GSUSA Awards
GSRV Awards
Award History
Girl Scout Knowledge
Informal Recognition
100

This is the creator of the President’s Award, Appreciation Pin, Thanks Badge, Thanks Badge II, Honor Pin, Juliette Gordon Low World Friendship Medal.

Who is GSUSA?

100

This award is given each year to alums who have demonstrated outstanding commitment, exceptional service, and extraordinary dedication to the Girl Scout Movement over time.

What is the Forever Green Alum Award?

100

Created in 1916, this Girl Scout's highest award for girls and has gone through changes over the years.

What is the Golden Eaglet of Merit?

100

This person is the founder of Girl Scouts.

Who is Juliette Gordon Low?

100

Sending a thank you card or note is a great example of this.

What is informal recognition?

200

This national award recognizes an individual or a council and is approved by the Girl Scouts of USA National Board of Directors.

What is the Juliette Gordon Low World Friendship Medal?

200

This award recognizes outstanding service by a Girl Scout member, non-member, or community organization.

What is the Heart in Hand Award?

200

This council is located in the birthplace of Girl Scouts

What is the council of Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia?

200

This is the year that Girl Scouts was founded.

When is 1912?

200

This is where informal recognition examples can be found.

What is the River Valleys Volunteer subsite?

300

This award honors someone who continues to provide exemplary service benefitting the entire Girl Scout Movement and was previously a recipient of the Thanks Badge.

What is the Thanks Badge II?

300

This award recognizes the efforts of a service-delivery team or committee whose exemplary service in support of delivering the Girl Scout Leadership Experience surpassed team goals and resulted in significant, measurable impact toward reaching the council’s overall goals.

What is the President’s Award?

300

This award was instituted in 1912 by GSUSA. It recognizes outstanding service that benefits the total council or the entire Girl Scout movement and is so significantly above and beyond the call of duty that no other award would be appropriate.

What is the Thanks Badge?

300

This was Juliette Gordon Low’s nickname.

What is Daisy?

300

This is another creative platform that you can utilize to find ideas for informal recognition.

What is Pintrest?

400

This pin recognizes an individual’s service and impact on one geographic service area.

What is the Appreciation Pin?

400

This group approves award nominations.

Who is the Adult Award and Recognition Committee?

400

The year the Gold Award was established.

What is 1980?

400

This is the town of Juliette Gordon Low’s childhood home.

Where is Savannah, Georgia?

400

This is another way you can recognize volunteers, and it includes uploading pictures and sharing things about them.

What is sharing their story?

500

This award recognizes a volunteer who has had a measurable impact on the entire council or Girl Scout Movement.

What is the Thanks Badge?

500

This is the timeframe that nominations must be submitted prior to your recognition event.

What is one month prior to event?

500

The design of each highest award, has kept these two components throughout the years.

What is the trefoil and gold starburst design?

500

This president posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Juliette Gordon Low.

Who is President Barack Obama?

500

FINAL JEOPARDY! These are some other ways to creatively recognize volunteers

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