Gold Award    Silver Award   Bronze Award 

Age Level Awards

   Girl Scouts Recognized     

Awards In Action

For generations, Girl Scouts have been making a difference in their communities and in their own lives. In an effort to celebrate their efforts and recognize their achievements, Girl Scouts of the USA have traditionally honored girls with awards within their program level. The Golden Eagle of Merit, the highest award in Girl Scouting from 1916 to 1919, marked the beginning of this long tradition.

Today the highest award a girl may earn in Girl Scouting is the Girl Scout Gold Award. This award was introduced in 1980 for girls 14 – 17, along with the Silver Award for girls 11 – 14. To receive these awards, girls must meet requirements that help them prepare for, and complete special projects that benefit their communities. In 2001, the Girl Scout Bronze award was introduced for Junior Girl Scouts. These three awards represent the highlight of the Girl Scout experience.

Gold Award

Learn more about this year's Gold Award recipients at the Gold Award page.

Steps to Earning the Gold Award

1. Organize – Build a framework. Learn about the award process and create an agreement with your adult advisor.

2. Lead – Earn the Girl Scout Gold Leadership Award.

3. Network – Earn the Girl Scout Gold Career Award.

4. Explore – Earn the Girl Scout Gold 4Bs Challenge.

5. Create – Plan your Girl Scout Gold Award project.

6. Act – Take action

 a. Submit Gold Award project application to the Council program manager.         Application is due two weeks prior to interview date.
 b. Schedule an interview with the Gold Award Task Group two weeks prior  to   interview date by contacting Kelly Ungvarsky at (757)547-4405 Ext. 296.
c. Complete your Gold Award project.

7. Reflect – Reflect and evaluate your project and experience. Submit your final Gold Award Report to Kelly Ungvarsky.

2007 - 2008 Gold Award Packet

GSCCC Gold Award Ceremony
This day is for you. Gold Awardees, friends and family, join together to celebrate Girl Scouts highest honor. Each girl will introduce her Gold Award project. Keynote speakers will be female pilots from the US Navy. Enjoy light hors d’ oeuvres, project displays and meet members of the Colonial Coast board of directors.
Where: Hampton University, Hampton, VA
Date: Apr 27, 2008
Time: 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Fee: Free
Note: Must RSVP no later than Apr 1, 2008
Attire should be full uniform or modest dress clothes and sash or vest.
Absolutely no jeans or casual outfits.

Silver Award

Steps to Earning the Silver Award

1. Organize – Get Ready. Learn about the award, make a timeline and make an agreement with your adult advisor.
2. Lead – Earn the Girl Scout Silver Leadership Award.
3. Network – Earn the Girl Scout Silver Career Award.
4. Create – Earn the Girl Scout Silver 4Bs Challenge. Become, Belong, Believe, Build.
5. Act – Take action. Complete your Girl Scout Silver Award project.
6. Reflect – Think about what you did and what you learned. Submit your Silver Award Report Kelly Ungvarsky.

2007 - 2008 Silver Award Packet

Steps to Earning the Silver Award

1. Earn two badges related to the Bronze Award project.

2. Complete one of the Girl Scout Signs found in the Junior Girl Scout Handbook.
 

3. Earn the Junior Aide Award, the Junior Girl Scout Leadership Award, or two of these badges:

1. Girl Scouting in the USA
2. Girl Scouting Around the World
3. Girl Scouting in My Future
4. Lead On

4. Complete a Girl Scout Bronze Award project that demonstrates the leadership skills she has learned as a Junior Girl Scout and a committment to her community. The project must show she understands and lives by the Girl Scout Promise and Law. The project should:

1. Take about 15 hours to complete (including planning time). Doing the project should take at least seven to eight hours.
2. Follow the action plan in the "Adventures in Girl Scouting" chapter of the Junior Girl Scout Handbook (2001).
3. Provide community service inside or outside Girl Scouting.

For more information, see the Junior Girl Scout Handbook.
 

Earned Age Level Awards

For a complete list of all Earned Age Level Awards click here.

The following is a list of earned age level awards that have been updated, added or are available online only.

Brownie Try-Its

Computer Smarts

Cookies Count

Point, Click, and Go

Smart Cookie

Wave the Flag

Junior badges

Cookie Biz

The Cookie Connection

CyberGirl Scout

Do-It-Yourself

Family Living

Food, Fibers, and Farming

Now and Then Stories from Around the World

Ready for Tomorrow

Science in Action

United We Stand

Women's Stories

The World in My Community

Cadette/Senior Interest Projects

American Patriotism

B Xtreme

Computers in Everyday Life

Cookies and Dough

Couch Potato

Exploring the Net

Global Girls

G.O. Girl

Hi-Tech Hide & Seek

Home Is Where the Heart Is

In the Pink

On Your Own Interest

Sew Glam

Uncovering the Evidence

Multiple Ages - Patches 

Discover the World Patch

Get with the Land Patch

Girl Scout-American Volkssport Association Master Program Award Patch*

Ms. President Patch (The White House Project)

Our Rights, Our Responsibilities

Shape Up Patch

Water Drop Patch

Safety Awards

Safety Award for Brownie Girl Scouts

Safety Award for Junior Girl Scouts

Safety Award for Girl Scouts 11-17

Girl Scout Challenge Awards

The Girl Scout Challenge Overview

Girl Scout Challenge 1 (Brownie Girl Scouts)

Girl Scout Challenge 2 (Junior Girl Scouts)

Girl Scout Challenge 3 (Middle and High School Girl Scouts)

Girl Scout Challenge Order Form

For a complete list of Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast Awards, click here.

The Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast held their 2007 Gold Award Celebration on May 6 to recognize forty-seven Senior Girl Scouts who earned the highest award a girl may earn in Girl Scouts. The award requires a girl to plan and carry out a community service project, of at least sixty hours, that demonstrates leadership.

The ceremony was held at Old Dominion University and the guest speaker was ODU President Roseann Runte who is a former Girl Scout. Runte spoke about the importance of compassion and community involvement in the development of leadership skills.

"A true leader realizes that everyone is important and takes time to listen, really listen to what they are saying. Leadership starts in the heart and the willingness to take action to help someone. We are given opportunities each day to reach out and impact another life," Runte said.

For over 95 years, Girl Scouting has been helping build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. If you are a former Girl Scout who has earned the Gold Award or the First Class Award and would like to reconnect with an organization that is making a difference in the lives of girls, contact Marcy Germanotta, the Council's communication director at (757) 547-4405, Ext. 258 or E-mail her at marcyg@gsccc.org.