Silver Award
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
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.
Submit your Project Proposal to council for approval BEFORE you start working on your project.
Once approved, develop your project.
Make a plan and put it into motion.
- Final reports are due each year on February 1 for spring recognition at Honoring Excellence.
Reflect, share your story, and celebrate.
Submit all Highest Award paperwork to:
Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons
Attn: Girl Experience Manager
1002 43rd St S
Fargo, ND 58103
or email ge@gsdakotahorizons.org
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