A Community Service Program for Everyone
Our Community Service Program
Community service should be a rewarding experience. With the right program, young people will take pride in their involvement while gaining life skills and enjoy being part of a group where they can socialize and make new friends.
Rewarding
Our program is designed to guide youth through service projects. Working with parents, teachers or mentors, children can begin as young as preschool to be introduced to the rewards of volunteering. Older children will show pride as they self-guide through the requirements. Teens can use the acquired experience to organize their own action projects.
Educational
Our program is not “school-work”. Children and teens will learn while they participate. Every requirement provides resources to get started. Older children can “try on” career choices. Teens can build a resume and add accomplishments to their college application.
Flexible
All requirements are flexible allowing you to adjust for your geographic area and your team’s situation. Group size, age range and abilities can be easily accommodated. Existing groups such as Scout troops, service units, packs and dens can incorporate our program into their existing program. Earned patches can be displayed with their other patches. American Heritage Girls, Frontier Girls and any other youth organizations can plan their community service using our program guidelines.
Easy and Economical
There are no books or binders to purchase. All requirements are on one page. They can be viewed online or downloaded . All resource material is available at no charge. Patches and pins are economically priced.
We hope you’re as excited about this program as we are. Your feedback is appreciated. Please leave any comments below.
Helper Level
At the “Helping Hands” level children will begin to learn about responsibility and empathy. It was specifically created for 3 and 4 year old girls and boys or anyone with the abilities of a preschooler. Specially designed patches are available just for this age.
Designed For:
- Parents with younger children
- Special needs children and adults
- Preschool classes
- Scout leaders with younger children
Current Available Patches for “Helper“
Friend Level
Most of the projects in our “Friend” level Patch Program® will involve supply drives, clean ups or other actions that assist volunteers or organizations with extra hands to accomplish a specific project. There is an optional free worksheet for younger participants to review the project.
Designed for:
- Participants who can only invest a small amount of time
- Younger achievers such as Daisies* and Tiger Cubs
- Special needs groups and individuals
- Schools, churches and temples
- Youths beginning a community service commitment
Average Time Commitment: 2-3 hours
Current Available Patches for “Friends”
Volunteer Level
The requirements for our “Volunteer” level patch program®® will include becoming more familiar with the related issues. Free optional worksheets are provided for educational and organizational purposes. The final requirement involves completing a hands-on project of your choosing.
Designed For:
- Scout troops and youth groups
- Parent/child or family volunteering
- Individuals with a specific area of interest
- Schools, churches and temples
- Classrooms
- Anyone who has completed a suggested prerequisite
Average Time Commitment: 3-5 hours
Current Available Patches for Volunteers
Advocate Level
Advocates continue to educate themselves about topics with the provided videos and links. The requirements for our “Advocate” level patch program®® are geared toward getting support for a specific project of your choosing.
Designed For:
- Troops of teen scouts and teen youth groups
- Individual teens and adults
- Younger teens with a parent or mentor
- Families with teens
- High School clubs
- Anyone who has completed a suggested prerequisite
Average Time Commitment: 4-8 hours
Current Available Patches for Advocates
Delegate Level
Our Delegate level program is for those who have gained enough expertise to organize and follow through with an action project. Delegates can build a team of Friends, Volunteers and Advocates to gain life experience while they make meaningful changes in their community.
Designed For:
- Scout troops of older teens and teen youth organizations with their leader
- Adults concerned with a specific cause
- Individual older teens with a parent, leader or mentor
- High School clubs
- Community groups
- Business owners
Average Time Commitment: 15-25 hours
Current Available Pins for Delegates
I think this is a wonderful program for both my granddaughter and I to participate in. We are already Girl Scouts and this program is a good fit to incorporate into our schedule. That being said, I am upset with the way to sign up. I tried several times to sign both of us up last year when the membership was free. I wasn’t successful and could not find a way to communicate with your program. I found it quite easy this time. Coincidentally I had to pay. I don’t mind paying for our memberships, however I’m definitely not okay with having been offered a chance to sign up free and finding these results. Thank you for taking the time to read these.
Hi Anne, membership is not mandatory. You can participate for free and have access to everything. We only added the paid membership for those who want to earn the Presidential Service Award which was not available at the time you originally tried to sign up. Sorry for the confusion. You can always reach out to us by phone 631-979-7331, email [email protected] or facebook if you have any other questions.
Do we need to purchase each patch separately, or can you purchase them as a set? I only see individual patches in the store.
Right now they are only available individually. Thanks for a good idea will consider it.
These programs are just what Girl Scouts need to start focusing on. I am so glad that you came up with these programs. I am starting the Endangered Species with my troop next week. We made bee houses last year and the year before we planted Milkweed for Monarch Butterflies. I believe if you can make kids care about wildlife they will care about all living things including humans. It just might become a safer world.
So glad you like it! We have a new one coming out soon for the environment.
Are there program suggestions or we make up our own requirements?
Just click on the patches and scroll down to see the requirements. Thanks for your interest!
This sounds like a great program. Where can our GS troop sign up?
No sign up required! Just jump right in.
Membership is free in 2019. https://liveyouthstrong.com/