Get Outdoors Challenge

The Get Outdoors Challenge is coming to you with twice as much outdoor fun! Western Pennsylvania is full of outdoor adventures in every season—so the new challenge will bring activities for both the fall and winter.

Fall & Winter 2020-21 Get Outdoors Challenge

The newest challenge will bring activities for both the fall and winter.

How to participate:

Download the fall/winter activity checklist.
Complete the required number of activities for your level between Oct. 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021.
After completing the activities for your level, girls and adults can register to purchase their Get Outdoors Challenge main patch and/or unique fall/winter patch for $4 from March 15-March 31, 2021.
Don't forget to share photos of your girls completing activities from the fall and winter edition of the Get Outdoors Challenge!

NEW! Enter to win a week at camp!
Are you as excited for summer camp as we are? Complete 70 activities on the fall/winter activity checklist and have a chance to win one week of traditional summer camp at a GSWPA camp!

How to enter:
When your complete 70 activities from the fall/winter Get Outdoors Challenge Checklist, fill out this form for a chance to win one week of traditional summer camp at a GSWPA camp!*

*Contest is available to GSWPA Girl Scouts who complete 70 activities on the Get Outdoors Challenge Checklist. Applies only to one week of traditional camp at a GSWPA resident camp (excludes horse camp and travel camp). Must complete the entire form and provide evidence of completed activities to enter. The contest will close on March 30, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. and the lucky Girl Scout will be contacted by April 15, 2020!

Challenge Dates & Deadlines

The challenge is open to current girl and adult members of GSWPA and other Girl Scout councils.

You should complete the required number of activities before registering to purchase your patch. You must complete your patch registration March 15-31, 2021 for each patch.

Rules & Guidelines

If this is your first Get Outdoors Challenge, participants can purchase the Get Outdoors main patch. If you already have the main patch from a previous challenge, participants can register for the unique fall/winter patch to add on to their main patch.

From Oct 1, 2020-March 31, 2021, complete the required number of activities for your grade level.

After completing the activities for your level, girls and adults can register to purchase their Get Outdoors Challenge main patch or unique fall/winter patch for $4. Patch registration is open from March 15-31, 2021

Girls and adults must follow Safety Activity Checkpoints for all activities.

Girl Scouts from outside of GSWPA are welcome to participate in the Get Outdoors Challenge. Out-of-council participants will use the same links to register for the main patch or unique seasonal patch as in-council participants.

Activity Requirements

Activities required per grade level include:

Daisy Launch - 10
Daisy - 20
Brownie - 25
Junior - 30
Cadette - 35
Senior - 40
Ambassador - 45
Adult - 50

Girls and adults may complete activities individually, but each girl and adult should only count activities that they participated in. There will not be a troop entry for this challenge.

Submit Your Photos

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Get Outdoors Challenge Photo Galleries

Don't forget to share photos of your girls completing activities from the spring/summer edition of the Get Outdoors Challenge!

Fall 2020/Winter 2021 gallery
Spring/Summer 2020 gallery
Fall 2019/Winter 2020 photo gallery
Spring/Summer 2019 photo gallery
Winter 2019 photo gallery
G.O. Live with GSWPA event - walking barefoot in the grass council-wide!
Summer 2018 photo gallery | Photo gallery Part II
Winter 2017 photo gallery
Summer 2017 photo gallery—the first-ever Get Outdoors Challenge!

Questions? Contact us at customercare@gswpa.org, subject line Get Outdoors! Challenge.

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