What an exciting time to be a Girl Scout! We are about to kick off our 100th Anniversary year, and it promises to be a big one for our girls, especially with the introduction of the new 100th Anniversary edition of the handbook: The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting.
Together with the journey program, The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting rounds out the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Inside this new resource, girls will find:
- a revised age level-appropriate Girl Scout handbook
- new badges for financial literacy and the cookie program
- a new Journey Summit Award for completing all three journeys
- a new Girl Scout My Promise, My Faith Award
- new Legacy badges to earn
- a badge they can design themselves
- a scrapbooking section for recording their experience (complete with stickers for younger Girl Scouts)
Also new in The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting are updated troop crests. The descriptions include various ways each symbol has been interpreted over the years so that girls can consider those meanings as they choose their own troop crest. There are two versions of the troop crest descriptions posted: a younger version for Brownies and Juniors and an older version for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors. If your troop already has a troop crest, you may certainly keep it. If you have a new troop, or the girls are ready for a new one because they’ve bridged or want a change, then there are new choices.
Combined with the journey awards and new Skill Building badges for the journeys, there are now nearly 27 awards a girl can earn! For a sneak peak at how these awards are packaged at different age levels see the links below.
New Girl Guide – Daisy Overview
New Girl Guide- Brownie Overview
New Girl Guide – Junior Overview
New Girl Guide – Cadette Overview
