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
- See the Cadette Guide to Earning the Silver Award. This is also located in the Resources section.
- Let our council know you want to earn it.
- Submit your Silver Award Project Proposal here.
Please note: there is a fillable PDF version of the project proposal questions in resources that girls can use to prepare for completing their project proposal. 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.
Review our Silver Award Rubric to ensure that your project meets the necessary guidelines.
Develop your project.
Make a plan and put it into motion.
Reflect, share your story, and celebrate.
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.
Submitting the Final Report
Each Girl Scout is required to complete and submit the Silver Award Final Report once the project is complete.
Please note: there is a fillable PDF version of the final report questions in resources that girls can use to prepare for completing their final report.The form must be submitted by September 30th of your 9th grade school year.
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.
