Girl Scout Bronze Award

Guidelines for the Girl Scout Bronze Award are changing. 

Girls may now begin work on this award using the new guidelines.
Click here to see how the new Girl Scout Bronse Award guidelines compare to the old.

Girls will have from August 27, 2009, when the new guidelines were released, through September 30, 2011 to transition to the new guidelines. The new guidelines will be used by everyone who starts work on their award beginning October 1, 2011 (beginning of the 2011-2012 membership year).

Girls who wish to start this year (2009-2010) under the new guidelines can click here to find resources and information on the GSUSA’s Web site.

Click here for adult guides to the new award guidelines on the GSUSA’s website.

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The Girl Scout Bronze Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout Junior can earn, requires her to learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that makes a positive impact on her community. Working towards this award demonstrates her commitment to helping others, improving her community and the world, and becoming the best she can be.

Girls may work on the award individually or in a group. All of the requirements for the Girl Scout Bronze Award must be met before leaving Girl Scout Juniors. However, earning a Girl Scout Bronze Award is not a prerequisite for the Girl Scout Silver Award or the Girl Scout Gold Award.

Requirements
The Girl Scout Bronze Award has four requirements. To receive the award, a Girl Scout Junior must complete the first three before undertaking the Girl Scout Bronze Award project.

  1. Earn two badges related to the Girl Scout Bronze Award project.
  2. Complete one of the Girl Scout Signs found in the Junior Girl Scout Handbook.
  3. Earn the Junior Aide Award, the Girl Scout Junior Leadership Award, or two of these badges:
    • Girl Scouting in the USA
    • Girl Scouting Around the World
    • Girl Scouting in My Future
    • Lead On
  4. Complete a Girl Scout Bronze Award project that demonstrates the leadership skills she has learned as a Girl Scout Junior and a commitment to her community. The project must show she understands and lives by the Girl Scout Promise and Law. The project should:
    • Take about 15 hours to complete (including planning time). Doing the project should take at least seven to eight hours.
    • Follow the Action Plan in the "Adventures in Girl Scouting" chapter of the Junior Girl Scout Handbook (2001).
    • Provide community service inside or outside Girl Scouting.

For more information, see the Junior Girl Scout Handbook.

Tips

  • Read the Girl Scout Bronze Award project requirements before deciding on a project.
  • Work closely with a Girl Scout leader or advisor to complete the requirements.
  • Follow all national and council guidelines for fund raising.
  • Follow all guidelines in Safety-Wise.
  • Document personal work and hours put into the project, if done in a group.
  • Recruit an advisor with special skills for the project—a leader or the council can help.
  • Choose only a new service project to fulfill requirements. Don't use a project already completed.

Completing the Award
Leaders or advisors helping with the Bronze Award will decide if the girls have fulfilled the requirements and chosen an appropriate project. Girls are not required to have projects approved our council or anyone other than a leader or the person helping with Girl Scout activities. Leaders can purchase the Girl Scout Bronze Award pin at our Girl Scout Shop.