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Silver Award

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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, a Cadette Leadership Award, or a Cadette Journey

How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award

  • Let our council know you want to earn it.

  • 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.

How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award

  • 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.

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  • Cadette Guide to Earning the Silver Award
  • Adult Guide to Earning the Silver Award
  • Silver Award Project Proposal Instructions
  • Silver Award Final Report Instructions
  • Highest Awards FAQ
  • Take Action Quiz
  • Silver Award Proposal Form
  • Silver Award Final Report Form

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Going for your Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award? Get answers to the most common questions to get started.



Hey, grownups!

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.


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