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
- You have completed the GSVSC Silver Award Workshop in a classroom or virtual training setting (REQUIRED)
How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award
Let our council know you want to earn it.
- Find an issue you care about.
- Complete your Silver Award Proposal
- 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.
- Complete your Silver Award Final Report
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 this guide to get started today.
As you earn one of Girl Scouts' highest awards, you'll change your corner of the world-and beyond. The possibilities are endless.
ANNUAL DEADLINE FOR FINAL AWARDS
REPORTS IS SEPTEMBER 15.
See a brief comparision of the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards and their requirements here.
