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Cadette Field GuideTroop 62015

A Guide to Independently Earning Badges, Awards

& Generally Being Awesome!

Troop 62015 InformationCadette level mentor/ Troop Co-LeaderErica Cervantes sum.ci652@gmail.com(805) 509-0127

Troop LeaderTrish Guevaradrtrish@gmail.com(805) 757-4879

Introduction The Purpose of this Guide: As you and your fellow Cadettes have grown, it is more and more difficult to have you earn badges as a troop. The badge requirements mean you have to have a true interest in the badge's topic and you have to do a lot more work. I can't hold your hand anymore, but I'm not going to stop you.

This guidebook contains everything you need to get started.

You're Not Alone. This guidebook is just a place to help you explore interests and get inspired. You can always ask for guidance - from me, one of the other adult leaders, your parents, an older scout or sibling, or another mentor.

Learning how to "use resources wisely" isn't just about money and recycling - it's about people, too. Learn how to ask questions, research, turn to the internet or the library. Ask questions and use any and all tools and people you have in your reach to learn new things. Being able to that is the most important skill you can learn.

This is the Unofficial Guidebook to Girl-Scout-Unicorn-Awesomness. The Girl Scout Shop and web site does offer official binders, books, and downloadable files with much of the same information contained in this guidebook. You are welcome to purchase and/or look up that information if you wish.

What I've done here is make things simple, concise, and to the point. This guidebook contains the meat of what you need to do to earn badges and awards and learn new things in the process. I've also occasionally used my All-Powerful Status as Girl Scout Leader to alter the name or requirements of a badge to make it awesomer. So feel free to use either the modified or 'official' requirements.

And if You're Feeling Extra Awesome? Make up your own requirements - just ask me for approval. I won't let you take any shortcuts, but if your way is dazzling and inspired, you'll get my stamp of approval.

The Troop is for You. Do you have some great ideas? Let me know. This troop is yours, not mine. When you were all little girls, I made most of the decisions. I let you make more and more choices the older you grew, but at this point, I'm mostly here to make sure you don't do anything foolish, dangerous, or ridiculously expensive. As long as it's sensible, affordable, and your parents agree, we'll try to make it happen.

Everything is Optional (Almost). Maybe you don't have time to bother with these badges or awards. Maybe you really don't care if your vest or sash is mostly bare. The choice is yours. I do hope, as a Girl Scout, you'll continue to take risks and try new things, but maybe Girl Scout awards aren't part of that. That's OK. Badges and awards are here to inspire you and to serve as 'learning souvenirs' for this time in your life. But they aren't required.

There are few required items, however, that come with following the Girl Scout Law. Respect Authority means respecting your leaders. While many girls can't attend all meetings, Respect What You Say and Do

means if you say you'll be somewhere, do something, or bring something - you'll follow through with it when healthy and able. Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout means showing up on Badge Days if possible, even if you yourself have nothing to share, so that your sister scouts can share with you. You're still part of the troop. The full text of the Girl Scout Law is printed at the end of this guidebook for reference.

Journeys Journeys are the new official Big Main Badges of Girl Scouting, according to Girl Scouts USA. They are the most elaborate awards aside from the Bronze, Silver, and Gold, and are required if you ever want to earn your Silver Award (or, as a Senior or Ambassador, the Gold Award.) Unlike badges, which I encourage you to earn independently, Journeys are designed to be earned with a troop.

But, they take a lot of time.

I'm Done. At least, I'm done doing them the old way, where we spent six-to-eight weeks of meeting time on taking a Journey. It's tough to track you down and assign make-up activities if you miss a few meetings, and it's hard to schedule any of the other fun stuff we want to do around a big, long, Journey. We have things to do, and places to go!

But I have a solution.

Slumber Parties. Yup. Slumber parties! Why spend 6-8 one hour meetings doing something we could do in one, big, FUN overnight event?

Journey Lock-Ins. Officially, I'll be calling these slumber parties Journey Lock- Ins. These will be Cadette-Only overnight events where we "Lock-In" the clubhouse overnight. There will be pizza and snacks and lots of activities to get your Journey almost entirely done in one night.

Since every Journey involves a Take Action Project, part of the Journey Lock-In will be planning that project. The Cadette Journeys also emphasize focusing on becoming a Leader in Action, where you'll help Brownie Troops in the area with their own Journeys, and have an opportunity to earn an additional LiA award. Trust me, those Brownie Troop Leaders are being run ragged by those bouncy little girls and truly can't wait to have your help.

Can't Attend? No big deal. Like any award, Journeys are optional. The exception is, if you want to earn your Silver Award (described later), you're required to complete at least one Journey first. I will be hosting a Journey Lock-In at least once a year per level, so with three years as a Cadette, you should have an opportunity to attend one. If you want to earn the Silver Award , are in 7th or 8th Grade, and are having trouble attending a Journey Lock-In, approach me and we'll work out a time to schedule a Lock- In when you can attend.

The Cadette Summit Award is a pin award granted to Cadettes who manage to complete all three Journeys during their time as a Cadette. Like all pin awards, this award can be worn for the duration of your time in Girl Scouts, even if you choose to get a new sash or vest as a Senior or Ambassador.

Badges: Three Steps to Earning

Badges and Other Awards Step 1 - Complete the Badge Requirements: Each badge has five requirements. Some requirements may be completed at troop meetings or scout events, but some or all you may complete on your own. If you have an idea for an alternative to a requirement, you may propose this to your troop leader. While completing the requirements remember to:

Step 2 - Document and Save Everything: If it's something on paper, like writing or a diagram or certificate of completion of a program/class, slide it into a page protector and file it in your scout binder near the sheet that lists the badge requirements. If it's something larger or something totally non- physical like an activity or experience, you can take photos and file printouts of the photos instead.

Step 3 -Attend Badge Days: If badge requirements require action or the completion of a larger project, you'll share this on a Troop Badge Day. You can use time on Badge Day to show a video or to share, demonstrate, or perform as necessary to meet badge requirements.

Badge Days are also when you'll have designated time to bring your binder to your troop leaders and have them sign off on badge completion. A troop leader may ask you verbal questions, especially if you have missing documentation or if it wasn't possible to document something. In the case of a badge requiring leader questioning, it is recommended that you be questioned by a leader who is not your parent.

Am I required to earn badges? Absolutely not! Girl Scouts is just a means for you to explore a variety of things that might interest you. Earning badges is ALWAYS optional, and you should only earn badges you are interested in earning. Badges are just a way to encourage you to expand your education and to explore something new, and to share your experiences with other girls. If you'd rather just come to meetings and events, that's fine.

But again... Please Attend Badge Days even if you choose not to earn badges. Your fellow Girl Scouts have been working hard and are eager to share what they've accomplished and learned with you. If you have something else you've learned or accomplished that you'd like to share, you're welcome to do so on Badge Days as well.

