Patch Earning Opportunities

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Celebrate the life of our founder, Juliette Gordon Low, with the Year in the Life of Juliette Patch program. Every month will bring a challenge, with a new patch, that focuses on the important work that Juliette did, and the values that she encouraged in Girl Scouting. There are no specific requirements for the center patch. Each month has a different topic relating to something that was important to Juliette Gordon Low. Each month’s patch can be displayed around the center patch, and if girls complete all 12 programs, they will have a complete series. Girls can choose to earn all 12 patches in one year, or over a series of years. This patch program also makes a great event or Twilight Camp!

January: Art All Around

February: World of Friends

March: Including All Friends

April: Juliette’s Pearls

May: Flower Power

June: Friend to Animals

July: Promote Our Promise

August: Fabulous Fashion

September: Get Active

October: Girl Scouts Go Pink

November: Every Girl is a Leader

December: Savannah

Patches are ordered quarterly. Patch order forms are located at the end of each patch segment. All patches are ordered from the Lexington Shop.

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Do you love the outdoors and want to learn more about nature and learn some skills that are used in the out-of-doors? A naturalist has lots of different skills. They know how to take care of themselves in the outdoors and they know a little about zoology, biology, ecology, and botany. In this first of the Naturalist series, we’ll explore hiking which covers taking care of yourself in the outdoors. There are activities, games, and information to help you Discover more about the outdoors, Connect with the outdoors, and Take Action to help improve the outdoors or to help others learn about the outdoors.

Here is the link to the booklet. It was made to be printed front and back, but just follow the page numbers at the bottom if you print it single sided. When you are finished you can purchase the Camper Naturalist Hiking Patch for $3 to add to your collection, by contacting mburkart@gswrc.org.

Camper Naturalist Booklet

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Girl Scouts across the country show a commitment to make the world a better place every day. Learning about and promoting donation education is just another way for Girl Scouts to do what they do best… change the world.

Organ, eye and tissue donors save and heal lives. We each have the power and responsibility to help others. Many people are in need of lifesaving and healing transplants. By telling more people about donation and asking people to register their decision, we can take small steps towards the goal of saving and healing more lives.

To order patches contact Stephanie Grooms at sgrooms@trustforlife.org.

Encourage friends and family to become organ donors and register at www.registerme.org/gswrc

Donate Life Patch Program

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Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road has partnered with Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) to offer the Food Allergy Awareness Patch Program. FARE is the world’s leading food allergy advocacy organization and the largest private funder of food allergy research. Its mission is to improve the quality of life and health of individuals with food allergies and provide them hope through the promise of new treatments.

The Food Allergy Awareness Patch Program requirements give Girl Scouts the opportunity to learn about life with food allergies, with an emphasis on raising awareness of the public health issue, which impacts 32 million children and adults in the United States.

Girls must complete 4 of the activities included in the Program Guide below to earn this patch. Before you begin, learn the basics of food allergies by reviewing FARE’s Food Allergy 101 web page!

FARE Food Allergey Awarness Patch Program

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Girl Scout Week

Each year, National Girl Scout Week is celebrated in March around the birthday of Girl Scouts on March 12. This year it will be celebrated across the country on March 12-18. Girl Scouts around the globe will celebrate the wonderful Girl Scout sisterhood spanning over 100 years of Girl Scout history and traditions, as well as current Girl Scout Go-Getters, Innovators, Risk-Takers, and Leaders.

The activities in this patch program, have been inspired by a combination of many different facets of the Girl Scout organization, including: the celebration of Girl Scout week, GSUSA curriculum and Girl Scout traditions. The variety of activities will encourage all Girl Scouts, no matter their interest or age to participate in this patch program.

This patch program should be used to encourage Girl Scouts of all grade levels to observe the significance of Girl Scout week, Girl Scout traditions, and to help them demonstrate pride in being a member of the world’s largest organization for girls.

Girl Scout Birthday Week Patch Program

Patches may be purchased at your local Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road retail store. The patch is to be worn on the back of the vest.

