How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award
Let our council know you want to earn it.
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.
When Girl Scout Cadettes focus on an issue they care about, learn the facts, and take action to make a difference, they gain the confidence and skills that will catapult them to lifelong success. It all adds up to the Girl Scout Silver Award—the highest honor a Cadette can achieve. Download the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award to find out how.
Ready to start working towards your Silver Award? Awesome!
Download the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award
Download the Adult Guide for Earning the Silver Award
Ready to start your Silver Award? You and your team must submit your Girl Scout Silver Award Proposal to get started! Use this Silver Award Proposal Information Sheet to get the information you need to complete your proposal.
When you’re ready to submit your final report, use the Girl Scout Silver Award Final Report. This report is completed by the team. Each team member will also have to complete their own individual reflection and will receive the link for that once the final report is submitted. The Silver Award Final Report Information Sheet will let you see the questions and information required before you get started.
Ready to submit your Girl Scout Silver Award final report? Use the online report. Additional forms can be found below.
Effective October 1, 2021, all Silver Award final reports must be submitted via the online form.
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
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.
How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award
Find an issue you care about.
Build your Girl Scout Silver Award team (of up to four Cadettes) 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
- Submit your Girl Scout Silver Award Proposal as a team before you begin your project to recieve feedback.
- Make a plan and put it into motion.
- Reflect, share your story, and celebrate.
Resources 
Highest Award Prerequisites
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.
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 the Adult Guide for Earning the Silver Award to get started today.
