Silver Award | Girl Scouts

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.

For more information, check out our Silver Award FAQ and Girl Scout of the USA's High Awards FAQ.

Silver Award

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 Bronze Award or a Cadette Leadership Award
Attended a GSWCF Silver Award Training

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.
Fill out the Silver Award Project Proposal form to let council staff know about your project.
Make a plan and put it into motion.
Reflect, share your story and celebrate.

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Take Action Project Ideas
Silver Award Cadette Guide (PDF)
Silver Award Project Proposal (Online Form)
Silver Award Project Proposal (PDF Instructions)
Silver Award Final Report  (Online Form)
Silver Award Final Report (PDF Instructions)
Silver Award Project Time Log (PDF)
Silver Award project Budget Worksheet (PDF)
Take Action Quiz
Cadette Guide to Earning the Silver Award

Attend a required Silver Award training. See the Event Calendar for specific days and times.

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March 1, deadline to be recognized in that year’s Gold Award Ceremony program

July 1 for current 8th grade Girl Scouts to submit their Silver Award Proposal

September 30 following the Girl Scouts’ 8th grade year, final date to submit their Silver Award final report

The Silver Award Committee meets the first Thursday and third Sunday of each month. Your reports will be reviewed accordingly.

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2026 Silver Award Girl Scouts: 58

Troop 2301: Cyber-Security

Troop 10335: Carol's Blessings Box Program

Troop 30545: All Dogs Deserve a Fair Shake - Educate Not Discriminate

Troop 31804: Mindful Maserpiece

Troop 32050: The Gift of Joy

Troop 32252: Little Jaguars Literacy

Troop 32827: Operation Animal Care

Troop 33006: Nest Fest: Building for Birds of Prey

Troop 33212: Buddy Bench

Troop 33322: The Admirial Crew: Creating Spaces for Focus and Feelings

Troop 33509: Finding Fosters for Felines

Troop 33529: Anxiety in Middle Schoolers / Crazy for Cats Collaboration

Troop 33535: Momentum Matters

Troop 33543: Take a Book, Leave a Book / Maps of the Fort DeSoto Trail / Paws for Food

Troop 36085: Camp Clicks: A Visual Guide to Girl Scout Camps

Troop 43608: Hygiene for Homeless

Troop 43623: No More Nicotine

Troop 50553: Shoreline Savers

Troop 60703: Fishing Friendly

Troop 60929: Operation Literacy Bringing Back the Dictionary

Troop 60937: The Hygiene Project

Troop 60940: Don't Be a Dip, Get Your Pet a Chip

Troop 61701: The Destruction of Sea Grass in Pinellas County Waterways

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Silver Award Highlight

Troop 75013 of Lake Wales, Florida aimed to promote confidence and normalcy regarding the topic of menstruation within their local middle schools. In their middle school, menstrual products and the advice about where to find them when needed was not readily available. Working with a variety of community partners, the Troop created a bag of resources (sanitary pads and moist wipes) that a girl could use to make it through a tough day of getting her menstrual cycle and not being prepared. Included in the bags and in the restrooms, was a QR code that linked to a video they created about teen menstruation.

“It mattered to us because we've been there and had this problem,” the Girl Scouts explained. “We've had the feeling of not being prepared and having to think, oh no what do I do now? Will I make it through the day until I get home? It's a distraction that we shouldn't have had to suffer through because we didn't know where to turn and we were too shy to ask. It's a topic that is whispered and awkward. We want to let girls know where to find these resources and not be afraid to ask for them.”