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 (Completed prior to Journey retirement on September 30, 2026).
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.
- Explore your community and think of how that issue affects your community.
- Choose a Silver Award project that can lead to lasting change.
- Submit your project proposal.
- If you want to complete your project at a GSK property please complete the Silver Award Project Benefiting GSK Approval Request at the same time as your project proposal.
- If you want to fundraise for your project complete the Silver Award Fundraising Permission Form before you begin fundraising.
- Once you've received approval, develop your project.
- Make a plan and put it into motion.
- Reflect, share your story, and celebrate.
- Submit final report.
Steps to Submit your Silver Award Proposal
- Complete the fillable PDF Silver Award Proposal.
- Upload the proposal using this JotForm.
Steps to Submit your Silver Award Final Report
- Complete the fillable PDF Silver Award Final Report.
- Upload the final report using this JotForm.
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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.