How to earn the Girl Scout Bronze Award
Build your Girl Scout Junior team
Explore your community
Decide on a project to work on
Make a plan of action
Put your plan in motion
Spread the word
Make your community a better place
It all starts here. Juniors team up with fellow Girl Scouts to explore their community, discover a need or issue they care about, and work together to address it. It’s a chance to create a plan and make an impact on the community they live in.
You can become a Bronze Award Girl Scout if you:
- Are in fourth or fifth grade
- Are a registered Girl Scout Junior
- Have completed a Junior Leadership Award or Junior Journey
Highest Award Prerequisites
Prerequisite Update
New prerequisite opportunities have been announced. While Journeys
will officially be retired on October 1, 2026, in their place, Girl
Scouts is launching fresh Leadership
Awards for Juniors through Ambassadors. Learn
more.
**If you have currently completed or are
in the process of a Journey, that Journey will be accepted as a
prerequisite for a Highest Award until September 30, 2026.**
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