Patch Programs
Explore new frontiers, interests, and topics with patch programs.
Many patch programs are unique and go beyond traditional badge work.
They give troops and individual girls the chance to examine a wide range of subjects, cultivate new ideas, expand knowledge, and learn essential skills.
Certain patch programs have level-specific requirements and may satisfy some badge prerequisites.
Outdoor Patch Programs
Outdoor Skills Patches 
The Outdoor Skills patch program makes it easy for girls to get outdoors and have adventures while learning a variety of important skills!
Once a Girl Scout learns and practices a particular skill, she earns the corresponding Outdoor Skills mini patch—which she can then add to the round base patch attached to her sash or vest. Mini patches may be earned by attending Outdoor Skills Days, Outdoor Adventure Days, Outdoor Round-Ups, and other events!
Check for the event list for upcoming Outdoor Skills programs and events.
Outdoor Skills Days
Outdoor Skills 1
Enjoy a fun day of outdoor games! Girls will learn how to always be prepared, understand water conservation and how to leave our world a better place with Leave No Trace!
Outdoor Skills 2
Continue to develop amazing skills and up your outdoor game
with team-building games! This level will cover packing for a day hike
and navigating the trails with basic orienteering skills.
Outdoor Skills 3
Get prepared for a basic camping trip at a campground or in your backyard! Learn about setting up a campsite, basic knots to get you through the night, and how to build a fire for warmth and cooking.
Outdoor Skills 4
This is the ultimate day to get outdoors! Eat your way through the day while learning to cook a meal using a stick, foil pack, and dutch oven techniques and enjoy the fruits (Starbursts) of your labors. Build a mini First Aid kit to have in your back pocket before a basic lesson on backpack fitting, packing, and trip prep.
Outdoor Adventure Days
Discover hidden gems in your community at Outdoor Adventure Days! Earn mini patches for the Outdoor Skills Patch at these themed events that offer the opportunity to learn and practice new skills in the outdoors.
Offerings include canoeing at a state park, horseback riding workshops, fly fishing, archery, snow-shoeing, and bicycle tour events. There are different Outdoor Adventure Days for each Girl Scout level!
Outdoor Round-Ups
Experience council-wide events that offer a variety of outdoor adventures with sister Girl Scouts!
If you have any questions, please email outdooreducation@gssem.org.
Audubon Great Lakes: Wild Indigo Patch
Beekeeper Patch
Belle Isle Patch
Bike Pro Patch
Every Girl in a Tent Patch
Great Lakes Patch
Junior Hawkwatcher Patch
Metroparks Explorer Patch
Pheno-Fun: Citizen Science Patch
Urban Explorer Patch
Other Patch Programs
Automotive History Patch
Black History Month
Discover Detroit Patch
Diversity Patch
Donate Life Patch
DTE Electric Hazard Awareness Patch
GSSEM History Patch
GSSEM Perseveres: Mars Rover Patch
Hispanic Heritage Patch
People Mover Patch
Precious Medals P.I. Patch
Troop CFO Patch