What will we be doing as a troop if not earning badges? Mostly the same stuff we've always done! Fun stuff, crafts, community service, and outdoor adventures! This will include Journey Lock-Ins, hikes, parties, camping trips, crafting sessions, guest visitors, field trips, and also anything YOU want to do! The older you get, the more you are invited to come share your knowledge and experience with the rest of the troop. As you explore earning badges on your own, you may find you gain skills or experiences that you'd like to share with the troop.

If you have an idea for a meeting you'd like to run, please contact your troop leader.

Trailblaze Head for the backcountry, where you'll explore nature and challenge your body on a trailblazing trek. In this badge, you'll stay at least one night at a backwoods or primitive site, so get ready to learn some new outdoor skills while you share fresh-air fun and games with your Girl Scout sisters. Note: Contact Miss Erica if you are interested in earning this badge. With sufficient interest, she will lead a short female- only backpacking excursion for a small group of interested Cadettes.

Requirements: 1. Start planning your adventure 2. Get your body and your teamwork skills ready 3. Create your menu 4. Gain some trailblazing know-how 5. Head out on the trail.

1. Planning Your Adventure

Choose a trail to trailblaze. Print out a trail map, and file a copy in your badge binder with your chosen trail marked on the map.

Choose a date for your overnight adventure and research what items you need to backpack in your chosen season. Create and file a copy of your packing list in your badge binder.

2. Preparation and Teamwork

Choose your travel companions. Ideally this will include at least one other Girl Scout. Compare your gear lists, and work together to make sure you have everything you need.

3. Plan Your Menu

Plan what you will eat on your trip and determine how much water you will need. File a list your food in your badge binder.

4. Trailblazing Know-How

Find at least one adult that is knowledgeable about backpacking to offer you insights. This can be either your adult travel companion, or another person who will share insight with you and your companions

before you hit the trails. This can be your Troop Leaders, a friend or relative, a park ranger, or personnel at store that specializes in outdoor gear.

5. Hit the Trail

Take your trip. Be sure to take photos or write in a journal to document your trip. File this in your badge binder.

Babysitting The magic age for babysitting is 12. That's when most girls say they began sitting—and it's the youngest age at which most parents say they'll allow someone to babysit for their children. Whether you're getting ready to babysit in the future or have already started, this badge will help you become the best babysitter you can be.

Requirements: 1. Get to know how kids develop 2. Prepare for challenges 3. Focus on play 4. Find potential employers 5. Practice your babysitting skills

1. Child Development & 2. Prepare for Challenges

It is highly recommended that Cadettes interested in earning this badge complete a babysitting course. Community Memorial Hospital and the American Red Cross offers babysitting courses as well. Completion of a course will fulfill requirements #1 and #2 for this badge.

If taking a course is impractical, contact a troop leader about your proposed alternatives.

Complete a Babysitting Course and file completion certificate in your badge binder.

3. Focus on Play

Any babysitter can keep kids safe and fed, but a GREAT sitter keeps kids entertained as well. Plan some crafts and/or games for your little clients, and document what you've planned in your badge binder.

4. Find Potential Employers

Make a flyer advertising your babysitting services. Be sure to include your class certification and the kinds of activities you plan to entertain the kids, and you're sure to impress parents in need!

5. Practice Your Babysitting Skills

Complete a babysitting job. With the permission of the parents of the children you are babysitting, take a few photos to document your experience.

Woodworker Woodworking gives you a great feeling of accomplishment—you can make stylish, useful things for yourself and others. Plus, it's fun! In this badge, add to your talents with a skill Girl Scouts has been refining for 100 years—the ability to do it yourself.

Of course, girls who earned their Bronze Award in 2014 already have some experience - now you have a chance to earn this badge doing a project that is all your own!

Requirements: 1. Swing a hammer 2. Keep it level 3. Use a screwdriver 4. Saw some wood 5. Build something yourself

Inclusive Requirement: Create a Woodworking Project

The above requirements are those outlined by Girl Scouts, but as a Troop #455 Cadette, to earn this badge, you should come up with an entire project to create on your own that incorporates the above skills (or some adaptation of the above skills, for example, you might use screws and wood glue instead of screws and nails, or a project that involves carving but not sawing.) If you are completely new to woodworking you should sample the first four steps as-needed, but most girls in this troop already have used tools before.

If you do not have access to instruction or tools, you are welcome to make weekend arrangements with Miss Jennifer to make your project a success. Before approaching Miss Jennifer, you should have an idea and a rough plan for their project, including materials and dimensions.

The final project should be 100% made by YOU. While an adult can and should be present to supervise most steps and to demonstrate as necessary, YOU should be using all tools and materials.

To complete this badge, plan on bringing your completed wood project to share on a Badge Day (or photographs of the project, if it was given as a gift or donation.) In either case, please take photographs documenting all your steps. This will help you learn from your experience and enable you to share what you've learned with others.

Book Artist For centuries, humans have been developing methods to create and bind paper in order to share ideas, knowledge, and inspiration with each other and with future generations. The craft of creating books has evolved over time, but the basic human need to share words and pic- tures has stayed the same. In this badge, try gluing, stitching, and folding your way to shaping your own book-artistry style—you'll create some spectacular gifts and keepsakes.

Requirements: 1. Explore the art of bookbinding 2. Get familiar with the insides of a book 3. Try out book artist techniques 4. Focus on function 5. Focus on style

1. Explore the Art of Bookbinding

Research several methods of bookbinding. Record your findings.

Attempt at least one method of bookbinding in the form of a sample book.

2. Get Familiar with the Insides of a Book

Research various aspects of printmaking illumination, and typography. Record your findings.

3. Try Out Book Artist Techniques

Write one sampler page of calligraphy.

Try at least one of the following: Foil stamping, traditional printmaking techniques, embossing, scrap- booking, or papermaking.

4. Focus on Function

Choose a reason to create your own book. Examples may include; a school project, a gift, a scrapbook, an instruction manual, or storytelling.

5. Focus on Style

Research basic 2-D Design principles and apply them to your own book based on your chosen function. If you can't present the book in person at a Scout Share, be sure to document the book inside and out

with photos.

Special Agent Note: Before attempting this badge, be aware that Troop #455 may host a Crime Mystery Event to help you earn all or part of the requirements for this badge! A special agent wears many hats—detective, scientist, psychologist, enforcer of the law. No wonder novels and shows about their work are so popular! In this badge, grab your magnifying glass and your microscope, and uncover your skills in one of the most exciting—and demanding— jobs for investigative minds.

Requirements: 1. Investigate investigation 2. Reveal reality 3. Try the science 4. Key in to body language 5. Practice the art of detection

1. Investigate Investigation

Research investigation techniques or interview a professional investigator.

