
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.
Are in sixth, seventh, or eighth grade
Are a registered Girl Scout Cadette
Have completed a Cadette Journey
Let our council know you want to earn it.
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.
How Do We Get Started?
Submission of Silver Award Projects
The deadline for Silver Award submissions is Sept 30th of the calendar year that the Girl Scout graduates 8th grade. If a Girl Scout will complete 8th grade in 2022, their Silver Award project must be submitted to council by Sept 30, 2022.
NEW! Cadettes can submit their projects to council using this online form. They must upload copies of their:
Once submitted, council will process within 30 days.