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Here is a list of insignia available to Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Girl Scouts.

Emblems

• Brownie Wings
• Girl Scout Membership Pin
• Girl Scouts of the USA Identification Strip Set
• Insignia Tab 
• Juliettes Emblem
• Membership Star
• Cadette Disc for Membership Star
• Senior Disc for Membership Star
• Ambassador Disc for Membership Star 
• Numeral Guard
• Patrol Leader's Cord
• Ten-Year Award
• Troop Crest
• Troop Numerals
• USA Girl Scouts Overseas Identification Strip Set
• USA Girl Scouts Overseas Pin
• World Trefoil Pin

Earned Grade-Level Awards

• Apprentice Trainer's Pin
• Bridge to Girl Scout Cadettes Award
• Bridge to Girl Scout Seniors Award
• Bridge to Girl Scout Ambassadors Award
• Bridge to Girl Scout Adults Award
• Career Exploration Pin
• Girl Scout Cadette Leaderhip Pin
• Community Service Bars
• Counselor-in-Training Award
• Counselor-in-Training Pin
• Counselor-in-Training II Pin
• Girl Scout Cookie Sale Activity Pins* 
• Girl Scout Gold Award*
• Girl Scout Interest Project Awards
1. A World of Understanding
2. All About Birds
3. American Patriotism*
4. Architecture and Environmental Design
5. Artistic Crafts
6. Backpacking
7. B Xtreme!
8. Build a Better Future
9. Camping
10. Car Sense
11. Child Care
12. Collecting
13. Computers in Everyday Life*
14. Conflict Resolution
15. Cookies and Dough
16. Couch Potato
17. Desktop Publishing
18. Digging Through the Past
19. Do You Get the Message?
20. Dollars and Sense
21. Eco-Action
22. Emergency Preparedness
23. Exploring the Net*
24. Family Living
25. Fashion Design
26. Folk Arts
27. The Food Connection
28. From A to V: Audiovisual Production
29. From Fitness to Fashion
30. From Shore to Sea
31. From Stress to Success
32. Games for Life
33. Generations Hand in Hand
34. Global Girl Scouting
35. G.O. Girl
36. Graphic Communications
37. Heritage Hunt
38. High Adventure
39. Hi-Tech Hide & Seek
40. Home Improvement
41. Home Is Where the Heart Is
42. Horse Sense
43. In the Pink
44. Inventions and Inquiry
45. Invitation to the Dance
46. It's About Time
47. Just Jewelry
48. Law and Order
49. Leadership
50. The Lure of Language
51. Math, Maps, and More
52. Media Savvy
53. Museum Discovery
54. On a High Note
55. On the Court
56. On the Playing Field
57. On Your Own
58. Once Upon a Story
59. Orienteering
60. Outdoor Survival
61. Paddle, Pole, and Roll
62. Paper Works
63. The Performing Arts
64. Pets
65. Photography
66. Planet Power
67. Plant Life
68. The Play's the Thing
69. Public Relations
70. Reading
71. Rolling Along
72. Sew Glam
73. Smooth Sailing
74. Space Exploration
75. Sports for Life
76. Textile Arts
77. Travel
78. Uncovering the Evidence
79. Understanding Yourself and Others
80. Visual Arts
81. Water Sports
82. Why in the World?
83. Wildlife
84. Women through Time
85. Women's Health
86. Writing for Real
87. Your Best Defense
88. Your Own Business
• Girl Scout Program Aide Awards
• Girl Scout Program Aide Pins
• Girl Scout Silver Award*
• Journey Awards for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors 
• Leader-in-Training Award
• Leader-in-Training Pin
• Safety Award for Cadette, Senior, Ambassador Girl Scouts*
• Senior Girl Scout Leadership Pin
• Senior Girl Scout Troop Assistant Pin
• STUDIO 2BSM Charms
1. Cashin' In
2. Cookies and More
3. Don't Sweat It
4. Express It
5. Girl Scout Gold 4Bs Challenge Award Charm
6. Girl Scout Gold Career Award Charm
7. Girl Scout Gold Leadership Award Charm
8. Girl Scout Silver 4Bs Challenge Award Charm
9. Girl Scout Silver Career Award Charm
10. Girl Scout Silver Leadership Award Charm
11. Got Money? Saving and Investing
12. Looking In, Reaching Out
13. Makin' Waves
14. Mind Your Own Business
15. On the Go!
16. On the Money
17. On Track
18. Parks Matter
19. Take Charge
20. uniquely ME! Inside and Out
21. uniquely ME! The Real Deal
22. Write Now!

