Bronze Award Final Report

Bronze Award Final Report

Application for Bronze Award
Important information:

Upon completion of your group/troop Girl Scout Bronze Award project, the Group/Troop Leader must complete and submit this form.

Only Juniors who have completed a Junior level Journey, including the Journey Take Action project, and have completed 20 hours toward the Bronze Award project are eligible. (Hours spent on the completion of the Journey and the Journey Take Action project hours do not count toward Bronze Award hours.)
- Junior team members must be registered Girl Scouts in 4th or 5th grade.
- The final report must be turned in no later than 9/30 of the year any Junior in the project group enters 6th grade.
- If you have a team member entering 7th grade this year, they are a Cadette and are not eligible to earn a Bronze Award.
This application is for a leader-approved Bronze Award project completed in this member year. Our member year is October 1 through September 30.

By submitting this application you are acknowledging you understand a Bronze Award is a Take Action project, not a community service project.

Take Action project - a long-term project with sustainable and ongoing influence that addresses an issue's root cause. It is done with the community vs. for. It is a unique initiative to reduce or eliminate why the issue is happening. It includes setting goals and leading a team of volunteers to achieve them.

Take Action projects all have an element of community awareness/education about the issue and involve community volunteers. Juniors should not be the "workforce". For example, if your group visited a pet shelter and found out an issue they are having is overcrowding the project should address the overcrowding issue. Making pet toys or having a donation drive is an act of kindness, but isn't a long-term solution and doesn't address the issue of overcrowding.

Community Service project - is a short-term effort that helps something or someone fulfill an immediate need. It is done for the community vs. with. It often joins an existing effort or team, and it is working toward goals set by others.

A Bronze Award Take Action project can have elements of community service activities but it cannot be most or all of the project. Community service activities should be limited to no more than five of the total 20 hours.

If you submit a majority or all community service project your group may be asked to add additional elements to the project to meet the Bronze Award requirements.

Examples of community service projects:
- Collection drives (clothing, food, toys, supplies, equipment, books, etc.)
- Make and donate items (blankets, pet toys, fidget/calm down kits, holiday baskets, cards, etc.
- Beautification projects (planting flowers, pulling weeds, picking up trash, installing pavers, organizing supplies, cleaning a storage room, clearing or remarking an existing trail, painting, etc.)
- Fixing something that is broken or needs updating (painting/refreshing an item like a bench, picnic table, room, or gazebo, repairing furniture or equipment, fixing or replacing an old sign, etc.)
- Building something (bench, shelves, little free library, blessing/donation box, gaga ball pit, handicapped ramp, dog houses, fences, signs, raised gardens, storage closet, etc.)
If you have questions please contact the Awards Program Manager: awards@gsnypenn.org
Today's date:*
This form must be submitted by 11:59pm on 9/30 the year any Junior on the project enters 6th grade.
Our application was delayed because (explanation only needed if you miss the deadline):
You should have received an extension from the Awards Manager. If not, please contact awards@gsnypenn.org immediately.
TROOP/GROUP INFORMATION
Troop Number(s) or Juliette*
Enter "Juliette" for an individually registered member.
Service Unit Number(s)
Group/Troop Leader: *
Leader Email:*
Leader Mailing Address (this is where we will mail the certificates and pins):*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Name of the Junior Journey(s) the Girl Scouts completed:*
Date of Journey(s) completion:*
BRONZE AWARD PROJECT REPORT

Complete this section with the project team.
Name of Girl Scout Bronze Award Project:*
Bridging Brownies should not start, implement, or complete a Bronze Award project until they officially bridge to Juniors on 10/1.

Bridging Brownies may not start a Junior Journey until after August 1st of the bridging year. It is recommended first-year Juniors work on some Junior badges first before a Journey.
Date Started*

MonthDayYear
Date Completed*

MonthDayYear
Please answer the following questions with as much detail and information as you can. We love hearing about everything you did!
What issue did your Bronze Award team identify in your community, and why did you select this issue?*
Remember, your issue is not your project.
What was the root cause of your issue? (Root cause is why the issue is happening)*
What community research did your team do to determine the above root cause?*
Who in the community did the group talk to? What other fact finding did they do?
How did your team work together?*
Describe your team's project, including the result and how it directly reduced or eliminated the root cause of your issue.*
Be sure to provide the details of what you actually did and what the result was.
What problems came up? How did you solve them?*
What worked, what didn't, and what would you do differently next time?*
What awareness or educational activities did your team do to inspire others to act?*
How did you involve and educate others outside your troop about your issue and project?
Try it: Describe how your team tried to make your project sustainable?
Sustainable means making an impact even after the project is completed - not just the materials used are sustainable.
AWARD APPLICANT INFORMATION

Remember: The Bronze Award is a group project done by a group of Juniors or a Junior with some friends the same age. We understand sometimes not all team members complete the project or the project is done by a Juliette with a group of non-Girl Scout friends. If only one applicant, please provide a brief explanation.
Only one applicant? Please provide a brief explanation and tell us if the Junior worked with a group of non-Girl Scout peers:
Your project should have been planned with a team, even if none of your team completed the project.
Please list each applicant's name and grade (this is how the name will appear on the certificate):*
If after 8/1 please enter grade Girl Scout is entering in the fall.
LOG OF HOURS
Please upload a typed word or excel document with your log of hours. Log should include names of Juniors, details of the activity, and the number of hours spent on the activity. Activity hours should be in blocks of 3 hours or less. Time traveling (driving) do not count as project hours.

Please DO NOT upload a photo of a handwritten document. These are very hard to read.

A minimum of 20 hours for each Junior is required to complete the Bronze Award.
Log of Hours*

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Upload Bronze Award project materials or photos that you would like to share. (We may post your photo on our social media recognizing your group's efforts, so please confirm everyone in the photo is okay with you sharing it with us.)

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Please upload any photos individually and of high resolution. We will not be able to consider your project to be featured on the council's social media platforms if the photos are too small or low-resolution.

You may also upload a Word document with any pasted-in links related to this Bronze Award project such as websites created, places the project was featured, links to news articles, links to a shared folder of project photos or videos, etc.

If you have questions contact the Awards Department at: awards@gsnypenn.org
We will review your Bronze Award application as soon as possible, but please allow 2 weeks for processing. You will hear from us soon!

Thank you for guiding your team of Juniors through the Bronze Award! You have helped your troop to become leaders and make the community a better place! Celebrate the accomplishment!
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Bronze Award Final Report

TROOP/GROUP INFORMATION

BRONZE AWARD PROJECT REPORT

AWARD APPLICANT INFORMATION

LOG OF HOURS