobs would have (learn income for 3 different careers AND answer 4 questions for one career, interview 3 people with 6 questions AND comparison chart answers, OR host a job fair with at least 3 different careers and ask each questions).
- Learn details on take home pay (play income tax game, learn about paystub deductions and calculate a fake one, OR pay taxes on play money income to see how much you would have after two weeks of “work”).
- Learn about investing (research pros AND cons of 2 ways people invest, look up cost of stock for one company every day for one week and analyze the data, OR play a risk/rewards game in GSUSA booklet).
- Learn how to protect personal banking info (list five best practices, make poster with tips, OR learn about two-step verification AND how to safely access and protect a bank savings account).
* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.
Activity Choices
Work in Progress, links may not be available. Check back later!
- Do four Required Activities:
- Pick one Income Comparison activity.
- Pick one Take Home Pay activity.
- Pick one Investing Basics activity.
- Pick one Protect Personal Banking Info activity.
- Pick one Required Optional Activity:
- Any Job Exploration activity.
- Any Entreprenuer Exploration activity.
- Any Job Shadow activity.
Available Troop Meeting Plans
- (2) 90 Min Mtgs – GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan
- Mtg 1: Jobs (3 choices), Payday (3 choices)
- Mtg 2: Taxes (3 choices), Investing (3 choices), Protect Info (3 choices)
How to earn individually as a Solo Scout?
- None Currently Available.
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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 and goes on the troop number side of the vest – Click Here to see Junior diagrams and details on where to place it or sash placement.
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GSUSA Information and Details
There are five steps needed to complete this badge, found on the Girl Scout Shop description or searching the GSUSA Badge Explorer. Information on the official requirements can also be found on the Scout’s Honor Wiki.
Printed Booklets
Booklet and VTK Information(Coming Soon)- Buy the GSUSA Leader Guide Booklet
Other Non-GSUSA Resources
- None Currently Available.
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For More Fun Ideas and Plans
Join the Girl Scout Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
Join the Girl Scout Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
See other Recommended Facebook Groups for some Scouting Organizations
(No official Groups)
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Click Here -> To see information References:
Disclaimer: The information published on The Badge Archive is built from the references listed below. These sources demonstrate that our content is grounded in facts and research, not opinion or speculation. Readers may consult them directly when looking for additional material.
- Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting : My Money Plan 1.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
- Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting : My Money Plan 2.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
- Roberts, Rachel. Junior the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. New York, NY, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 2011.
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