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KentuckyOne Health and the American Heart Association have partnered with The Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road Council to educate young girls in central and eastern Kentucky about their hearts and how to keep them healthy. The goal of the Go Red Girl Scout Patch program is to raise awareness of heart disease and the risks that it poses for women. By encouraging healthy heart habits early in life, we hope to help girls begin a lifetime of healthy living.

Learn more here!

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The Grow Happy Houseplants patch is for any girls who want to or have already found their love for plants. So get ready to get your hands dirty and have a bunch of fun with this patch program!

Grow Happy Houseplants Patch Program Guide

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Girl Scouts, give back to your community and build Isabella the Inchworm! Each Isabella patch segment promotes a different way Girl Scouts can support our communities through unique service projects. These vintage patches are available to girls of all ages! Ready to get started? You can check out our brand-new patch program guide on our website!

This project is great for individual girls, troops, and even Service Units to collaborate on! Combine your efforts and make a huge difference for those in need. There is no limit to how many girls can help!

Isabella the Inchworm first originated in the early 2000’s and inspired girls of all ages to find new ways to support members of their community. Several of the patches that we offer are either from the program’s initial release or heavily inspired by the vintage patch designs. We recommend that girls and/or troops pursue no more than four projects each membership year.

Isabella the Inchworm Program Guide

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Kentucky American Water and Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road partnered to develop the “We Keep Water Flowing” patch program. It will inspire Girl Scouts to learn more about water sources in their community, strive to protect them and explore careers in the water industry. The patch program aligns with the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to achieve the following goals:

Discover: Seek opportunities to learn about the wide world of water.
Connect: Collaborate with others to expand water knowledge.
Take Action: Do something to help protect water sources.

This patch program manual is for both the Girl Scout and the facilitator. It serves as a guide through the activities to complete the “We Keep Water Flowing” patch. It is a three-step process. All Girl Scouts will complete the step one activities. Step two and step three activities are age appropriate. Safety should always be the top priority in this patch program.

Adults should review the Safety Activity Checkpoints manual to follow Girl Scout safety standards and guidelines. The intent is to provide a safe and positive experience for the girls.

Keep Water Flowing Patch Program Guide

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Observe your community in a new way! View your neighborhood through the lens of urban ecology and propose ways to celebrate, heal, repair, or transform the places you care about. Host a Jane Jacobs Walk to talk with members of your community about why your neighborhood is unique. Discover changemakers and champions who have made critical observations in their communities, connect with other Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world, and take action in your community by using the power of observation and creative action. This patch program is a great stepping stone for pursuing a highest award!

Learn more here!

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Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky is a chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America dedicated to the prevention of child abuse in all its forms and to ensure that every child in the state of Kentucky has a happy, healthy childhood.

Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky is seeking to collaborate with Girl Scouts Troops throughout the state of Kentucky to create educational steps where members are given the opportunity to share public awareness through the planting of pinwheels (the national symbol for Prevent Child Abuse) during the month of April with the overall goal of earning a patch for this community service.

Earn your Pinwheel to Prevention patch by completing the patch program. Patch Program Guide

Check out additional ways to get involved!

Wear Blue Day - April 4, 2025!

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Earning the Pollinator Patch will teach Girl Scouts about pollinators and how you can help them. Pollinators have many benefits and help our food but unfortunately they are becoming endangered.

Pollinator Patch Program Guide

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Girl Scouts in an all-inclusive, non-partisan organization. Promise to Vote is a Girl Scout Service Project that is non-partisan. The purpose of the Promise to Vote Service Project is to raise awareness about the importance of voting and community involvement.

Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road offers the Promise to Vote Patch Program during a presidential election year.

Voting is the ultimate form of community activism, the message that voters give when casting a vote is, "I count and I can make a difference!" Young people can count, when the adults in their lives vote.

