Badge and Patch Programs
Hands-on activities enhance skills and boost self-confidence.
Badges
Developing an app? Building a community garden? Advocating for a cause you're passionate about? Yup, there's a badge for that! Complete badges on your own, with your troop or through council resources like the event calendar or Community Partner opportunities. You can also explore badge resources from GSUSA below.
Badges are to be worn on the front of the sash or vest.
Patch Programs
Patch programs are a great way to explore a wide variety of topics and community resources. Through patch programs, girls are able to connect to their communities on a whole new level! Girls will be able to develop new relationships with local organizations and learn all about what their communities can offer. Click on the title of each patch program below to download the requirements.
Have you completed a GSCP2P Patch Program?
Use this form to request patches (patch requests will take up to two weeks) for a specific program, as well as give your feedback. Your opinions will help us plan and enhance future programming.
Patches earned through a patch program are to be worn on the back of the sash or vest.
Explore our P2P Patch Programs
ABB Patch Program 
ABB has partnered with Girl Scouts to bring STEM to life for girls! The challenges designed for this patch program help Girl Scouts think like a scientist by using the Design Thinking Process. This process is used in many STEM disciplines and encourages thoughtful exploration, problem solving, and critical thinking. This process embodies the Girl Scout Processes!
You can find the leader guide here and the girl guide here to help walk you through the program.
Cookie Challenge
Take on the Cookie Challenge to develop your entrepreneurial mindset
while learning essential skills! Download the activity guide
to get started.
Dark Skies
Understand the importance of dark skies and how you can protect this
resource. Download the activity guide
to get started!
Delta Dental Smile Squad
Review good dental habits, try oral health experiments, discover how hidden sugars can damage your teeth and learn about the importance of brushing and reading every day for a healthy body and mind. As you complete the requirements to earn the Smile Squad patch, you'll also complete requirements toward other Girl Scout badges, including My Best Self, Snacks, Eating for You and Staying Fit.
Download the activity guide and get started earning this patch!
FARE Food Allergy Awareness
GSCP2P has partnered with Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) to offer the Food Allergy Awareness Patch Program. FARE is the world’s leading food allergy advocacy organization and the largest private funder of food allergy research. Its mission is to improve the quality of life and health of individuals with food allergies and provide them hope through the promise of new treatments
The Food Allergy Awareness Patch Program requirements give Girl Scouts the opportunity to learn about life with food allergies, with an emphasis on raising awareness of the public health issue, which impacts 32 million children and adults in the United States.
Girl Scout Adventure
Introducing the Girl Scout Adventure - My First Year Guide!
Tailored for first-year Daisies and Brownies, this program offers a
year of connection, adventure and fun. Girls will explore the Girl Scout
Law through exciting monthly activities, fostering friendship, teamwork
and community. Create lasting memories and strengthen bonds in a unique
Girl Scout experience.
Girl Scout Road Trip
The Girl Scout Road Trip Patch Program presents volunteers with a chance to embark on exciting adventures and forge unforgettable memories with their troop. This guide outlines the essential steps for a successful year, enabling troops to earn a fun patch annually. As you progress through each year of the "road map" of activities, these individual patches unite to create a single, cohesive patch design.
The program highlights the importance of collaboration, planning and community involvement, all aimed at enhancing the Girl Scout experience.
Good Turn for Goodwill
The Good Turn for Goodwill service project is an annual event that takes place every fall. The 2024 program and patch design contest details can be found here.
Patch design entries are due November 18, 2024! Check out last year’s patch designed by Emma V. of Girl Scout Troop 13101.
Healthy View, Healthy YOU
The Healthy View, Healthy YOU patch program
will help you learn about ways to explore healthy habits, how to
implement them in your everyday lives, as well as learning ways to
improve your mental wellbeing. This patch program was generously funded
by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s Healthy Blue Medicaid
plan. Healthy Blue's health education and outreach approach emphasizes
healthy behaviors, preventive care and wellness.
Lifesaver
Demonstrate service in your community and discover local resources!
Download the activity guide
to get started.
Mountain Peaks
The Mountain Peaks
Patch Program invites you on a multi-year journey combining hiking,
exploration and lessons in nature and conservation. Participants will
acquire outdoor safety skills and cultivate a profound respect for the
environment, nurturing a love for nature and stewardship.
