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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was a GS, they did have more outdoor badges for sure.

To me, the Journey's seem to be written to be used with kids who are in less well off areas.  I am not be snobby but if you read them, they include very basic activities that are normally covered around here in school, after school programs, or extra curricular activities. It was tough to Daisies and Brownies interested in the activities because they were often dumbed down repeats of activities they had done many times.

Thanks for the links PP to the other badges btw. I am going to share them with our troop leaders.[/quote]

You can do those badges, PP, but be forewarned they have been retired and most shops are out of them!   It is very hard for me to find any of the ones I want now -- they were phased out maybe 2-3 years ago.

Girl Guides in Canada look like they have great badges but they will only sell to leaders in Canada.[/quote]

Which ones are you trying to get?  I know lots of councils that have retired badges and the GS facebook page for swap/sell has lots of retired badges for $1 each.  The ones that are near impossible to get are the horse ones and the camping ones (but at least the new badges for Juniors have a very similar camping badge.).  The Brownie Water Everywhere is also very hard to get.  Tell me which ones you are trying to get and I'll help you out.  (I was told the same thing last year "you won't be able to get the old badges" and I found about 14 badges that I wanted (I got each of the 14 retired badges for the 12 girls in my troop).  Some are harder to find than others but there are still sources out there.

I also don't know about your statement that the Canadians only sell to leaders in Canada b/c on the Babycenter GS moms list the other leaders were talking about how some of them just drive over the border to get them and how much shipping is if you can't drive.  So, it was implied that anyone can get them.  I haven't done that myself, so I can't say for sure.[/quote]

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