2. Reveal Reality

Experiment with items that reveal details, such as a microscope or a blacklight, to see the unseen and determine how information can be used to reveal the truth.

3. Try the Science

Try out at least one forensic science technique and record your findings. (An example is record finger- prints, research and label fingerprint details.)

4. Key in to Body Language

Study basics about body language and facial expression. Make a presentation or chart showing what you've learned.

5. Practice the Art of Detection

Make observations and use deductive reasoning to solve a mystery!

Public Speaker They call it stage presence: the ability to be yourself and make a connection with people—even a crowd of people—and seem comfortable the entire time. And a great presenter's talent for conveying your points clearly and powerfully is useful everywhere, not just in politics or on the stage. Luckily, you don't have to be born with these skills; you can develop them.

Requirements: 1. Get a feel for performing solo 2. Focus on body language 3. Find your voice 4. Choose or create a piece to perform 5. Get on stage!

1. Get a Feel for Performing Solo

Practice speaking in front of a mirror, family, or friends.

2. Focus on Body Language

Practice making eye contact, a firm handshake, and carrying yourself with good posture. Your Troop Leader may test you!

3. Find Your Voice

When you're silent, you miss out on learning, sharing, and making yourself heard. Volunteer to read out loud and answer questions in class whenever the opportunity presents itself. Have a teacher or other

group leader (not a parent!) sign here and record a few words about how you've found your voice.

4. Choose or Create a Piece to Perform

Choose something you will perform in public - a speech, a poem, or presentation. Attach a record of your chosen piece.

5. Get On Stage!

Either speak at a scout event or meeting or make a video of a public presentation elsewhere.

Healthy Eating Eating well helps you inside and out. Choosing the right foods can help you sleep better, stress less, and get smooth skin, shiny hair, and strong nails. In this badge, find out how to eat to keep your skin glowing, your mind focused, and your energy flowing.

Requirements: 1. Know how good nutrition helps your body stay healthy 2. Find out how what you eat affects your skin 3. Explore how your diet affects your stress level 4. Investigate how what you eat affects your sleep 5. Look at how your diet affects your energy

1. Good Nutrition

Choose a standard nutrition label on packaged foods. Research how your body uses each listed nutrient, and record your findings.

Learn how to use the internet to acquire nutritional information for non-labeled foods such as fruits, vegetables, and meats.

2. Healthy Skin

Research what foods can affect skin health. Record your findings or interview a nutritionist and/or dermatologist and share what you learn.

3. Diet and Stress

Keep a food journal for a few weeks. Record what you eat and drink, and how it makes you feel. Consider an experiment such as eating no refined sugar for a whole week, and see if it changes the way you feel.

4. Food and Sleep

Research what foods to eat - or avoid - if you want a good night's sleep. Record your findings.

5. Food and Energy

Look into how diet affects energy levels. Ask the following people about how they eat for energy:

- An athlete whose sport requires a great deal of strength (a weight lifter, football player, gymnast) - An athlete whose sport requires a great deal of endurance (distance runner, rower, swimmer) - A person who has had to prepare for a duration of time with limited or no food (religious fast, backpacker)

Filmmaker A movie doesn't just tell a story; it shows a story. If you could show the whole world a story, how would it look? Bright and cheery? Fast-paced and full of changes in scene? With what visual would it start and end? You've probably spent countless hours watching movies—now's your chance to show others how you want them to see the world. .

Requirements: 1. Learn video basics 2. Film. Then film some more.... 3. Pick the perfect subject 4. Action! 5. Edit and premiere your movie

1. Learn Video Basics

Learn how to use the recording device of your choice, such as a camera, iPod/iPad, or smart phone. Make sure you know how stop and start recording and the settings for outdoor/indoor filming.

2. Film. Then Film Some More...

Practice filming from different angles, in different lighting conditions, or using perspective to create different effects. For best results, get a book from the library on basic filmmaking and special effects.

3. Pick the Perfect Subject

Create a storyboard that shows the action as you envision it. Keep your storyboard for your records.

Note: Consider earning the "Screenwriter" badge first, and use your completed script to earn the Filmmaker Badge! (You can, however, create a film that is silent, experimental, or uses a pre-existing script.)

4. Action!

Recruit your actors and use your script and storyboard to record your film! Remember to film multiple takes so you can choose the best for post-production.

5. Edit and Premiere Your Movie

Edit your final movie and either post it on YouTube to share, and/or bring it to show at a Girl Scout meeting!

Tip: If you have an iDevice or Mac, the Apple Store sometimes offers FREE camps during school breaks. The staff there will teach you how to use Apple's iMovie and Garage Band. Attending this camp will help you complete these requirements. If interested, sign up early - they fill up fast!

Screenwriter When it thrills, makes you laugh, or has a fantastic twist, a movie or TV show can seem like magic. And a great show starts with a great script! Screenwrit- ers write scripts meant to be filmed. In this badge, put all your viewing experience to good use—let it inspire you as you try your hand at writing for the big (or small) screen.

Requirements: 1. Decide what makes a good script good 2. Come up with an idea for a story 3. Get to know your characters 4. Build the plot 5. Write a 12-page script -- and share it!

1. Study Storytelling

Learn how to use the recording device of your choice, such as a camera, iPod/iPad, or smart phone. Make sure you know how stop and start recording and the settings for outdoor/indoor filming.

2. Develop a Story

Practice filming from different angles, in different lighting conditions, or using perspective to create dif- ferent effects. For best results, get a book from the library on basic filmmaking and special effects.

3. Develop Characters

Write a script for your proposed film, including a list of actors and who will play the parts.

Create a storyboard that shows the action as you envision it.

Save both the script and storyboard for your badge binder.

4. Create Your Story Arc

Recruit your actors and use your script and storyboard to record your film! Remember to film multiple takes so you can choose the best for post-production.

5. Write a 12-Page Script and Share It!

Edit your final movie and either post it on YouTube to share, and/or bring it to show at a Girl Scout meeting!

Science of Happiness In this badge, you are the test subject, and your life is your laboratory. You'll find out how scientists measure happiness, and you'll put their results into action. You'll also get to perform a happiness experiment on your friends or family—all with the goal of making your world a happier place.

Requirements: 1. Make yourself happier 2. Think differently for happiness 3. Get happy through others 4. Do a helpful happiness experiment 5. Create a happiness action plan

1. Keep a Happiness Journal

Think of one thing you can change in your life that might enhance your level of happiness. Could you eat healthier? Get more sleep? Say "thank you" more often? Spend more time outdoors? Make this change

in your life and keep a journal for at least one week documenting how the change makes you feel.

2. Change Your Mind with a Book, Discussion, or Practice

Your brain plays a huge role in how happy you can be. Try something new to change the way you think. Some examples might be reading a book on the topic of happiness, practicing yoga or meditation,

praying differently (if you pray, specifically prayers of gratitude are scientifically documented to enhance happiness), or interview a psychologist or counselor about what you can do to tune in to happiness. Document what you've learned.