* Insignia requirements found online.

Additional Awards

• International Friendship Recognition Pin
• Lady Baden-Powell International Friendship Award
• Lifesaving awards
• The President's Volunteer Service Award
• Religious awards

Participation Patches and Pins

• Asthma Awareness Patch
• Connections Patch (Issues for Girl Scouts series)
• Discover the World Patch* 
• Get with the Land Patch* 
• Girl Power Patches
• Girl Scout-American Volkssport Association Master Program Award Patch*
• Girl Scouts Against Smoking Patch
• Girls Are Great Patch (Issues for Girl Scouts series)
• Shape UP! Patch*
• Investiture Patch
• In the Zone Patch
• Learning About Government Patch
• Let's Get Movin' Patch
• Media Know-How Patch (Issues for Girl Scoutsseries)
• Ms. President Patch (The White House Project)*
• Our Rights, Our Responsibilities* (Program expires end of 2008)
• Read to Lead Patch (Issues for Girl Scouts series)
• Strength in Sharing: Philanthropy in Girl Scouting Patch
• Water Drop Patch*
• World Thinking Day Patch

* Insignia requirements found online.

This page contains links of use to girl members and advisors of Girl Scouts: 11 - 17 or (as one troop decided to call itself) "Girl Scouts of the age level formerly known as Cadettes and Seniors". Information on this page is related to earning the Silver and Gold Awards, Focus Books, and Interest Projects. Since use of any of these materials may be dependent upon "local rules", I've given the source as well.

Be aware of the two sets of requirements for earning the Gold and Silver awards which are currently available! Some of these sources are specifric for one or the other; it is usally possible to tell.

1. the "current" requirements, which include IPAs and Focus Book charms, and
2. the "new, incoming" requrements, which include Journeys

For a summary of the "new" requirments, see the Higher Awards At a Glance and Frequently Asked Questions About the Higher Awards.

• Gold Award
  • The Girl Scout Gold Award - GSUSA web site
  • Girl Scout Gold Award FAQs (.pdf file) GSUSA web site
  • Girl Scout Gold Award Project Proposal (.doc file) GSUSA web site
  • Benefits of Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award (.pdf file) GSUSA web site
  • From Good to Great: Successful Girl Scout Gold Award Projects (.pdf file -- explains what sets a Gold Award Project apart from a servce project) GSUSA web site
  • Money and Your Leadership Project (.pdf file) GSUSA web site
  • Ways Parents and Guardians can Support Girls Working on Girl Scout Gold Awards (.pdf file) GSUSA web site
  • Girl Scout Gold Award Final Report Form (.doc file) GSUSA web site
  • Girl Scout Gold Award Council Guide - apparently official, but I have not been able to come up with a link to it. Document is on this web site. New requirements.
  • Girl Scout Gold Award Volunteer Guide - apparently official, but I have not been able to come up with a link to it. Document is on this web site. New requirements.
  • Girl Scout Gold Award Guidelines for Girls - apparently official, but I have not been able to come up with a link to it. Document is on this web site. New requirements.

