
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.
Are in sixth, seventh, or eighth grade
Are a registered Girl Scout Cadette
Have completed a Cadette Journey
Find an issue you care about.
Build your Girl Scout Silver Award team or decide to go solo. Teams should be no more than two to four Girl Scouts.
Explore your community and think of how that issue affects your community.
Choose a Silver Award project that can lead to lasting change, and submit your Silver Award Project Proposal Form. Please allow up to four weeks for your proposal to be reviewed. You should receive approval or request for revisions from GSGI before moving forward with your project idea.
Develop your project. Submit Money Earning Project Application, if applicable.
Make a plan and put it into motion.
Reflect, share your story, and celebrate. Submit your Silver Award Final Report. Please allow up to four weeks for final review from GSGI.
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.