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Adults involved in Girl Scouts on a continual basis are the focus for these awards. Volunteers working with girls or providing management on the Board may earn these awards. Recipients of these awards may be nominated by other volunteers or staff or they may submit their applications themselves.
Volunteers applying for these awards complete this form. When you receive your approval notification you may take it to the store to purchase the appropriate pin.
Girl Scout Volunteer Development Award and Keys
All candidates for these awards must meet the following criteria for selection:
The candidate must be a registered Girl Scout adult and adhere to all policies and procedures of the Girl Scout organization.
The candidate must have completed appropriate orientation and training for the volunteer position in each category.
The volunteer must provide service in the Girl Scout organization at the local or national level.
The candidate has been appointed and has agreed to return for another year.
The candidate cannot be “grandfathered in” to earn this award.
Approval:
If all the criteria are met, a Council staff member, Board member, or volunteer member completes an application. The award is authorized through the recognitions task group or the Director of Volunteer Services.
Girl Scout Volunteer Development Award
 Recognizes an individual’s successful completion of initial service on a Board committee, on a task group, or in troop/group leadership.
Form of recognition: The Girl Scout Volunteer Development Pin is a rectangular gold-tone pin that lays the foundation for the volunteer’s growth and experience.
Girl Scout Mentoring Award (White key)
Recognizes the volunteer who has gained sufficient skills and experience and who becomes a coach or mentor for another new adult member resulting in their retention to continue volunteering for two years.
Girl Scout Volunteer Executive Award (Black key)
Recognizes the volunteer who has served in a leadership role in governance or management at the Council level.
Girl Scout Volunteer Diversity Award (Gold key)
Recognizes the volunteer who has increased membership in underrepresented populations through program delivery, community cultivation, and/or community collaboration; has increased awareness and understanding through enrichment events and/or training or has managed diversity by creating a system that supports the Councils’ goals
Girl Scout Community Cultivation Award (Silver key)
Recognizes the volunteer who has increased volunteer membership by utilizing the talents and skills of all the dimensions of diversity (18-29 year olds, episodic volunteers, males and aged 55 plus); has increased girl membership that reflects the diversity in the Council jurisdiction; has promoted STUDIO 2B through retaining 11-18 year olds and/or marketing the concept to the community; or has established effective partnerships that help achieve the Council’s membership goal through corporate partnerships, government agencies, foundations, small businesses or religious institutions.
Girl Scout Fund Development Award (Copper key)
Recognizes the volunteer who has helped to reach the Council’s fund development goal by increasing financial and/or in-kind resources through grants, corporations/foundations, and/or major gifts; has increased individual contributions that reflects the diversity in the Council’s jurisdiction through grants, planned giving, annual giving and/or bequests.
Leadership Development Pin
 The Leadership Development Pin and Leaves represent a leader’s hours of Girl Scout related training.
Form of recognition: A round pin with an owl with spaces to attach up to five “learning leaves”.
Each green leaf represents 10 contact hours of training. Five green leaves are replaced by one silver leaf.
The silver leaves represent 50 contact hours of training. Five silver leaves are replaced by one gold leaf.
The gold leaves each represent 250 contact hours of training.
Criteria for selection:
The candidate is a registered Girl Scout adult.
The candidate has completed one successful year in the position of troop/group leader, advisor, assistant leader, or group coordinator.
The candidate has completed the appropriate basic job training. This includes Beginning Troop Leadership Training and Program Level Training.
The candidate has participated in at least two meetings or events beyond the troop or group (Service Unit, community, Council).
Approval:
Leaders apply or are nominated whenever the requirements are met.
Candidates applying for Leadership Development Leaves need to document their hours and describe how the course improved their work with girls.
Council training opportunities, community workshops, and higher education classes may be used to qualify for the Leadership Development leaves. Only the course hours applicable to helping girls with activities would apply. The contact hours may be completed at one workshop, course, or training event or represent hours of training accumulated at several events over a period of time.
Volunteer Years of Service Pin
 Recognizes a Girl Scout adult member for her/his years of active volunteer service at five-year intervals (5, 10, 15, etc.).
Form of recognition: The Years of Service pin is a gold tone frame with the words “Girl Scout Volunteer” surrounding a white enamel circle inscribed with the number of years. It may be purchased by the individual or by the Service Unit for presentation at an awards event.
Adults who have served more than 20 years as an active volunteer and submit their request prior to February 15 of the current year will be honored at the Council’s Annual Recognition Dinner and will receive the appropriate Years of Service Pin at that time.
This pin represents the number of years of active adult service, not simply paying membership dues. For example, if a person was a girl member for 5 years, a leader for 10 years and maintained her registration for another 10 years, she would be eligible for a Years of Service Pin showing 10 years. She would also be eligible for a 25-year membership numeral that combines girl and adult membership years.
Criteria for selection:
The candidate is an active registered Girl Scout adult.
The candidate was a registered Girl Scout for each year of volunteer service.
An application is filed with the Director of Volunteer Services.
Volunteers with fewer than 20 years of adult volunteer service may purchase the appropriate Years of Service Pin in the Girl Scout Store, with approval from their Service Unit Manager (or it may be purchased for the volunteer by the Service Unit Manager.
Membership Numerals (Year Pin)
Volunteers who have been registered as members of the Girl Scout organization for 5, 10, 15, etc. years are eligible for membership numerals.
Form of recognition: A numeral attached by chain to the Girl Scout Trefoil pin.
Pins for 20 years or more are awarded to those in attendance at the Council Annual Recognition Dinner. Volunteers with fewer than 20 years of adult volunteer service may purchase the appropriate Years of Service Pin in the Girl Scout Store with approval from their Service Unit Manager (or it may be purchased for the volunteer by the Service Unit Manager.)
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