You have the power to improve your community through action
Ready to help your community and earn one of the highest awards in Girl Scouting? Cadettes can team up with a small group of fellow Girl Scouts or work on their own. To earn the Silver Award, you will research an issue you care about, make a plan to address it and then take action to improve your community.
You can become a Silver Award Girl Scout if you:
- Are in sixth, seventh or eighth grade
- Are a registered Girl Scout Cadette
- Have completed the Bronze Award or a Cadette Leadership Award
Supporting Cadette Girl Scouts Through the Silver Award
Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award
Adult Guide for Earning the Silver Award
Service Unit Manager Award Ceremony Stipend Request
Proposal deadline for a Silver Award is May 30 of the 8th grade year.
Final Reports are due September 30!
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How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award
- Complete council Silver Award required training on gsLearn with troop leader or caregiver using adult member gsLearn access. Youth members can request Cadette gsLearn access to the Silver Award training.
- Find an issue you care about.
- Build your Girl Scout Silver Award team or decide to go solo.
- Explore your community and think of how that issue affects your community.
- Choose a Silver Award project that can lead to lasting change.
- Develop your project.
- Make a plan and put it into motion.
- Reflect, share your story and celebrate.
- Funding your Project
- Additional Resources
Highest Award Prerequisites & FAQ
Leadership Awards
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Highest Award FAQ
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When you support Girl Scouts earning their Silver Award, you'll help them see their own power and be by their side as they make a lasting change in their community. Download this guide to get started today.
Highest Awards Resources
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