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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.


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

Are in sixth, seventh, eighth grade, or equivalent

Are a registered Girl Scout Cadette

Have earned a bronze award, completed a Cadette Journey, or completed a Cadette Leadership Award.

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Silver Award

Get the guidelines.

 

How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award

  • 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 Proposal
  • Silver Award Training
  • Bronze and Silver Money Earning Overview
  • Download the Silver Award Guidelines for Adults
  • New Silver Committee Volunteer
  • Budget Worksheet
  • In-Kind Donation Form
  • Individual Girl Project Money Earning Approval
  • Troop/Group Project Money Earning Approval
  • Take Action VS. Community Service
  • Cadette Guide to Earning the Silver Award
  • Silver Final Report
  • Take Action Quiz

Highest Award Prerequisites

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Journeys encourage Girl Scouts of all ages to think critically, boost their problem-solving skills, and make an impact.

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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.



Questions? Hit a Roadblock?

If, at any time during the course of your project, you think you may have hit a bump in the road, please do not hesitate to contact the Silver Award Committee at silveraward@girlscoutsaz.org.

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