3. Happiness Through Helpfulness

Serving others is known to increase happiness. Come up with your own service project or even a way to help a friend or family member as a way of making you feel better!

4. Experimenting with Happiness

For at least one week, choose something you can do to be helpful for your family members. Document how this change has affected your mood and the mood of your family members.

5. Commit to Long-Term Happiness.

Write at least one-page summarizing everything you've learned and how you plan to use this new knowledge to continue live as a happier girl!

Animal Helpers Animals have always provided clothing, and transportation, but today they're also trained to help people with disabilities, find people who are lost, and even discover tumors. And, of course, animals offer us companionship, love, and sheer joy. In this badge, look at how animals help humans. (Researchers say the love of an animal can improve our emotional health!)

Requirements: (Must include one in-person visit with an animal helper and their human) 1. Explore the connection between humans and animals 2. Find out how animals help keep people safe 3. Know how animals help people emotionally 4. Check out how animals help people with disabilities 5. Look at how animals might help us in the future

1. Learn about Domesticated Animals

Research the history of domesticated animals. Write one page documenting what you've learned.

2. Learn About Working Animals

Through research, learn about how working dogs help people in law enforcement, or research another type of working animal that helps enhance safety for people. Alternately you can arrange to interview an

animal handler in law enforcement, agriculture, fire fighting, or the military. Document what you've learned.

3. Meet a Therapy Animal

Here in Huntsville an organization called "Therapy Partners, Inc." trains therapy animals to provide emotional support to humans. Visit with a therapy animal with this or another organization and talk to

the animal's handler about how these animals help people emotionally. (256) 881-5700.

4. Learn About Service Animals

Research about seeing eye dogs and other service animals, including laws and policies regarding how treatment of these animals differs from those of normal pets. Share what you've learned.

5. Animals of the Future

Using what you've learned and additional research, speculate about how animals might help people in the future. Make a poster or write a report that communicates your vision!

Netiquette Our digital world makes it easy to stay in touch and share friendships, memories, and ideas. But we've all heard embarrassing stories in which people wish they'd never hit the "send" button. Once you've put it out there, it never goes away. But you can use that to your benefit, too. This badge is all about knowing how to make positive choices in the online world.

Note: Those participating in the aMaze Journey Lock-In will complete some or all of these requirements. It is highly recommended that you earn this badge during the Lock-In, as discussion with friends is a big part of this badge. If you cannot attend or cannot wait, complete this badge with at least one other Cadette and an adult mentor. Contact Miss Jennifer for required documents if you opt to earn this alone.

Requirements: 1. Explore "oops!" and "wow!" moments 2. Dig into stories of "ouch" -- and repair some hurt if necessary 3. Look at e-mail, commenting, or blogging 4. Decide what makes a great social media profile 5. Spread better practices

1. Creating a Drama-Free Virtual Zone

Discuss good vs. bad attention on the internet. Discuss mistakes that happen and view autocorrect fails and discuss.

2. All About Cyberbullying

Read stories about cyberbullying in the media and discuss them with your adult mentor. Take the Cyberbullying quiz and discuss your results with others.

3. E-Mail with Class

Investigate how to e-mail respectfully and professionally. Take the e-mail quiz and discuss.

4.Create A Dream Social Media Profile

Most social media sites don't allow youth younger than 13 to join, and your parent may make you wait even longer. On the sheet provided, create your dream social media profile and discuss it with an adult

mentor.

5. Spread Better Practices

Sign the Girl Scout Internet Pledge and commit to serve as an example to others in virtual space.

Night Owl Night has captured the imagination since the dawn of time. But with modern- day electricity, it's easy to overlook the mysteries and beauty of the world after the sun goes down. So grow your imagination and expand what you know (or think you know!). Turn out the lights, tune in your senses, and step out in to the night.

Requirements: 1. Take a field trip to explore the night 2. Tour your world after dark 3. Meet people who work night hours 4. Explore nature at night 5. Host an Extreme Nighttime Party

1. Nighttime Field Trip

Any Girl Scout Trip that explores the night can count towards this requirement, but you can also take one on your own. Some options include watching a meteor shower, visiting a planetarium at night, walking

the Galaxy of Lights trail, or attending an outdoor party or parade at night.

2. Touring Your World After Dark

For one month, go out in your backyard at least three nights a week and keep a journal of what you notice about the lighting, sky, moon, and signs of life. Try to research at least one nighttime phenomenon to

observe from your backyard. Some examples include the viewing the ISS if it passes, using a backyard telescope to view planets or the moon, watching a lunar eclipse, or spot a nocturnal animal that you can observe in your neighborhood.

3. Interview a Night Shift Worker

Interview someone who works a night shift. Examples include a hospital worker, security guard, police officer, fire fighter, meteorologist, or employee of a 24-hr restaurant or store. Ask questions about what

it is like to work such odd hours.

4. Explore Nature at Night

Take a hike at night and explore nature. This may occur at a Girl Scout event, or with friends and family. Examples include nighttime birding, a firefly hike, bat-watching, or going on a flashlight scavenger hunt in

nature.

5. Host an Extreme Nighttime Party

Take charge and plan your own slumber party with darkness games, New Year's Eve party, or backyard campout with friends!

Field Day From friends playing in the park to countries competing against one another at the Olympics, games unite us all. And Girl Scouts have been inventing their own games since 1912! In this badge, you'll experience this firsthand, by organizing teams and events for an exciting, do-it-yourself field day.

Note: Consider working with a group of fellow Cadettes to plan a Field Day for friends or younger children. You can earn this badge together!

Requirements: 1. Team up and dress up 2. Host a historical game 3. Play a scientific game 4. Find fun in fiction 5. Stage your grand finale!

1. Arrange Teams and Uniforms

Determine how many girls are participating in your field day, and break them into teams. Choose a team uniform or color for each team.

2. Choose a Historic Game

Choose at least one historic game to include in your field day activities. These games might be modifications of ancient Olympic games, or a historical children's game. Consider the age of your

participants.

3. Choose a Scientific Game

Choose at least one scientific game to include in your field day activities. Remember, it doesn't necessarily need to be competitive.

4. Find Fun in Fiction

For a cool-down activity, come up a storytelling activity for younger children, such as reading a book, acting out a funny skit, or leading the children in a storytelling game.

5. Stage Your Finale

Find a way to bring closure to your Field Day. Assign funny awards, conclude with a flag ceremony, and/or end with a song session or other activity before saying farewell! Don't forget to be responsible and clean

up any mess left over from your event.

Entrepreneur When it comes to innovation, fantastic ideas and creative inventions are only half the game. The other half involves figuring out if people would buy your invention or use your idea. In this badge, you'll find out what it takes to turn a great idea into a business.

