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? Girl Scout 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
Complete all prerequisites, including the self-paced, online Silver Award training that can be found in gsLearn. Fill out our form to request Older Girl access to gsLearn.
Identify 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.
Download the Silver Award checklist and mark off all of the elements as you complete them in your Project Proposal and Final Report to meet the GSUSA Silver Award standards.
Make your plan and then fill out your project proposal.
Next, submit your proposal to Girl Scouts Heart of Central California by emailing it as a PDF to awards@girlscoutshcc.org. Groups should all work on the same form. Please save your completed form so that you can make edits should your proposal receive any feedback.
Once your proposal receives approval, put your plan into motion.
Document your process with photos, videos and journaling.
- Fill out your Final Report.
- When your project is complete and you have completed your Final Report, submit it to Girl Scouts Heart of Central California by emailing it as a PDF to awards@girlscoutshcc.org.
- Reflect, share your story, and celebrate.
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Highest Award Prerequisites
Once you've earned your Silver Award you will receive your pin and
certificate at the GSHCC Highest Awards Ceremony in June. Email your Silver Award
photos and stories to us, and you could be featured on our blog,
social media channels, or in one of our email newsletters.
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.
