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P.R.A.Y. listed programs and awards. The following awards are administered through the P.R.A.Y. and may be worn on the uniform upon completion of the program. The emblems and awards given to girls at the completion of the program are worn either "in a single horizontal row on the right side of the uniform blouse, level with the Girl Scout Membership Pin [on the uniform sash], or on the vest in ...
The Girl Scouts of the USA has six levels: Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior and Ambassador. Girl Scouts move or "bridge" to the next level, usually at the end of the school year, when they reach the age of advancing. The Ambassador level is the most recent, having been added in 2011. [ 1]
United Kingdom (origin) Founded. 1909. Founder. Agnes Baden-Powell. Scouting portal. Girl Guides (known as Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) is a worldwide movement, originally and largely still designed for girls and women only. The movement began in 1909, when girls requested to join the then-grassroots Boy Scout ...
Girl Scouts has incorporated STEM-related programs and badges to encourage more interest in Scouts in STEM fields. [46] From 2005 to 2007, more than 8.6 million STEM-related badges were earned. [47] The first STEM-related Girl Scout badges, though, can be traced back to the 1913 Electrician and Flyer Badges. [48]
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts ( WAGGGS / wæɡz /) is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organisations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, and has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom. It is the counterpart of the World Organization ...
Wood Badge. Wood Badge in the United States is an advanced level leadership training available to adult Scout leaders. The first Wood Badge course was presented in England by the founder of Scouting, Baden-Powell, and he introduced the program into the United States during a visit in 1936.
Juliette Gordon Low ( née Gordon; October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927) was the American founder of Girl Scouts of the USA. Inspired by the work of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scout Movement, she joined the Girl Guide movement in England, forming her own group of Girl Guides there in 1911. In 1912, she returned to the United States, and ...
Earning the Girl Scout Gold Leadership Award, which requires girls to complete minimum of 80 hours of leadership work, as well as earn three Interest Projects and one Focus Book relevant to their project. Earning the Girl Scout Gold Career Award, which requires girls to complete 40 hours of career exploration.