AY Honors afford a rich and varied palette of topics for young people to explore and experience. Though the honors are tailored to young people from grades 5 through 10, even older people enjoy earning them.
The honors are organized into eight different categories, with each category being represented by a different background color on the patch:
- Arts, Crafts and Hobbies
- Health and Science
- Household Arts
- Nature
- Outdoor Industries
- Recreation
- Spiritual Growth, Outreach and Heritage
- Vocational