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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
- Let our council know you want to earn it.
- Take the required training.
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.
- Complete your Silver Award Proposal and submit to GSTOP for feedback.
Develop your project.
- Make a plan and put it into motion.
- Complete your Silver Award Final Report and submit to GSTOP for approval.
Reflect, share your story, and celebrate.
Resources 
Take the GSTOP Silver Award Self-Paced Training Workshop
Register through GSEvents - perfect for Girl Scout Cadettes, their guardians, and Cadette Troop Leaders.
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.