• Silver Award
  • The Girl Scout Silver Award
  • Note: the Requirements for the Silver Award in the first printing of the Girl Scout Silver Award: Go for It! supplement are incorrect. On page 31, the FAQs section, when asked about doing a group project, the supplement says that each girl must make sure she puts in a minimum of 50 hours, when the correct number is 40 hours. On the same page, when asked in effect when a girl had to stop work, the correct answer is either before she turns 15 or before October 1st in the calendar year when she completes 9th grade. (The correct answers are on the GSUSA website.)
  • Girl Scout Silver Award FAQs (.pdf file)
  • Benefits of Earning the Girl Scout Silver Award (.pdf file)
  • From Good to Great: Successful Girl Scout Silver Award Projects (.pdf file -- explains what sets a Silver Award Project apart from a service project)
  • Money and Your Leadership Project (.pdf file)
  • Ways Parents and Guardians can Support Girls Working on Girl Scout Silver Awards (.pdf file)
  • Girl Scout Silver Award Final Report Form (.doc file)
  • The Council Guide for the Girl Scout Silver Award - the instructions from GSUSA to councils concerning how the Silver Award is to be administered. It includes many of the documents above in one booklet, and only covers the current Studio 2B requirements, not the new set including Journeys.
  • Girl Scout Silver Award Council Guide - apparently official, but I have not been able to come up with a link to it. Document is on this web site. New requirements.
  • Girl Scout Silver Award Volunteer Guide - apparently official, but I have not been able to come up with a link to it. Document is on this web site. New requirements.
  • Girl Scout Silver Award Guidelines for Girls - apparently official, but I have not been able to come up with a link to it. Document is on this web site. New requirements.
• Interest Project Awards (not in IPA book -- on-line only)
  • American Patriotism IPA
  • Computers in Everyday Life IPA
  • Cookies and Dough IPA
  • Exploring the Net IPP
• New Interest Project Awards - on-line only, and earned differently (directions are available on-line -- these are earned in a different manner than the other IPAs!)
• Home is Where the Heart Is dealing with homelessness
• B Xtreme! involving unusual individual or extreme sports (as permitted by Safety-Wise, of course!)
• Global Girl Scouting (formerly called "Global Girls") for the good of women all over the world
• On Your Own - real-life skills
• G.O. Girl! - get organized!
• In the Pink - breast cancer awareness
• Uncovering the Evidence - forensic science
• Couch Potato - TV watching
• Sew Glam - learning and using sewing and knitting skills
• Hi-Tech Hide and Seek - geocaching and letterboxing
• Council's Own Interest Project Awards Your Girls May Enjoy:
  • Discover California Interest Project from Girl Scouts of San Diego-Imperial Council
  • A list of other Council's Own IPAs is available on-line
• Girl Scout Challenge 3
• Focus Book and other Helps
• Safety Award for Girl Scouts 11 to 17
• Placement on the Uniform shows where to place each item on a uniform

Some notices from GSUSA:

Girl Scout Gold Award Reminders

Pins and Charms: Yes! Girls can choose the Leadership and Career pins instead of or in addition to the charms. Don't forget they can also use the STUDIO 2B charm holder if they choose the charm and want to pin it to the uniform.

Girl Scout Gold Award: Yes! It is available as a pin or a pendant.

Do not attempt to use materials from another council -- or for that matter, from GSUSA -- without checking with your council first!

There are many helps available on the internet created by different Councils, Service Units/Neighborhoods, and individuals to assist you in earning the Silver and Gold Awards. Requirements and procedures for these awards may vary from council to council. Also note: most of these helps are based on various sets of "old" requirements.

Other Helps by Troops and Individuals:

• Useful Links for Cadette & Senior Girl Scout Interest Projects

Destinations (formerly known as Wider Opportunity) Info

• Current Destinations list

Gold Award College Scholarship Information from GSUSA

An extensive list of links for Cadettes, Seniors, and Girl Scouts 11 to 17 is available at The Scouting Web -- if what you want isn't mentioned on this page, give 'em a try!

Many useful files are available in the files section of the Cadette/Senior/Ambassador Advisors e-mail group at Yahoo. Once you subscribe (by giving them your e-mail address and a password), you can join the Cadette/Senior/Ambassador leaders group ("cad-senleaders"). Some of the files listed on this page are available in the group's "Files" section, as well as many additional checklists and helps leaders have created. Definitely worthwhile!

Religious Awards

P.R.A.Y. is the home for the religious awards for most Protestant denominations, and has links to most others (except Wiccan)

Bridging to Adult Girl Scouting

If girls choose to bridge to adult Girl Scouting, they may want to volunteer their time at their council, or directly to girls, as a leader of a troop/group. Completing the activities below will enable girls to earn the Bridge to Adult Girl Scout pin-or, exploring what it means to be an adult Girl Scout in your own way.

• Find out how Girl Scouting is organized in your community.
• Find out about the volunteer positions that are open to adults.
• Interview professional Girl Scout staff and find out what kinds of education and experience are needed for key positions.
• Find out about training available for adults and, if possible, participate in an adult training event.
• Take on a leadership role in Girl Scouting working with adults. This might be as a Program aide, a Leader-in-Training, a Troop Assistant, an Apprentice Trainer, or a member of an event task group or board committee.
• Find out about campus Girl Scouting.
• Plan or help plan a bridging ceremony, in which you receive your Bridge to Adult Girl Scouts pin.

Once bridged, a girl may register as an adult and wear the adult uniform.

• Leader magazine
• Bridge to adult pin