Requirements: 1. Brainstorm business ideas 2. Improve one idea 3. Get into the financial side of things 4. Imagine creating a business 5. Practice sharing your business ideas

1. Brainstorm Business Ideas

Ask yourself: What do people need? What problems need to be solved? What products or services can solve that problem? Draw a picture or write a paragraph for at least five different ideas that answer those

questions.

2. Improve Upon a Business Idea

Choose one of your ideas from Step #1. Either write a one-page description developing this idea more fully or create a full-page advertisement that tries to promote your imagined product or service.

3. Money Matters

Research what all the costs would be if you were to start your imaginary business. Consider the costs of things like rent, materials, employees, production, and advertising. Learn to use a spreadsheet well

enough to list your imagine costs in a column and have the spreadsheet calculate the total sum of costs.

4. Interview a Business Owner

Interview a business owner. She can be a woman who invented a product, who owns a business with many employees, or someone who runs an at-home business. Document what you learn.

5. Practice Sharing Your Business Ideas

Bring everything you have documented in steps one to four and bring to a Badge Sharing Day at Girl Scouts. Get feedback from fellow scouts about your business ideas.

Note: This badge does not require that you actually implement your business idea or earn any money. However, that doesn't mean you can't! Perhaps you know how to make something people are willing to buy, or can perform a service people are willing to pay for. If you come up with a business idea that actually earns you money, go for it!

Comic Artist Newspaper cartoons, comic books, graphic novelscomic art is a broad, exciting, and growing field. Comics are sometimes described as "sequential art," though some are only one panel. So what is a comic, exactly? It's a visual story told however you would like to tell it. Go for it!

Requirements: 1. Delve into the world of comics 2. Choose a story to tell 3. Draw it out 4. Frame it in four panels (or more) 5. Add the words

1. Dive into the Deep

Take a trip out to The Deep - Huntsville's most well-stocked comic store. (Another comic store is fine, too.) Look at the different types of comics there, and find at least three different art styles. Take a photo

of yourself on-site or choose a comic to buy as proof of your visit!

2. Explore Storytelling

Read a few comics (there are some available for check-out at the public library if you can't buy any) and notice the general pacing and arc of a comic story. Think of your own story you'd like to tell. Create a

storyboard - rough sketches of the comic character and the words you want them to say to tell your story.

3. Draw it Out

Now that you have your rough idea sketched out, create at least four panels that show your action. Tip: if you have access to a computer and graphics software, you can make your panels on four separate

pieces of paper, and then scan, frame, and place into an arrangement of your choosing on the computer.

4. Color and Ink

Color and ink your characters. Tip: Materials matter! For a more professional look, use artist-quality materials such as Prismacolor pencils, watercolor, or art markers for color. Permanent marker or

professional ink pens create more polished outlines. Ink the dark outlines last! This prevents black from bleeding into your coloring. Don't forget to leave room for speech bubbles and/or captions!

5. Add the Words

Now add in the words! If you've opted to use a computer, there are several comic book fonts you can use to type in the words. Tip: Amateurs often use the "Comic Sans" font, but most artists and designers

frown upon this font. If you are adding words to your comic with a computer, visit www.bancomicsans.com to choose from several great alternatives to Comic Sans.

Girl Scout Way As a Girl Scout Cadette, you're carving out your unique place in the world, using your intuition and special talents to blaze a trail that's all your own. The Girl Scout Way is another compass that can help guide you: our proud traditions offer a strong foundation to build your dreams as part of a worldwide sisterhood. So dive right in and get started singing, celebrating, and bringing people together as you join hands with thousands of other Cadettes to blaze the Girl Scout trail into our new century.

Requirements: 1. Lead a group in song 2. Celebrate Girl Scout Week 3. Share sisterhood through the Girl Scout Law 4. Leave a camp better than you found it 5. Enjoy Girl Scout traditions!

1. Lead a Group in Song

Research some traditional Girl Scout Songs or folk songs and lead a group in singing! This can be our troop, a younger group of Girls, or friends and family around the campfire.

2. Celebrate Girl Scout Week

Girl Scout Week is celebrated every year on the second week in March, including the Girl Scout birthday which is March 12th. Celebrate by participating in a Girl Scout Sunday or Sabbath service, hosting a Girl

Scout Birthday milk and cookie reception with both scout and non-scout girls invited.

3. Share Sisterhood through the Girl Scout Law

Plan an activity for your troop or a younger troop that includes a craft or game that exemplifies all or part of the Girl Scout Law.

4. Improve a Camp

Whether you are camping on a Girl Scout property or in a state or national park, make efforts to leave a campsite better than you found it. Document your effort.

5. Enjoy Girl Scout Traditions (Complete at least Three From Those Listed Below)

Participate in a Flag Ceremony Attend a World Thinking Day Event Make & Exchange SWAPS Take Part in a Girl Scout Ceremony March in a Parade in Uniform Attend a Council or National Event Visit the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Honor Founder's Day (October 31st)

Finding Common Ground

Democratic governments exist to help citizens with differing opinions find common ground—the place where people's thoughts, opinions, and beliefs intersect. Whether it's Congress, your state, or the local town council, elected leaders often have to make trade-offs, giving up some things they favor to gain support for others. In this badge, investigate how our government does it—and how you can, too.

Requirements: 1. Get to know someone different from you 2. Make decisions in a group 3. Explore civil debate 4. Understand a compromise 5. Find common ground through mediation

1. Get to Know Someone Different

Maybe you can approach someone at school that you never would have considered talking to. Maybe you can visit a Senior Care facility and visit with one of the residents. Maybe visit a place of worship much

different from your own and talk to someone their about their religion. Share about your new friend.

2. Make Decisions in a Group

This will probably come up in Girl Scouts, but it might come up at home or at school, too. During your time as a Cadette, notice when you make decisions in a group. Write about it.

3. Explore Civil Debate

You'll need a Cadette partner for this one! Decide upon an issue to debate and a partner with whom to debate it. Talk to your Girl Scout Leader about debating the issue together at the next Badge Sharing Day.

4. Understand a Compromise

Define Compromise Find an Example of Political Compromise Find an Example of Personal Compromise

5. Use Mediation

You'll have to wait for a disagreement to come up for this one. When a disagreement next comes up that you can't find a compromise for, recruit help from a third friend or adult to find common ground.

For example, a parent may mediate a disagreement between you and a sibling. A teacher may mediate a disagreement between you and a classmate. Write about your experience.

New Cuisines Culinary possibilities are as diverse as the globe of people who cook them. Wherever you go in the world, a version of the pocket bread holds something delicious, and your sweet tooth can be satisfied with everything from date syrup to lingonberry jam. In this badge, cook up four dishes from across time and distance, and find out where your taste buds want to travel.

