Our Program

The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is a collection of engaging, challenging, and fun activities that help Girl Scouts prepare for a lifetime of leadership, success, and adventure. Our program is one-of-a-kind – it’s based on researched-backed programming and it has proven results. Everything a Girl Scout does centers around four pillars: entrepreneurship, life skills, STEM, and outdoors. The program grows as Girl Scouts age, ensuring they are building upon their knowledge and advancing in their pursued interests.

What Girl Scouts Learn

STEM
Computer science, engineering, robotics, outdoor STEM, and more.

Life Skills
Civic engagement, healthy living, global citizenship, communication skills.

Outdoors
Adventure and skill-building, including camping experiences for all age levels, from the backyard to the backcountry.

Entrepreneurship
The Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches goal setting, decision making, money management, business ethics, & people skills.

More About Girl Scouts

Ways to Participate

Participation in Girl Scouts is flexible. You can...

Join a troop

Girl Scouts in a troop experience the fun of Girl Scouts together! They earn badges as they learn all kinds of fun things, go on field trips, explore the outdoors, create inventions, plant gardens, and so much more. Start the join process to find a troop near you.

Become a Juliette Girl Scout (Individually Registered Member)

Meeting in troops is one way to be part of the Girl Scout experience, but when being in a troop is not the best option, becoming a Juliette will allow participation in the Girl Scout experience on an individual basis. Learn more about what it means to be a Juliette.

Grade Levels

Girl Scouts are assigned a grade level based on where they are in their K-12 education.

Some troops include Girl Scouts who are all the same grade level, others have a combination of multiple (or all!) grade levels. The Girl Scout program has tons of fun stuff to do, no matter the age range.

Daisies – Grades K-1
Brownies – Grades 2-3
Juniors – Grades 4-5
Cadettes – Grades 6-8
Seniors – Grades 9-10
Ambassadors – Grades 11-12

Badges & Journeys

Girl Scout badges are a great way for Girl Scouts to explore their interests and learn new skills.

Physical badges are proof of completion of a tough program and they show the world what she’s accomplished. Check out our award and badge explorer.

Journeys give Girl Scouts a guide for completing Take Action projects: giving them the space to learn new things and make a difference. Girl Scouts may complete Journeys as part of their troop or through a multi-day event where we connect a group of Girl Scouts and help them complete the Journey.

Camp & Outdoors

Here in western Washington, we have three council-run overnight summer camps, tons of summer day camp options, 43 community-run summer camps, and lots of opportunities to camp throughout the year at our eight council-operated properties! Campers can participate whether or not they are members of a troop, as long as they have an active Girl Scout membership.

Learn more about camp & outdoors.

Travel

Girl Scouts plan, budget for, and participate in amazing trips every year.

Whether they are exploring their own city, going on an overnight camping trip, or flying across the world, Girl Scouts gives them space to safely expand their horizons.

Many Girl Scouts travel with their troop, but older Girl Scouts can participate in Girl Scout Destinations organized by Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Here in western Washington, we also have several volunteer-led trips open to Girl Scouts in our council.

Learn more about traveling as a Girl Scout.

Events & Activities

With hundreds of events every year in STEM, outdoors, leadership, sports, entrepreneurship, service projects, and more, Girl Scouts never run out of fun things to participate in! The best part? Your Girl Scout doesn’t have to be in a troop to participate! All that’s required is an active Girl Scout membership. A Girl Scout membership costs $25 and financial assistance is available.

See a full list of upcoming events here.

Cookies

Watch: Lessons That Last A Lifetime from GirlScoutsUSA on Vimeo.

Girl Scout Cookies are the fuel that makes Girl Scout dreams come to life.

All Girl Scouts start with a goal in mind – whether that goal is an unforgettable trip to an exciting new place, a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) project that will change the way they look at the world, or an opportunity to attend Girl Scout camp and make a lifetime of memories – Girl Scouts calculate how many boxes they need to sell to make it happen. Running their very own cookie business helps Girl Scouts develop lifelong skills:

Goal Setting
Decision Making
Money Management
People Skills
Business Ethics

Learn more about the Girl Scout Cookie Sale.

Highest Awards

Meet Your Match from GirlScoutsUSA on Vimeo.

Girl Scouts go above and beyond to make a difference in their communities and the world.

We recognize these incredible initiatives through three awards: the Bronze Award, the Silver Award, and the Gold Award. All three awards give Girl Scouts the support to do big things while supporting issues they care about.

Learn more about our highest awards program.

What's New

The best part of Girl Scouts is that we are always adding new programming!

This year, we’ve added new Journeys and badges in outdoor adventure, cybersecurity, space science, and coding.

Check out our list of new badges and journeys on our What’s New page.

Questions or concerns?

We'd love to hear from you! Call 1(800) 541-9852 or email customercare@girlscoutsww.org.

Our customer care team hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM.