Brownie Girl Scouts can earn the Give Back badge today! This is a digital course that contains fun videos and activities that meet all badge criteria. All VicTreeFi courses are created by financial professionals (and Girl Scouts alums)! When your Brownie completes this course, she will receive a virtual certificate as proof of completion.
Description:
VicTreeFi is a female-founded company, dedicated to promoting financial education. The company’s co-founder was a Girl Scout. VicTreeFi provides on-demand courses for students that are self-paced and mobile-friendly. Courses are built around national standards for financial literacy and all required Girl Scout badge steps.
Website:
https://app.victreefi.com/#/girlscouts/central-illinois
In Person or Virtual:
Virtual
Cost:
$2 per girl
To Schedule:
To purchase courses as an individual, please login or create a free account to access your Girl Scout dashboard. Girl Scouts may enroll at any time by purchasing badge courses. As Girl Scouts advance through their badgework, progress is saved and shared with the council. Once all required badgework is completed, a Certificate of Completion will appear under the My Certificates tab.
If you are a troop leader and would like to bulk enroll your entire troop, download the Troop Enrollment Form on the website and email the completed form to contact@victreefi.com. Payment can be made by credit card online. We recommend that Girl Scouts complete badgework prior to planned troop meetings, with discussion of key takeaways occurring at the next troop meeting. Email contact@victreefi.com for more information about discussion guides.
Award Earned:
Give Back
Give Back
Find out how philanthropists give money to help others. Then use the skills you learned to come up with ideas for how to give back with some of your cookie money!
- Find out about businesses that give back
- Set a giving goal
- Involve your customers
- Practice giving back
- Tell your cookie customers how they helped
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how businesses help others—and how you can do the same thing.