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Silver Award

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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.

The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can achieve. It gives you the chance to show that you are a leader who is organized, determined, and dedicated to improving your community. If you’re a registered Girl Scout in grades 6-8, and you’ve completed one Cadette Journey, you’re ready to get started!

Silver Award Information Sessions are workshops for interested Girl Scouts to learn more about requirements, the approval process, and to share project ideas for these awards.

Get the guidelines.

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

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.

Deadlines

2022-2023 8th grade deadline to submit a Silver Award Project Proposal: May 1, 2023
2022-2023 8th grade deadline to submit a Silver Award Project Reflection and Project Visual Aid: September 30, 2023

Resources for Girls

Step One:

Attend a Silver Award Information Session, dates and registration links are below!
Read the GSEP Silver Award Handbook or details about requirements and processes specific to GSEP. Keep this handy, because you’ll need it to make sure your project meets the requirements as you plan and execute it!
Review the GSUSA Silver Award Guidelines which gives you helpful tips, from choosing an issue to successfully taking action, and all the steps and forms in between!
Understand the numerical requirements of the Silver Award as you build your project using Gold vs. Silver: By the Numbers.
Check out these additional resources to help you brainstorm Take Action project ideas and community resources.
- Mind Mapping
- Community Mapping

Step Two:

Before you put your project into action, complete and submit your proposal for approval. The deadline for current 8th graders to submit a Silver Award Proposal is May 1.
Allow 4-6 weeks for GSEP to review your proposal and contact you with recommended revisions and any questions we have about your potential project.
Complete your revisions by logging back in and updating your existing Prorosal.
Revisions will be reviewed for completion. Once verified, you will receive your official Proposal approval email.
Girls wishing to solicit donations of materials/supplies must read and complete the Letter for Solicitation of Materials – Silver Award
Use photo release forms throughout your project! The Photo Release for Minors should be collected from those under the age of 18. The Photo Release for Adults should be collected from those over the age of 18.
If you need to revise part of your project proposal after it has been approved, please contact girlawards@gsep.org for approval of these revisions.

Step Three:

Once you have met your goal, complete and submit your Silver Award Reflection and accompanying Project Visual Aid. The deadline for current 8th graders to submit a Silver Award Reflection and Project Visual Aid is September 30 following their 8th grade year.
Your Project Visual Aid can be a physical binder, photo album, PowerPoint presentation, PDF, etc. Regardless of what format you decide to use, your project visual aid must contain:
- A copy of your GSEP Silver Award Proposal, including Budget and Timeline
- A copy of your GSEP Silver Award Reflection, including Budget and Timeline
- At least 10 photographs with captions that tell the story of your project progress; Include “action” shots of people helping you, as well as you working on the project
- Copies of any media recognition your project received (if available)
- Any letters of recognition and appreciation you may have received (if available)
- Anything else that will help tell the story of your project, such as donation letters, outlines, sketches, flyers, lesson plans, and/or any other documentation of your project
Project binders, scrapbooks, and/or other physical project visual aids should be dropped off at any of the Girl Scout Service Centers or mailed to: Susan Groff, GSEP 330 Manor Rd, Miquon, PA 19444. Electronic project visual aids, such as PDFs or PowerPoint presentations, should be attached to the online Reflection form (there is a space designated at the end of the form).

Resources for Adults

Here are some helpful tools for supporting your girls through the Silver Award.

Information Sessions

Silver Award Information Sessions

We strongly encourage girls, parents, and volunteers to attend a Silver Award Information Session. Explore the ins and outs of the Silver Award project, review project requirements and paperwork, and learn how to build your project timeline and budget. Discover how an idea can turn into a Take Action Project that will leave a positive impact on your community.

Date	Time	Registration Link
Tuesday, December 12, 2023	7-8:30pm	Register Here
Saturday, January 6, 2024	9:30-11am	Register Here
Monday, January 22, 2024	7-8:30pm	Register Here

Please log in 5 minutes before the start time. Additional Information Sessions will be scheduled in the coming months.

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