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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.


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Silver Award

Get the guidelines.

Download this fillable form to submit your Proposal.

Submit your final award application using this form.

   

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 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.


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 in English or Español to get started today.

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