2024 Promise to Vote Program Guide

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Read Ready Kentucky is a nonprofit organization that's goal is to equip students with the power to change the world through reading with every child and adult - one page at a time! This patch program was developed by Hannah Edelen, Miss Kentucky, to share with Girl Scouts across the state.

She has used her power to champion the cause for literacy and developed “Read Ready Kentucky,” a literacy initiative that advocates for accessible materials in every corner of the Commonwealth one child and one page at a time. Hannah wants youth to be able to find their power through reading!

Read Ready Kentucky Patch Program Guide

Patches may be purchased at your local Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road retail store. The patch is to be worn on the back of the vest.

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As part of Girl Scout’s historic collaboration with the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Kentucky's First Lady, Girl Scouts collect much needed items for the spouse abuse shelters in our council area.

Every February, Troops sign up to volunteer to manage a booth on Shop and Share Day for two hours at a Kroger stores in your area. Each spouse abuse center has a list of needed items that you will be able to give to customers coming in the store. The costumer drops off the item to you after it is purchased. Other volunteers pick up the donations at the end of the day. Kroger has furnished a free patch to all participating Girl Scouts.

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Solar United Neighbors is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people go solar, connect with other solar supporters locally and nationally, and fight for solar -friendly policies that protect the rights and interests of solar owners and solar supporters.

This program allows girls to DISCOVER how solar works; CONNECT solar energy with their lives, community, and the planet; and TAKE ACTION on what they’ve learned to use solar energy as a renewable and pollution-free resource.

Find more information about the program visit the website.

SUN Patch Program

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Created by Girl Scouts Heart of the South, The National Stand Beside Her Movement is a call to action initiative to mentor, support and develop women and girls; to end comparison and competition and create more collaboration and support for one another.

Starting in childhood girls are inundated with negative messages and behaviors that prevent them from building healthy relationships and ideals about their potential.

Let’s create a world where all women and girls are appreciated for their talent, strengths and uniqueness.

SBH Patch Program Guidelines

Please visit the Stand Beside Her website for information regarding ordering patches for the Stand Beside Her program.

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Educated. Empowered. Heard. In collaboration with The Mama Bear Effect®, a Kentucky's Wilderness Road Girl Scout from Georgetown, Kentucky developed a special patch program for Daisy through Ambassador Girl Scouts to bring awareness to child sexual abuse.

A victim herself, this Girl Scout aims to encourage other girls to Stand Up & Speak Out against child sexual abuse. The goal is to change the culture of sexual abuse, from a mindset of silence and shame to one of courage and compassion. Through education in this patch program girls will learn a clear definition of abuse, learn about body safety rules, body autonomy, establishing good self-esteem, and provide empowerment to report abuse.

Stand Up & Speak Out Program Guide

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A sunny day feels great, especially when enjoyed with friends, family, or teammates when you’re on the playground, at the pool, or on a sports field. But with fun in the sun comes responsibility. The Sun Safety Patch Program will educate you about how to be responsible and keep yourself sun safe!

The Sun Safety Patch Program is in collaboration with Melanoma Know More!

The Girl Scout Sun Safety Patch Program

The Sun Safety Patch Program Leader Guide

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Through this Swim Patch program you will learn the basics of water survival and swimming skills.

There are an estimated 320,000 annual drowning deaths worldwide. Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for 7% of all injury related deaths, according to the site Stop Drowning Now. This patch program was written by four girls for their Silver Award project. They created it to prevent drowning, especially in kids, and to encourage people to learn how to swim. Pick the appropriate patch for your swimming level, or earn them all!

In the beginner swim patch, you will learn easy ways to stay safe in the water.

In the intermediate swim patch, you will learn how to swim freestyle and how to prevent drowning.

In the proficient swim patch, you will learn water safety and how to survive in the ocean, as well as basic skills like backstroke and freestyle.

In the advanced swim patch, you will learn important skills, get a chance to become a lifeguard at your local pool or learn life-saving skills, and learn the strokes of butterfly or breaststroke.

This patch program was created by Troop 2028 for their Silver Award.

Swimming Patch Program Guide