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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.

New Resources and Support for Leaders!

Calling all Cadette leaders! There are a ton of new resources for girls and leaders going for their Silver Awards. Check out the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award and the Adult Guide for Earning the Silver Award to get started!

New GSUSA Silver Award training is now available. Check out GSUSA’S new Silver Award-specific training on gsLearn. The Highest Awards basics training is still available on gsLearn for all general Highest Awards information and troops getting started on Bronze Award projects.

Are you ready to get started on your Silver Award project?
Submit your project proposal here.

Have you completed your project?
Fill out the Silver Award Final Report.


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.

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Silver Award

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  • Silver Award Workbook
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  • Silver Award Final Report
  • Money and Your Highest Awards Project
  • Highest Awards FAQ

Highest Award Prerequisites

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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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