These 5 Try-Its and 5 badges were developed in collaboration with the Alaska Native Heritage Center to help Girl Scouts learn about Alaska Native cultures:
Aleut/Alutiiq Culture Badge and Try-It
Athabascan Culture Badge and Try-It
Inupiaq/Siberian Yup'ik Culture Badge and Try-It
Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian Culture Badge and Try-It
Yup'ik/Cup'ik Culture Badge and Try-It
Super Troop
This patch recognizes troops for providing a wide variety of program experiences and for the organizational efforts fot he troop's leaders. All activities have to be completed during the current membership year (October 1 through September 30). Troops must be registered in order to participate. Each activity counts toward one requirement.
Girl Scouts of all ages can earn the NASA patch by sampling any number of NASA activities Discover new planets, make a space shuttle or a model of Saturn, erupt volcanoes and make maps of their lava flows, or practice making impact craters. These hands-on activities will be a lot of fun!
A council patch program in public relations and community service. Good community relations takes a team! Troops can help let communities throughout Alaska know about the value and contributions of Girl Scouting by earning this free patch. NOTE: This free patch program is only available to members of Girl Scouts Susitna Council.
All-Girl Robotics!If you’re interested in being on or coaching an all-girls robotics team next fall (open to girls ages 9 to 14), or if you'd like to be contacted about upcoming all-girl robotics events, please submit your name, phone, and e-mail to tgryting@gsscak.org or 273-0318. We will be forming up to 7 teams in the fall and would love to represent various communities.
Teams may be made up of an entire Girl Scout troop, or individual girls. The FIRST Lego League Challenge will be released in early September (theme will be Climate Connections), with the tournament expected in December or January. Some teams may begin forming over the summer, so if you are interested, you should contact us ASAP.
Healthy Living Initiative
Why a Healthy Living Initiative?
GSUSA believes all girls are entitled to information and skill-building opportunities that will help them make positive health decisions. Girl Scouts, with nearly 100 years of experience, understands how to address complex physical and emotional issues related to girls’ health from kindergarten through the end of high school.
For a list of Healthy Living-related awards/badges, click here.
GSUSA created a Healthy Living Unit in 2006 and began offering Healthy Living training in 2007, following years of research including two reports by the Girl Scout Research Institute: Weighing in: Helping Girls Be Healthy Today, Healthy Tomorrow (2004) and The NEW NORMAL? What Girls Say About Healthy Living (2006).
GSUSA reported results in summer 2007 from the “Raise Your Voice For Girls” Survey, conducted by GSUSA and assisted by the Girl Scout Research Institute. Almost 7,000 Girl Scout leaders, adults, volunteers, parents, girls, and others selected the following 5 issues as most important in the lives of girls. Four out of the top five issues are related to healthy living:
GSUSA introduced 4 new healthy living fun patches in August 2007.
GSUSA includes the following four topics in the category of “healthy living:” (1) nutrition, (2) physical activity, (3) healthy relationships, (4) changing bodies.
Won't you join Susitna Council in taking the Healthy Living Pledge? E-mail tgryting@gsscak.org how many girls and adults in your troop took the pledge (we are tracking this info).
To download a copy of the Leader's Pledge,click here!
To download a copy of the Pledge for girls,click here!
For a list of active events in Alaska, visit the Healthy Futures website at www.healthyfuturesak.org.
Other Council Patch Programs
Susitna Council offers a variety of special patch programs for all ages in everything from Alaska Native cultures and dog sledding to badges about birds and the aurora borealis.
CLEARANCE: The Strategies for Outdoor Living (SOL) patch program is being phased out, and will be replaced later this year with a brand new program. All SOL patches will be sold at half-price, while supplies last. E-mail susitna@gsscak.org for availability.
We have a variety of kits available for Girl Scout leaders to check out that contain materials to help a troop earn a specific try-it, badge or patch. Click here to view list.
Orders from Outside Susitna Council:
Our entire badge/patch book is available on our website - click here to download the council patch booklet. Note:badge requirements for Bird Badge and Bird Try-It are explained in an accompanying booklet, which can be purchased for $10.
When you are ready to place your order…
IF YOU ONLY NEED TO ORDER ONE OR TWO BADGES/PATCHES, AND NO BOOKLET: Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope along with your payment and a brief note regarding what you are ordering to:
Girl Scouts Susitna Council 3911 Turnagain Blvd. East Anchorage, AK99517
IF YOU NEED TO ORDER SEVERAL BADGES/PATCHES or IF YOU NEED TO ORDER A BOOKLET: Please e-mail us at susitna@gsscak.org with your order. We will calculate your order (including the postage and handling) and e-mail you back with the total. Then it is your option to mail a check to the address above, or reply with your credit card number, expiration date and mailing address.
$10 will cover the cost of the booklet, including shipping and handling. If you purchase up to 10 badges at the same time as ordering the booklet, there will be no extra shipping/handling charges for the badges. If you are ordering more than 10 badges with the booklet, there will be an extra charge for shipping/handling.
