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GSHH Journey Program

Where Will Your Journey Take You?

Ready to start your next big adventure as a troop? Journeys are the perfect way to earn awards, work together towards a common goal, learn specialized skills in areas of the girls’ interests, and prepare to work towards the Girl Scout higher awards.

Check out our online store for more information. There are now three series of journeys from which to choose:

It’s Your World — Change It!
Daisies – Flower Garden
Brownies – Brownie Quest
Junior – Agent of Change
Cadettes – Amaze
Seniors – Sow What?
Ambassadors – Your Voice, Your World

It’s Your Planet — Love it!
Daisies – Between Earth and Sky
Brownie – WOW – Wonders of Water
Junior – Get Moving
Cadettes – Breathe
Seniors –  Girltopia
Ambassadors – Justice

It’s Your Story — Tell it!
Daisies — 3 Cheers for Animals
Brownies – World of Girls
Junior – aMUSE
Cadettes – MEdia
Seniors – Mission Sisterhood
Ambassadors – Bliss! Live It! Give It

On every leadership journey, everything girls do — whether it's performing science experiments, creating art projects, cooking simple meals, or learning to protect the planet's water supply — is aimed at giving them the benefits of the Girl Scout "Keys to Leadership": Discover, Connect,  and Take Action.

Journeys allow girls to explore their interests and passions, help prepare them for the Silver and Gold awards, and connect them to their community in a new way. An in-depth description of each of the journeys, as well as the awards earned along the way, can be found on the GSUSA website www.girlscouts.org.

Been There; Done That — Journey Successes Shared:

Starting a journey with your troop may seem overwhelming at first, but once you have the books, the possibilities are endless. The journeys are adaptable to address the specific interests of your troop or group and customizable so whichever activities you’ve always wanted to pursue can fit in. Below you will find some success stories and fun adaptations from GSHH volunteers to help you get your creative juices flowing:

Cadette – It’s Her Story Tell It!
For the MeDia  journey, we did a story scavenger hunt where girls, in small groups, wrote a fairy tale out on index cards (about 15 cards were neeeded) and hid them all over camp. Another small group had to search for the cards, put them in the order they thought best, and then perform a skit based on what they had.  It went over well and really broke the ice for the talent show we had afterwards.

Seniors – It’s Your Planet – Love it!
We made a wall of bricks as our path to GirlTopia for the Create It part of the journey. We started in December and a brick was added every time you did something you liked or to represent significant moments in your life -- bad things were included as well. We discussed the bricks that were being added at every meeting; sometimes we guessed who made which brick. After six months,  the wall was complete — made up of bricks with “a personalized wish for a personal utopia.”
—Taylor, Cassie, Sarah and Suzanna (not pictured) of Senior Troop 10135 with their bricks.

Earning The Silver or Gold Awards — The Journey Requirement

Journeys are also now a requirement for the Silver and Gold awards. These journeys will helps you experience what you’ll do while trying to earn the highest awards. The skills gained while working on the journey will help you develop, plan, and implement your project. Figuring out how to utilize the journey(s) in the best way to help you with your Silver and Gold is not hard, but may take some planning ahead. Girls going for their Silver need to complete one Cadette-level journey.

Girls going for their Gold can complete either two Girl Scout Senior-level journeys, two Girl Scout Ambassador-level journeys, or one of each. Girls who have already earned their Silver Award and are now going for their Gold Award only need to complete one journey. A journey is considered completed when a girl has earned the journey awards, which include creating and carrying out a Take Action project.

Connecting Journeys to Silver and Gold