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 The Girl Scout Silver Award

The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest award that a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. This award represents your commitment to making a difference in your community. It offers you a unique opportunity to affect powerful, positive change AND, by choosing to take this step and by being an active member of your community, you are saying “ I CAN make a difference.”

Most importantly you choose a project that interests you. Where is your passion? What do you want to say? What will be your legacy to your community? Past Silver projects have increased environmental awareness and provided healthy after school alternatives for local youth. The choices are only limited by your imagination and determination.

Final Reports need to be submitted to Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains in order to receive the Silver Award. Leaders are responsible for purchasing the Girl Scout Silver Award Pin from the Council store. The Girl Membership Support Department will provide a Girl Scout Silver Award Certificate at the completion of the project for each recipient.

Each fall the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains hosts an awards ceremony for all girls who have completed either the Girl Scout Silver or Gold Award during the previous membership year.  Community ceremonies are also encouraged.

Requirements

Age Requirements:

  • Girl Scout Cadettes (6-8th grade)
  • All paperwork must be submitted and completed by the end of your last membership year of Cadettes, by September 30th of your 9th grade year.

Steps to earning the Girl Scout Silver Award:

  • Go on a Girl Scout Cadette Journey, choose from Amaze, Breathe or MEdia
  • Identify issues you care about
  • Build your Girl Scout Silver Award Take Action team or decide to go solo
  • Explore your community
  • Pick your Take Action Project
  • Develop your project
  • Make a plan and put it into motion
  • Reflect, share your story and celebrate
  • Complete Final Report

Silver Award Project Requirements

  • Projects must be new and needed
  • No more than three girls per group working on one Silver Award project. (Take Action teams need many helpers though.)
  • Minimum of 50 hours per girl
  • Cannot benefit the Girl Scout community; you must reach outside Girl Scouts and make community connections
  • Project advisor is not your leader or a relative
  • Some aspect of your project needs to be sustainable
  • Must submit Silver Award Project Intent for approval
  • Final reports need Council approval

Forms

Click here to view Girl Scouts of the USA page on The Girl Scout Silver Award.

For questions about the Girl Scout Silver Award, please contact Stephanie Erickson at serickson@girlscoutsgwm.org or 1-888-474-9686 x120.