Silver Award
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 a Cadette Journey
How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award
Let our council know you want to earn it.
Read through the Silver Award Guidelines.
Submit the Silver Award Proposal.
Finish strong: Girl Scout Silver Award Final Report (PDF) which includes instructions and worksheets.
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!
Silver Award FAQs
Is Silver Award training required to earn the Silver Award? 
What projects do not qualify as Silver Award Projects?
Can girls participate in extra money-earning activities to obtain money for Silver Award Projects?
Does the Highest Award Committee need to approve the Silver Award Project before it is begun?
How can the troop leader purchase Silver Award pins once the girls have earned their Silver Award?
Is there an annual council-wide ceremony for the girls who earned their Silver Award?
What is the Changemaker Award?
Resources
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 the Adult Guide for Earning the Silver Award to get started today.
Our Silver Award Girl Scouts
