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.
Silver Award Class of 2023
We're thrilled to celebrate 79 Girl Scouts who earned The Silver Award in 2023!
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GSUSA has reimagined and updated the guidelines, proposal, and final report for Girl Scouts who wish to earn The Silver Award. GSSEF will adopt the updated guidelines and documents as of 9/1/2023. Girl Scouts currently working on a council-approved Silver Award project will complete the process with the former set of materials and are not required to make changes based on the 2023 version. GSSEF will accept new Silver Award project proposals with the former set of materials through 12/31/2023. As of 1/1/2024, new Silver Award Project Proposals will be accepted based on the new 2023 guidelines and proposal forms. If you have any questions about the changes or this timeline for transition, please email: customercare@gssef.org.
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
Let our council know you want to earn it.
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.
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.
