Bronze Award

Make your community a better place

It all starts here. Juniors team up with fellow Girl Scouts to explore their community, discover a need or issue they care about, and work together to address it. It’s a chance to create a plan and make an impact on the community they live in.

The Girl Scout Bronze Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout Junior can achieve. As you and your team plan and complete your Take Action project, you’ll develop more confidence, meet new people, and have the kind of fun that happens when you work with other Girl Scouts to make a difference.

All of the requirements for the Girl Scout Bronze Award must be completed before bridging to a Girl Scout Cadette (September 30 after completing 5th grade). Ask questions and receive support to earn your Bronze Award via email.

Highest Award Prerequisites

Great news! Girl Scouts now only need to complete one prerequisite before starting their Bronze Award: either a Junior Leadership Award or a Junior Journey (including its Take Action project). Journeys will be retired in October 2026, but if you complete one before then, it will still count toward your Gold Award. See the chart below!

You can become a Bronze Award Girl Scout if you:

Are in fourth or fifth grade
Are a registered Girl Scout Junior
Have completed a Junior Leadership Award

How to earn the Girl Scout Bronze Award

Build your Girl Scout Junior team
Explore your community
Decide on a project to work on
Make a plan of action

Put your plan in motion
Spread the word

Highest Award Prerequisites & FAQ

Leadership Awards

Celebrate all the ways you lead–yourself, your team, and your community–with new and updated leadership awards.

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Highest Award FAQ

Going for your Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award? Get answers to the most common questions to get started.

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Hey, grownups!

When you support Girl Scouts earning their Bronze Awards, you’ll help them see their own power and be by their side as they make a lasting change in their community. Use this guide (available in English and Español) to get started today.

Deadlines

Girls can earn their Bronze award as Juniors in 4^th or 5^th grade. The last date to complete your Bronze award is September 30^th of your 6^th grade year.

Resources for Girls

Download and read the GSUSA Girl Scout Bronze Award Guide to learn more about GSUSA's Bronze Award guidelines and requirements.

You can earn your Bronze in 3 easy steps!

Complete a prerequisite
Complete your take action project
Complete and submit a Girl Scout Bronze Award Reflection and a Bronze Award Project Timeline to your troop volunteer for final approval.

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The Bronze Award is girl-led and leader approved. Reference the tools below to guide your Girl Scouts.

Read the GSUSA Adult Bronze Award Guide to learn about GSUSA's Bronze Award guidelines and requirements.
Use the GSEP Bronze Award Leader Guide to guide you through the entire Bronze Award process.
Girls wishing to solicit donations of materials/supplies from businesses must use the Bronze Letter for Solicitation.

Leaders: Once the work is done, receive official council recognition by adding the girls to “Bronze Award Completion”.

Council Finder