Requirements: 1. Make a dish from another country 2. Create a dish from another region of the United States 3. Whip up a dish from another time period 4. Cook a dish that makes a statement 5. Share your dishes on a culinary "tour"!

The requirements here are pretty self-explanatory! If you complete this badge, plan on creating all your dishes at once and bring samples for everyone in the troop on a Badge Sharing Day, along with printed recipes of everything you've made. Prepare to give a short (five minute) presentation on your four dishes, where they are from, and how you made them.

Remember to strive for authenticity making your dishes! Research authentic ingredients and cooking methods used in the countries, regions, or time periods you've chosen. For example, keep in mind most Mexican or Chinese food you eat is "Americanized", and not how those foods are prepared in those countries. This doesn't mean your cooking efforts need to be complex; there are plenty of simple and authentic foods from different countries and time periods.

And what's a dish that "makes a statement"? This can be anything you want! Maybe this dish makes a statement about something you like (for example, Minecraft cupcakes), something you believe in (for example, a holiday dish reflecting your own culture or religion), or about a cause you care about (for example, a dish using only locally-grown foods as ingredients if you care about supporting local farms.)

If you can't make a Badge Sharing Day, you can also share your foods at your own party or other event. Just document the event and share photos or videos with a Girl Scout Leader.

First Aid As you get older, you'll find yourself in charge more and more. That means you need to know what to do if people around you get sick or hurt. Find out how to deal with minor injuries and illnesses and how to tell when the problem is more serious in this badge.

Requirements: 1. Understand how to care for younger children 2. Know how to use everything in a first aid kit 3. Find out how to prevent serious outdoor injuries 4. Know the signs of shock and know how to treat it 5. Learn to prevent and treat injuries due to weather

1. Caring for Younger Children

The recommended Huntsville Hospital Safe-Sitter Course or Red Cross Babysitting course used to fill the Babysitting Badge Requirements also fulfills this requirement.

2. First Aid Kit Know-How

Bring a standard first kit to a Badge Sharing Day or privately to a Girl Scout Leader or First Aid-Trained Troop Volunteer. Point out each item in the kit and state its use.

3. Outdoor Injury Prevention

Create a flyer or poster showing at least four outdoor activities and what can be done to prevent common injuries in each of these activities.

4. Identifying and Preventing Shock

Interview a nurse, doctor, or EMT about what shock is, its causes, and how to prevent it. Document what you learned.

5. Treating and Preventing Weather-Related Injuries

Learn about injuries related to extreme heat, extreme cold, and severe storms. Learn what can be done to treat and prevent these injuries. Be prepared to share this information in a verbal Q&A session with a

Girl Scout Leader or Troop First-Aider.

Note: First Aid and CPR Certification can be issued at trainer discretion to children as young as 10 if competence and understanding is demonstrated during training. Any Cadette that can show a Red Cross First Aid certification card with a completion date during Cadette years will be presumed to have completed requirements 2-5.

Good Sportsmanship It's good to be an competitor, but the greatest competitors agree it's just as important to be a good sport. When you make good sportsmanship a habit in games and in life, others want to play with you, hang out with you, and generally live up to your example. So whether you're a dedicated athlete with a chosen sport or you just like to enjoy an occasional game among friends, this badge will help you have more fun on the field—and off. (These requirements can be fulfilled with an athletic sport or any competitive, team-based activity.)

Requirements: 1. Create your own definition of sportsmanship 2. Be a good competitor 3. Be a good teammate 4. Psych yourself up 5. Put your definition of good sportsmanship into action

1. Define Sportsmanship

Either write a one-page essay on the definition of sportsmanship, or create a poster illustrating sportsmanship from your perspective.

2. Be a Good Competitor

For one season, keep a journal that demonstrates perfect attendence at practices and games. (Absences due to illness, injury, religious holidays, or family emergencies are excused.)

3. Be a Good Teammate

Do something nice for your teammates. Perhaps it's preparing an after-practice snack for your team, or a keepsake gift you offer tot hem at the end of the season. It could even just be making a point of providing

kind words to someone on your team who could really use some encouragement.

4. Psych Yourself Up

Together with your teammates, come up with a team cheer or song to help keep everyone motivated. If your team doesn't already have a uniform and/or banner, come up with something to display that shows

your team pride!

5. Put Your Sportsmanship into Action

Put together a small scrapbook of photos of you and your team being good sports in the heat of competition day.

Trees Grab your naturalist hat and get ready to get to know trees—from the shade to the science, the fruit to the forest, and the legends to the lumber. To know trees is to love them.

Requirements: 1. Try some tree fun 2. Dig into the amazing science of trees 3. Make a creative project starring trees 4. Explore the connection between people and trees 5. Help trees thrive

1.Play the Tree Safari Game

Play the Tree Safari Game on the next page. Complete as many activities as you can, getting at least one row complete (similar to BINGO) to complete this requirement. Photograph as much as you can.

2. Be an Amateur Arborist

Investigate the science of trees and produce something to show what you've learned. This might be a tree diagram, a tree identification guide, a leaf identification guide, a forest dioramma, or a record of a

naturalist-led tree hike.

3. Branching Out Creatively

Create a piece of art or a craft that uses part of a tree in its creation. For example, a painting with a branch glued into the canvas, a woven pine needle basket, a branch jewelry holder, or a leaf collage.

4. Trees and People

Go out and do something to explore the connection between trees and people. Some examples might include visiting a lumber mill, touring a tree nursery, going on an edible plants hike that includes trees, or

spending the day in an awesome treehouse.

5. Help Trees Thrive

You can do this by attending a tree-planting event, helping mulch or trim trees in your yard, church, school, or community, volunteering time at a state or national park or the local Land Trust of North

Alabama, or running an event to help recycle cardboard (which Huntsville doesn't pick up - it needs to be driven down to the Recycling Center.)

Tree Safari Game Nature is everywhere. There are many exciting discoveries to be made in the parks, playgrounds, and backyards we pass every day. For example, trees and other green plants around us are vital to life. They make the oxygen that we and other animals breathe, as well as providing food and shade.

OurTree Safari Game will getyou outdoors and hel pyou take notice of nature. As you complete each activity, cross out that square. In the "free space" squares, think of other creative ways to investigate trees in your area. When you're done, you'll never take the beauty of a tree for granted again!

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Budgeting There are many ways to spend your money. Should you buy that new book you've had your eye on or save up for a weekend of fun with friends? There's a simple way to help decide: Make a budget -- a plan for spending and saving money. This badge will help you learn to create a budget that's right for you.

Requirements: 1. Practice budgeting for your values 2. Learn to track your spending 3. Find out about ways to save money 4. Explore different ways to give 5. Create a budget that focuses on your values

1. Practice Budgeting

Pretend your parents have given you a $500 budget to plan a special birthday celebration for you and your friends. You have to choose where to go, what to eat, what to do, how many girls you can invite,

one night or two. If the event includes staying at a hotel overnight, it must include expenses for 1 adult chaperone. Use a spreadsheet to list your expenses and add them up.

