The Girl Scout Challenge Award give Brownies, Juniors and Girls 11-17 a chance
to explore some of the values and leadership skills that are the very heart of
Girl Scouting: courage, character, confidence and the ability and desire
to make the world a better place.
What Girls Will Learn
The activities for the Girls Scout Challenge are designed to engage girls in
discovering key Girl Scout values, building leadership skills and taking
action by applying these values to their everyday lives.
When Brownie Girl Scouts take the Challenge they will engage in:
- Working with others
- Sharing
- Trying new things
- Following directions
- Being a friend
- Clarifying their values
- Having an increased awareness of adults and peers
outside of the family
- Gaining awareness through helping
- Celebrating similarities and differences
To download the Brownie Challenge Award
requirements in pdf format,
click here. Information is also available
online from GSUSA's website at
http://www.gogirlsonly.org/spotlight/challenge_1.asp.
When Junior Girl Scouts take the Challenge they will engage in:
- Clarifying their own values
- Feeling competent
- Pursuing their own identity
- Identifying and managing stressors
- Speaking up for themselves
- Serving as a role model
- Developing initiative - the capacity to get
things done
- Thinking critically
- Setting goals
To download the Junior Challenge Award requirements in pdf format,
click here.
Information is also available online from GSUSA's website at
http://www.gogirlsonly.org/spotlight/challenge_2.asp.
