Girl Scout Silver Award
The Highest Honor a Girl Scout Cadette Can Achieve!
Welcome to the Girl Scout Silver Award, your leadership adventure where you will earn the highest honor a Girl Scout Cadette can achieve. You may decide to work as a small team or solo to better your community and the lives of others by completing a Girl Scout Silver Take Action Project. The Silver Award is designed to give you a chance to show that you are a leader who is organized, determined, and dedicated to improving your community.
This award is designed to be accomplished during 6th, 7th, and 8th grades and must be completed by the September 30th directly after you have graduated from 8th grade.
Prerequisites
Be a registered Girl Scout Cadette (6th, 7th, and 8th grades)
The completion of one Cadette Journey Book (earning the Journey Awards, including the Journey Take Action Project)
An Overview to the Girl Scout Silver Award Steps
1. Build your Girl Scout Cadette team.
2. Explore your community.
3. Choose your Girl Scout Silver Award Take Action Project.
4. Make a plan.
5. Put your plan in motion.
6. Spread the word.
Important Information
The Silver Award Take Action Project should be a minimum of 50 hours, and should reach beyond the Girl Scout community. The project should be done by an individual girl, or a small group (no more than 4 girls). EACH girl in the group should put in at least 50 hours on the project.
Silver Award projects do not require pre-approval from Girl Scouts of Nassau County (GSNC), but require approval from your Girl Scout Leader. Upon completion of your Girl Scout Silver Take Action Project, you must submit the Silver Award
Final Report Form to the GSNC Shop.
Please use the Girl Scout Silver Award Guidelines for Girl Scout Cadettes to ensure all key components and guidelines of a Silver Award Take Action Project is met.
Silver Award Documents and Links
Girl Scout Silver Award Girl Guidelines for Girl Scout Cadettes
Girl Scout Silver Award Adult Volunteer Guide
Silver Award Final Report Form (This form is needed in order to purchase the Silver Award Pin)
Difference Between a Take Action Project and a Community Service Project
GSUSA Map It – Share your Silver Award Project
Sample Girl Scout Take Action Projects
Questions About GSNC Silver Award
For more information on the Girl Scout Silver Award please contact Patte Conway: conwayp@gsnc.org . To attend “Take Action for the Silver Award” training, please register online, or check the latest issue of Possibilities.