How to Use Safety Activity Checkpoints
Below you will find the individual Safety Activity Checkpoints for Girl Scouts of the USA and Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council’s approved activities. As soon as your troop/group begins planning a particular trip or activity, you should always review:
- the Introduction: Standard Safety Guidelines section, which provides the standard safety guidelines that apply to all Girl Scout activities, and
- the related individual activity’s safety activity checkpoints (e.g., Swimming, Backpacking, Camping)
Volunteers and troop co-leaders should then continue to refer to both the Introduction: Standard Safety Guidelines and the individual activity’s Safety Activity Checkpoints throughout the entire activity planning process to ensure all proper precautions have been taken and all safety guidelines have been met before participating in the activity.
As part of your activity planning, be sure to pay particular attention to the following areas:
- When the adult-to-girl ratio, or other safety parameters are stricter for a specific activity than in the Introduction: Standard Safety Guidelines always follow the stricter parameters given in the individual activity’s Safety Activity Checkpoints.
- Infectious Disease Guidelines. Review the Infectious Disease Safety for Girl Scouts section under the Introduction: Standard Safety Guidelines.
- Emergency Action Plan (EAP). Review and document your EAP before taking girls out for any activity and review it with the girls so they too are prepared. Think through scenarios of what can go wrong such as an accident, physical injury to a girl, missing girl, sudden illness, or sudden weather or water emergencies.
When in doubt, contact your Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council for help and guidance in adhering to the safety standards set forth in Girl Scouts Safety Activity Checkpoints: info@gsvsc.org or 540-777-5100.
- Introduction: Standard Safety Guidelines
- Activities Not Permitted for Girl Scouts
- Girl Scout Activities at a Glance
INDIVIDUAL SAFETY ACTIVITY CHECKPOINTS
- Aerial Fitness
- Amusement Parks
- Animal Interaction
- Archery
- Ax, Knife, & Hatchet/Tomahawk Throwing
- Backpacking
- Bicycling
- Camping
- Canoeing (soon-to-come)
- Challenge Courses
- Climbing & Adventure Sports Master Progression Chart
- Climbing & Rappelling
- Community Clean Ups
- Computer & Internet Use
- Cookie & Product Sales
- Corcl Boats (soon-to-come)
- Cross Country Skiing
- Downhill Skiing & Snowboarding
- Fencing
- Geocaching
- Go-Karting
- Hayrides
- Hiking
- Horseback Riding & Other Equine-Related Activities
- Ice Skating & Roller Skating
- Indoor Skydiving
- Indoor Trampoline
- Inflatables
- Kayaking (soon-to-come)
- Miscellaneous Activities
- Offshore Water Vessels
- Orienteering
- Outdoor Cooking
- Parades & Other Large Gatherings
- Pocket Knife & Jackknife Safety
- Recreational Tree Climbing
- Rocketry & Model Rocketry
- Row Boating (includes Scull and Shell) soon-to-come
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving
- Shooting Sports/Guns
- Sledding, Tobogganing, & Snow Tubing
- Slingshot
- Snorkeling
- Snowshoeing
- Spelunking & Caving
- Standup Paddle Boarding (soon-to-come)
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Target & Shooting Sports Master Progression Chart
- Tethered Hot Air Balloon Rides
- Tools (hand and power)
- Travel/Trips
- Tubing
- Virtual Troop Meetings
- Waterskiing & Wakeboarding
- Whitewater Rafting (soon-to-come)
- Windsurfing
- Zip Lining
