Our Do-It-Yourself Programs

Attitude of Gratitude! Patch Program

Showing appreciation and gratitude for volunteers is a must. After all, your volunteers are AMAZING and Girl Scouting wouldn’t be the same without them! This patch program will help girls to learn what appreciation is, what helpers do and how to show them appreciation in both large and small ways through the 3 keys of Discover, Connect, and Take Action. 

Open to: All levels

What's All the Buzz?

Gold Award Girl Scout Breanna wants everyone to hear her message of the importance of pollinators in our environment, but this program is designed especially for Girl Scouts Brownies and Juniors. You'll learn learn what a pollinator is, how bees communicate, different types of pollinators, the pollinator's process, native South Florida plants and much more. One of the main take-home messages from her efforts is to promote pollinator awareness, conservation, and to really appreciate the work pollinators do to promote our well-being.  

Open to: Brownies - Ambassadors

Dove Free Being Me Program

Imagine a world free from anxiety about the way you look. A world where girls are helping other girls define beauty for themselves. This is an Earned Award badge and can be worn on the front of uniforms after completing the curriculum. Once you complete the curriculum, you can contact Customer Care for your free patch

Open to: Brownies - Seniors

Hurricane Awareness Patch

According to the NOAA, hurricanes are among nature's most powerful and destructive phenomena. On average, 12 tropical storms, 6 of which become hurricanes form over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, or Gulf of Mexico during the hurricane season which runs from June 1 to November 30 each year. 

Our Hurricane Awareness Council Patch program is designed to help Girl Scouts be better prepared in the event of a hurricane or a tropical storm.

Open to:  Brownies - Ambassadors

Junior Drawing Badge

Juniors, are you ready to get creative? In this badge, You will learn techniques to make your drawings even better—which will make seeing what your imagination can do even more fun!

Open to: Girl Scout Juniors

Organ Donation Awareness

Organ, eye, and tissue donation gives people a second chance at life. One organ donor can save as many as eight lives. One organ, eye and tissue donor can save and heal more than 75 lives. Girls who earn this patch will learn about organ donation and how it saves lives as well as have opportunities to promote organ donation awareness.

Open to: All levels

Cost: To order patches, contact Jessica Fisher

Sandy Hook Promise

Sandy Hook Promise is a national non-profit organization founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012.

The Start With Hello program empowers Girl Scouts to make a difference with their peers in a simple, fun, and impactful way by encouraging them to take small but powerful actions to promote connectedness and inclusion, and to identify and help others who are showing signs of social isolation.

Open to: All Levels

Solar United Neighbors Sun Patch for Girl Scouts

The goal of this DIY program is to allow 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. Note: The activities and information contained in this patch program are targeted toward Brownies - Ambassador-level Girl Scouts (2nd - 12th grades).

Open to: Brownies - Ambassadors

Cost: Learn more by emailing getinvolved@solarunitedneighbors.org

Sun Safety Patch Program

Your skin is your body’s coat. It protects you from cold and heat. It keeps your insides in and the bad stuff—like germs—out. Did you know that your skin is your largest and fastest-growing organ? It’s important to take care of your skin by protecting it from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun and indoor tanning beds. Over exposure to UV can cause skin cancer, the most prevalent cancer in America. Outrun the Sun, Inc., a nonprofit organization supporting sun safety and skin cancer prevention, is helping to bring Girl Scouts a new Sun Safety Patch. You can earn this special patch by being a sun safety advocate. Learn ways of protecting your skin and also teach others through hands-on activities and social media!

Open to: All levels

Girl Scouts and the Supply Chain

For every product we see a team of people and systems is needed to create it, warehouse it and transport it. To earn this patch you'll explore how products get from the place where they are made to our local supermarkets and how the supply chain for the world's largest girl-run business works. You'll also meet some awesome women who keep the global supply chain working.

Open to: All levels

Girl Scouts and Miami-Dade Parks Tropical Heritage

Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida is partnering with Miami-Dade County Parks on this new Council Patch program. To receive the main patch, simply attend a Council-sponsored program at any of the 5 Miami Dade County Parks Nature Centers. When you visit any of the other nature centers you can earn a Park Rocker Patch (available for purchase on our Shop) by completing activities in the Passport Packet. 

Open to: All levels

Questions? Contact us at customercare@girlscoutsfl.org

South Florida Patch Program

Girl Scout Penelope H. developed the South Florida Patch Program to earn her Girl Scout Silver Award. To earn the South Florida patch, you’ll need to complete a few activities, including visiting one beach, South Florida state park or national park; visiting one South Florida attraction; and trying two iconic Florida foods, among other fun experiences.

Open to: All levels