2. Learn to Track Your Spending

For one month, keep a journal of your income (including allowance, odd jobs, or family gifts) and expenses (everything you spend your money on).

3. Bank On It

If you don't already have a savings account, go to the bank and open one! Most banks have special accounts for youth that charge no interest. Doing this will require parent help. Once you have an

account, write a few paragraphs explaining how you decide when to deposit into the account. Is there a certain percentage of your money that goes into savings? How do you decide when to withdraw money?

4. Exploring Giving

Discuss with your parents charitable causes that are important to you and your family. Use the Better Business Bureau web site (www.bbb.org) or another resource to research charities and use this

information to help choose a charity you next plan to support with a charitable donation. You can support something local, like your church, school, or a local youth organization or a larger charity.

5. Create a Budget

Create a real budget that includes plans for your saving, spending, and giving for one year.

Comparison Shopping From cardigans to cars, you can buy just about everything online these days. Even if you end up buying an item in an actual store, you can use the Internet to compare prices and find the best deal. Although online shopping is convenient, there are certain things to know so you can make sure that you're paying a fair price and don't fall victim to a fraud!

Requirements: 1. Learn to comparison shop 2. Find out how to use online reviews 3. Check out the fine print 4. Investigate how to avoid online fraud 5. Know how to manage your online shopping!

1. Learn to Comparison Shop

Accompany a parent to the grocery store and bring a journal. Choose five packaged items at the grocery store. For each item write down the price of at least two different brands, two different size packages,

and the generic, if available. Write down price of the item and the price per ounce. What do you notice?

2. Use Online Reviews

Go onto amazon.com and pick three related products you may be interested in choosing between. (For example, three different video games) Make a point of reading both poor reviews and good reviews. Do

you think consumer feedback might influence you?

3. Read the Fine Print

Comparison shop the same item on three different web sites. Make a chart that shows the price, taxes, shipping fees, and return policy/cost.

4. Noticing Online Fraud

Find one example of online fraud online. Common examples are a merchant selling an item that not what the consumer is led to believe it is; you may read some revealing one-star reviews on Amazon. Another

example is a person selling an item on eBay that is available from the original vendor at a much lower price.

5. Know How to Manage Your Online Shopping

Interview an adult who frequently online shops about how they shop sensibly, avoid compulsion shopping and avoid overspending.

Financing My Dreams When you daydream about your future, what kind of job do you think you might have? Do your daydreams include owning a home or traveling the world? Now's your chance to dream -- and dream big! By earning this badge, you'll explore how your dream job and dream life really match up.Note: If you are planning to attend either trip Savannah 2017 or Europe 2018, this will help plan and meet requirements.

Requirements: 1. Explore dream jobs 2. Price out buying your dream home 3. Research dream vacations 4. Make a dream giving goal 5. Add up your dreams!

1. Explore Dream Jobs

Make a list of dream jobs. Find one professional that has one of your dream careers, and arrange for an interview.

2. Find Your Dream Home

Pick your dream city and look at MLS listings online, and determine the cost of your dream home. Wit h an adult's help, learn what a mortgage is and figure out what your dream home would cost per year and

for how long.

3. Research Dream Vacations

Do research on vacation destinations and make a poster, scrapbook, or write an essay illustrating your dream vacation. How much would it cost for one person? For a family?

4. Exploring Giving

Research a charitable organization of your choice (or invent a dream organization you would start), and make a dream giving goal to help that organization. How would you raise the money to fund the dream?

5. Add Up Your Dreams

Create a fantasy budget that includes plans for your saving, spending, and giving in your dream future, and make something to visually demonstrate your dream plans!

Cookie Badges In addition to sales participation, booth, and Gift of Caring badges, a Cadette may earn one Cadette Cookie Badge per Cookie Season. These badges should be earned in cooperation with other girls and with the Troop Cookie Volunteer(s). Some or all of these requirements must be met with the troop throughout the course of the Cookie Sale while striving to meet troop goals.

Business Plan Badge When you earn your Budgeting badge, you find out how to keep track of your money so that you can use it wisely. Basically, a budget is a plan for using your own money. When you run a business, you need a plan for the overall business, including the money you earn and how you want to use it. Create one in this badge!

Requirements: 1. Write your mission statement and business goals, 2. Increase your customer base, 3. Get into the details, 4. Make a risk management plan, 5. Gather expert feedback on your plan

Marketing Badge When you earn the Financial Literacy badge called Comparison Shopping, you have to sort through promotions, deals, and ads to find the best bargain for you. Now you can use some of what you learned to create a strong advertisement and marketing message for your cookie sale.

Requirements: 1. Find out more about brand identity, 2. Check out the competition, 3. Research other products that have a philanthropic angle, 4. Develop your marketing message, 5. Create your marketing campaign

Think BIG Badge When you earn the Financial Literacy badge called Comparison Shopping, you have to sort through promotions, deals, and ads to find the best bargain for you. Now you can use some of what you learned to create a strong advertisement and marketing message for your cookie sale

Requirements: 1. Come up with a big idea, 2. Take your sales to the next level, 3. Sell your big dream to others,4. Ask experts to help you take your plan up a notch, 5. Share your experience in a big way

Make Your Own Badge As a Girl Scout Cadette, you can make your own badge once a year. It's a great way to gain a skill you've always wanted!

Requirements: 1. Pick a Topic 2. Learn to Earn 3. Take Action 4. Share 5. Make Your Badge

1. Pick a Topic

You can decide what you want to learn on your own or with your Cadette friends. (Remember to take a look at the Awards Log to make sure there's not already a badge on that topic.)

2. Learn to Earn

When you've really learned something, you'll feel that you've earned your badge, so challenge yourself! First, figure out what you need to do to really explore your topic. Then make a plan about how you're

going to do it. Talk to an adult adviser about your plan, including how to stay safe as you're earning your badge. (The adult you choose as your adviser could be your Girl Scout volunteer, one of your teachers, a librarian, an adult family member -- anyone who is willing to listen to your ideas, give you advice if you need it, and then sign off that you've earned your badge when you're done.)

3. Take Action

-- and feel free to take all the time you need. If you really want to build a new skill, you can't do it overnight. Plus, you'll have more fun if you're not rushing yourself. So spend some time practicing your

new skill. You may not do everything perfectly, but the more you practice, the better you'll get.

4. Share

When you're done, talk to your adult adviser about what you learned -- you might also want to demonstrate your new skill. Once you get your adviser's sign-off, you will have officially earned your

badge!

