Council Patch Programs

In Girl Scouts, girls develop courage, character and self-esteem. Through council patch programs, Girl Scouts follow requirements that link them with local organizations and resources, helping them develop a lasting sense of responsibility and accountability to their communities.

Please note that this page is still under construction. If you cannot find a council patch, please contact your local council service center.

Girls who complete requirements for each badge may purchase the item through special order from their council shop.

Requirement forms are available in Adobe Reader (PDF) format. Paper copies of the patch program requirements are also available.

Before beginning work on one of the below programs, please contact the council first to be sure the patches are available.

Appalachian Heritage: Learn more about upper East Tennessee by exploring its regional history, home living, recreation, arts, industry, and agriculture. Download a PDF of the requirements.

Appalachian Singers: Girl Scouts love to sing! The Appalachian Singers Book and its accompanying cassette tape are available at the Johnson City Service Center Library for checkout. Download a PDF of the requirements.

Bullying: Take Control (all ages): 28 pages. Download a PDF of the requirements.

Camp Round-Up: This patch is designed for resident campers and Girl Scouts new to Camp Sky-Wa-Mo for an exploration into nature. Download a PDF of the requirements.
Camp Tanasi Tower Patch: This patch is awarded after the completion of a Camp Tanasi Tower training session.

Canyon Keepers: Interest Project Patch for Cadette Girl Scouts

Coat of Many Colors Patch: Download a PDF of the requirements.

Gold Star: At the end of each school year, any girl on the honor roll for every report period may add a gold star above the honor patch.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Cadette and Senior: Download a PDF of the requirements.

Horses – Brownie: Download a PDF of the requirements.
Land Stewardship: Download a PDF of the requirements.

Leave only Footprints (all ages):Download a PDF of the requirements.

Love Your Camp (Tanasi): This patch is awarded after the completion of a work assignment during our annual Love Your Camp Day event at Camp Tanasi.

My Family Loves Girl Scouting (all ages): Download a PDF of the requirements.

Native People – Brownies: Download a PDF of the requirements

Native People – Juniors: Download a PDF of the requirements.

Native People – Cadettes and Senior: Download a PDF of the requirements.

Our Girl Scout Story: This patch program was developed for Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary and uses wheelies available for check out at local service center shops to help girls understand the first century of Girl Scouting.

Download a PDF of Daisy requirements.

Download a PDF of Brownie requirements.

Download a PDF of Junior requirements.

Download a PDF of Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador requirements.

Raccoon Run (all ages): Download a PDF of the requirements.

Silver Star: At the end of each school year, any girl that has been on the honor roll for two reporting periods during the year may add a silver star above the honor patch.

Service Center: This patch is designed to commensurate a troop’s visit to the Johnson City Service Center. When troops complete their tour of the service center, they earn a special patch representing all they learned during their visit. Download a PDF of the requirements.

Southwestern Virginia Museum: You’ll discuss Victorian foods, lifestyles, entertainment, and dress as well as museum construction and materials. Discover why it took seven years to build. Download a PDF of the requirements.

Sky-Wa0Mo Patch: Download a PDF of the requirements.

Tipton Haynes Historical Farm Patch: This patch is designed to give Girl Scouts an understanding of, appreciation for, and pride in East Tennessee history dating back to 1783-1840. Download a PDF of the requirements.
Understanding Challenges: Virtual Badge

All Age Levels—3 Meetings. Council Resource Tub for a $20 refundable deposit required. The purpose of this patch is to increase girl’s awareness of the challenges that persons with disabilities of all sorts face; to help girls relate to the person and not their condition and to increase their understanding of what these challenges are and the problems that are encountered. The activities in this program will provide girls with a variety of experiences that promote the understanding of the challenges facing persons who are Hearing Impaired, Visually Impaired, Physically Impaired and Learning Impaired. Call (800) 474-1912 or (865) 688-9440.

Learn about online safety and how to be “street smart” on the information superhighway. Go to www.missingkids.org with your parent/guardian, go through the entire page on internet safety.
Make the Online Safety Pledge. Print it and post a copy near your computer.
Find a web page that is interesting to you. It could be a page about one of your hobbies, Girl Scouts, a college you might want to go to, or many other things. Show someone the page and tell them why you like it. Here are some pages you can try:
http://forgirls.girlscouts.org/
http://www.girlsgotech.org/
http://www.wagggs.org/en/home
http://www.americangirl.com/
http://www.missoandfriends.com/
http://www.mygames4girls.com/
http://www.girlshealth.gov/bones/
http://pbskids.org/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/index.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
http://www.abc.net.au/children/games/default.htm
http://www.kids.gov/
http://www.crayola.com/
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
http://www.ziggityzoom.com/
Find a web page that discusses volunteering or environmentally friendly actions. Pick a project, discuss it with your leader as a possible troop project.
Look at our Girl Scouts Council web site. What do you like? What don’t you like? What else should the pages have? Mail your suggestions to Girl Scouts, Attn: Web Administrator, 1567 Downtown West Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37921.
Learn about e-mail. Why is e-mail better than regular mail? Why is it not as good? Show someone how to send e-mail (you don’t need an account, just pretend.)
Learn something about Girl Scout history. You can find some information at the national Girl Scout homepage at www.girlscouts.org. At this site you can go to other Girl Scout council web sites around the world. Learn something interesting about other Girl Scout councils. Where are they located?
If you have completed these requirements, Congratulations! You have earned your Virtual Patch! If you would like a Virtual Patch decal, please load decal transfer paper (available at most office supply stores) into an inkjet color printer. After printing, follow paper directions for iron-on transfer. Iron on the back of your vest or sash. Click here for your Virtual Patch decal!