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.

New Requirements

Girls who are entering Cadettes (6th and 7th grade) during the 2010-2011 membership year must follow the new requirements to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award. Girls in 8th grade during the 2010-2011 membership year have until September 30th, 2011 to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award under the old requirements (see below) or they may use the new 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 or Breathe
Identify issues you care about
Build your Girl Scout Silver Award 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

Old Requirements

Step 1: Organize - Get Ready - plan a timeline with your advisor for your entire Girl Scout Silver Award process.
Step 2: Lead - Earn the Girl Scout Silver Leadership Award
Step 3: Network - Earn the Girl Scout Silver Career Award
Step 4: Create - Earn the Girl Scout Silver 4Bs Challenge
Step 5: Act - Design and carry out your Girl Scout Silver Award project
Step 6: Each girl needs to submit a completed Girl Scout Silver Award report form to Jessica Riendeau, Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, PO Box 10832, Bedford, NH 03110-0832.

*These guidelines can be found in the Studio 2B Girl Scout Silver Award Go For It Insert!*

Girl Scout Silver Award Information Packet - new requirements ( PDF)
Girl Scout Silver Award Information Packet - old requirements ( PDF)
Girl Scout Silver Award - Volunteer Guide (PDF)

Girl Scout Silver Award Money Earning Form PDF Word document
Gift in Kind Donation PDF

Girl Scout Silver Award Final Report - new requirements Word document PDF
Girl Scout Silver Award Final Report - old requirements Word document PDF

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

Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains
One Commerce Drive • Bedford, NH 03110
Mailing address:
PO Box 10832 • Bedford, NH 03110-0832
Phone: 603.627.4158 • Fax: 603.627.4169

E-mail: info@girlscoutsgwm.org

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