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 spring and summer.

Spring & Summer 2020 Get Outdoors Challenge

The newest challenge will bring activities for both the spring and summer.

How to participate:

Download the spring/summer activity checklist.
Complete the required number of activities for your level between April 15 and September 30, 2020.
After completing the activities for your level, girls and adults can register to purchase their Get Outdoors Challenge main patch or unique spring/summer patch for $4 from September 15-September 30, 2020.
Don't forget to share photos of your girls completing activities from the spring and summer edition of the Get Outdoors Challenge!

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 receive your patch. You must complete your registration between September 15-September 30, 2020 and pay the $4 fee for each patch. Patches will be mailed out in October.

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 purchase the unique spring/summer patch to add on to their main patch.

From April 15-September 30, complete the required number of spring/summer 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 spring/summer patch for $4. Patch registration is open from September 15-September 30, 2020.

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 spring/summer 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.

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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!

NEW! 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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