5. Make your Badge

Now it's time to get your new badge! Visit www.gsmakeyourown.com with an adult. You'll find many designs to choose from -- pick the one that represents your topic the best. Follow the directions, and

submit your design. The badge will be mailed to you later.

Religious Awards My Promise, My Faith

Earning this award helps you explore how Girl Scouting and your faith offer similar ideas about how to act - and how Girl Scouting can tie into your faith. You earn this pin once a year, every year you are in Girl Scouts. Just choose a different line of the Law each year!

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2. Interview a woman in your own or another faith community who can to you about how she tries to act in her life based on that line of the Law. Ask her to give you examples of what the line of the law means to her and how she tries to follow it in her daily life.

3. Find three inspirational quotes by women tha at line of the Girl Scout Law. Put them somewhere you can see them every day to remind you to live that line of the law.

4. Make something, like a drawing, painting or poster, that reminds you of what you've learned. You could also write a story or develop and perform

Year 3 a skit.

5. Make a commitment to live what you've learned. You may want to talk to your friends, family, or a group in your faith community about how you plan to live what you've learned in your daily life. Maybe you'd enjoy showing them what you just made or performing your skit! You can also choose to make a private commitment to yourself to live what you've learned in your daily life.

Talk to your Girl Scout volunteers about opportunities to invite friends from school or your place of worship to get involved in the fun you're having. They might want to become Girl Scouts, too.

Other Religious Awards: Faith-specific religious scouting awards can also be earned each level of scouting. These awards are granted by the associated faith organizations, but are recognized by scouting organizations, including GIrl Scouts. For more information, go to: www.praypub.org.

Other Awards Vintage and Retired Badges:

Official Girl Scout badges that have been retired but are of your equivalent scouting level or age can always be earned. It will be up to you, however, to research the badge and its requirements. Once earned, you'll also have to locate and purchase the badge, as these badges cannot be easily purchased by your Girl Scout Leaders. Your leader must still sign off on the requirements before you can add it to your uniform, though. Happy badge hunting!

Cadette Safety Award Pin: 1. Learn how to make a room safe for a young child. 2. Find out about water safety and perform a reaching assist. 3. Teach a younger Girl Scout what to do if she gets lost and why talking she shouldn't talk to strangers.

4. With your family, make sure you have enough food, water and medical supplies on hand to last 3 days in case of a natural disaster. 5. Discuss bullying with your Girl Scout group, friends or family. Write and sign a personal- responsibility statement that covers how you'll behave at school, home and online.

Cadette Service Bar:

When you earn a Community Service bar award, you are making a difference in your community—and practicing the values of the Girl Scout Law. It's also a great way to get involved with a cause you care about.

To earn the bar, first choose an organization you'd like to volunteer with. The organization will need to agree to give you instructions about the work you'll be doing. Your council needs to approve your service, so check with them before you begin. Once you've chosen your organization, completed at least 20 hours of service to earn the bar.

Cadette Service to Girl Scouting Bar:

The Cadette Service to Girl Scouting Bar is earned by volunteering at least 20 hours to the Girl Scout organization. A Cadette can volunteer at a special event for younger girls, be an office assistant for their council or service unit or help with special projects..

Cadette Program Aide Award: Cadettes receive their Program Aide award by earning one LiA award, completing council-designed leadership course training, and working directly with younger girls.

Cadette Silver Torch Award:

The Silver Torch award recognizes a Girl Scout Cadette who acts as a leader in her community. The award is earned by completing a Cadette National Leadership Journey and serving in a leadership position at a school, place of worship, library, or similar organization.

Girl Scout Meritorious Service Awards: Medal of Honor Lifesaving Award and the Bronze Cross Lifesaving Award cannot be deliberately earned, but are awarded to girls nominated by their council in recognition of acts of true heroism or lifesaving efforts.

The Girl Scout Silver Award The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest level award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn, and the second highest award in all of Girl Scouting. It can be earned individually, or a select team of Cadettes may earn it together. It requires the completion of a Cadette-level Journey and a mentor-approved project with 50 invested hours.

Presidential Volunteer Service Awards:

Girl Scouts is a certifying organization for the Presidential Volunteer Service Awards, which can be earned by youth. More information is

available at http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov/.

Other Opportunity Awards: Each year, GSUSA and the North-Central Alabama Council announces official awards that may be earned such as the annual cookie pin, the Global Action Award, World Thinking Day Award, or council-specific opportunities.

Bridging to Seniors Patch:

When bridging to Senior Scouts, a Girl Scout Cadette can earn this badge through service opportunities to Junior Scouts and learniong opportunities with Seniors or Ambassadors.

If you are interested in any of these awards or feel you may already qualify, contact your Girl Scout Leader for information or assistance.

Girl Scout Basics For your own reference, there are a few Girl Scout basics every Girl Scout should know by the time she's a Cadette. We're a casual troop at times, but these are a few basics you should be familiar with:

The Girl Scout Law

I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.

The Girl Scout Promise

On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

The Girl Scout Sign is made whenever the Promise or Law are recited.

Girl Scout Traditions

Girl Scouts make the Girl Scout sign when they say the Girl Scout Promise. The three fingers represent the three parts of the Promise.

The Girl Scout motto is "Be prepared." In the 1947 Girl Scout Handbook, the motto was explained this way: "A Girl Scout is ready to help out wherever she is needed. Willingness to serve is not enough; you must know how to do the job well, even in an emergency." The same ideas are true today.

The Girl Scout slogan, which has been used since 1912, is "Do a good turn daily." The slogan is a reminder of the many ways girls can contribute positively to the lives of others.

Girl Scouts can greet each other with the Girl Scout handshake, used by Girl Scouts and Girl Guides all over the world. The handshake is made by shaking hands with the left hand and making the Girl Scout sign with the right. The left hand is nearest to the heart and signifies friendship.

The friendship circle stands for an unbroken chain of friendship with Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world. Everyone stands in a circle, crosses their right arms over their left, and clasps hands with their friends on both sides. Everyone makes a silent wish as a friendship squeeze is passed from hand to hand.

Girl Scouts often make small tokens of friendship to exchange with the Girl Scouts they meet when they travel. These little gifts are called SWAPS, which stands for Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere or Shared With A Pal.

Cadette Uniform with Vest

American Flag Patch

Troop Crest

Troop Numerals

Membership Stars and Discs

Bridge to Girl Scout Cadette Award

Cadette Insignia Tab

World Trefoil Pin

Girl Scout Silver Award and Bronze Award Pins

Girl Scout Membership Pin

Membership Numeral Guard

Journey Summit Award Pins

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Silver Torch Award Pin

My Promise, My Faith Pins

Cadette Program Aide Pin

Cadette Community Service Bar

Cadette Service to Girl Scouting Bar

Girl Scout Cadette Badges

Cookie Sale Activity Pin

Safety Award Pin

Cadette Leadership in Action (LiA) Award Badges

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