Brownie Girl Scouts - Before Try

Brownie Girl Scouts - Before Try-its!

Before the launch of the current Try-its program of triangular shaped badges, GSUSA researched and studied a variety of council programs of earned badges for Brownies. Little information remains on these pre-Try-its, but they are often found on Brownie sashes and vests.

"Brownie B" wedges & Bridge To Junior - 1977-1986, Junior Aide bar continues

Introduced in 1977 with the launch of the Worlds To Explore program, the Brownie B's were official and could be worn on the front of the sash. Each pie-shaped wedge indicated 1 year of group participation in well-rounded Brownie B activities; Be a Discoverer, Be a Ready Helper, Be a Friend-maker. Yellow is for the 1st year, red for the 2nd year and blue for the third year. In a Brownie Girl Scout's 3rd year, she was encouraged to participate in bridging activities. The Junior Aide bar (often seen with these patches) was not earned in the Brownie level, but in the Junior level.

1978 - introduction of the three 3" Brownie B's fun patches - not for official wear, could be worn on back of the new Brownie sash. Offered in the NES catalogs.

1978

1980

1981 -Puppeteer	1981 - Ice Skater
1981 - Jumping Rope	1981 - Kite Flying

1982 - 2" square patches introduced, not for official wear, could be worn on the back of the sash. Offered in the NES catalogs

Be A Discoverer	Be A Friend Maker	Be A Ready Helper
Be A Happy Hiker	Be a Fun Maker	Kite Flying
Jumping Rope	Ice Skater	Puppeteer
Roller Skating new 1983

1985 - 2" square yellow backed patches with 2 new images; Bicycling and Running. These were only offered in the NES catalog for one year. Try-its were introduced in 1986.

Occasionally tan backed versions are seen.

These patches with wording were never offered in the NES catalogs

"Brownie Branchouts"

Holly Shores GSC

Mile Hi GSC, 1978

Southwest Connecticut & Westport, Connecticut.

Other badges in this series; owl, beehive, sun, brownie cap

Although round, this patch has been found with the set above, on more than one vintage sash, and was likely part of the program.

Likely: Wichita GSC





		Brownie Buttons

Thank you Ginger for sending in 3 additional buttons
in this series.

She notes that they came from the Drifting Dunes GSC, IN.

So far, we've uncovered 17 different buttons.