Nature Cat Explorer
PBS has partnered with Girl Scouts to provide fun ways to explore the great outdoors!
Discover educational activities and get started on earning your Nature Cat Explorer patch.
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal railroad network in the East and is a major transporter of coal and industrial products. The corporate vision of Norfolk Southern and its more than 29,450 employees is to be the safest, most customer-focused and successful transportation company in the world.
By working toward and earning the Explore Norfolk Southern Patch, Girl Scouts will learn about railroad safety, the role railroads played in the economic and industrial development of America and the environmental benefits of freight railroads. Plus, girls will have fun at the same time!
To receive your free patch, please click here.
Period Power
Period Power is an initiative aimed at addressing period poverty through education and awareness. It emphasizes the absence of period product coverage in government programs like WIC and SNAP, resulting in health and hygiene difficulties for many students.
The program offers a Period Power Toolkit to assist schools in providing period products, ensuring students can prioritize both their health and education.
Science on the Sandlot
Find STEM connections to baseball by earning the Science on the Sandlot
patch. Download the activity guide
- and, for more fun, check out our events calendar
to see if any Girl Scout Days with local baseball teams are coming up!
Self-defense
The Self-defense Patch Program plays a crucial role in promoting personal security and safety. Often integrated with martial arts training, self-defense imparts essential life skills and valuable lessons.
In this program, you will explore different techniques for self-defense while enjoying the journey! Remember, self-defense is about protecting yourself from harm and should never be utilized to provoke a fight or inflict harm on others.
S'more Summer Fun Challenge
Introducing the S’more Summer Fun Challenge,
where you can embrace the great outdoors, spark your creativity and
discover new adventures. Gather 100 points to earn your exclusive S’more
Summer Fun patch!
S'more Summer Reading Challenge
Introducing the S’more Summer Reading Challenge,
where imagination, adventure and knowledge take flight in the pages of
a book! This patch celebrates the joy of summer reading, inviting
participants to embark on a literary journey filled with stories,
characters and discoveries.
Solar United Neighbors SUN
The Solar United Neighbors SUN Patch Program
helps girls discover how solar energy is a renewable and
pollution-free resource.
Explore the GSUSA Patch Programs
Climate Challenge
We have fun activities to help you learn about climate science, connect with your communities and share hope to create change.
Check out additional resources and how to buy the patch here .
Girl Scouts Love State Parks
Every September, Girl Scouts explore the natural wonders found across our country during the Girl Scouts Love State Parks Weekend. Find events on our calendar for unique activities at State Parks in our council's footprint. More resources from GSUSA can be found here.
The 2025 Girl Scouts Love State Parks Passport Activity Guide can be found here.
Girl Scouts Love the Outdoors Challenge
You don’t need access to a national park or the woods to enjoy the
outdoors! So put yourself out there with us and participate in our Girl
Scouts Love the Outdoors Challenge. Download our free activity sheet
with 50+ fun activities to see what’s possible right outside your own
front door today! We also have this activity sheet available in Spanish
.
Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with improved mood, focus, and confidence—whether you spend that time becoming a rockstar at rock climbing or making a splash in the puddles around your neighborhood.
Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with improved mood, focus, and confidence—whether you spend that time becoming a rockstar at rock climbing or making a splash in the puddles around your neighborhood.
Heritage Months Patch Program- Celebrate Cultural Richness
International Day of the Girl
Every year on October 11, the global community comes together to celebrate International Day of the Girl. It’s the day when you can recognize the power of girls everywhere—and highlight, discuss and take action to advance the rights of, and opportunities for, girls across the globe.
Learn more and download the activity guide!
Resilient. Ready. Strong.
Life isn’t always easy, but dealing with tricky emotions doesn’t have to
be so hard. Try activities from the Girl Scouts: Resilient. Ready. Strong. patch program
to unlock a patch and strengthen your mental wellness.
Tree Promise Program
Join our mission to protect the planet from the effects of climate
change. Earn the Tree Promise patch using our activity guide
! You can also download our volunteer guide
and find more GSUSA Tree Promise resources here
.
World Thinking Day
