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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.

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:

Let GSMW 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.

Award Guidelines

GSMW Silver Award Training & Project Submission

Step 1: Review Resources

Download the Silver Award Guidelines. Read through to become familiar with the guidelines as well as watch the Silver Award Training Video. When you are ready, move on to take the quiz.

GSMW Silver Award Guidelines
GSMW Silver Award Training Video

Step 2: Take the Quiz

Once you have reviewed the resources, take the Silver Award Quiz.

You must achieve a score of 8/10 before you can submit your Silver Award project to GSMW.

GSMW Silver Award Quiz

Step 3: Submit Your Project

Once you pass the Silver Award Quiz, your Project will need to be submitted online to GSMW for approval.

Silver Award Approval Request

At the end of your project, you will need to submit your final report and time log to GSMW.

Silver Award Final Report
Silver Award Time Log Sheet

Award Deadlines for 6th Grade Cadettes: You must submit the Silver Award final report and time log to GSMW by September 30^th.

Hey, Grownups!

When you support Girl Scouts earning their Silver Award, you’ll help them see their own power and be by their side as they make a lasting change in their community. Download this guide to get started today.

SILVER AWARD RESOURCES

GSMW Resources

GSMW Silver Award Guidelines
Highest Awards at a Glance
Silver Award Project Ideas
Silver Award - Adult Volunteer Guidelines
GSMW Highest Awards FAQ's

GSUSA Resources

Highest Awards FAQ
Take Action Quiz

PROJECT FUNDING

Funding Resources

Peace First COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant
Across our movement, Girl Scouts are developing highest awards projects to take on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the guidance of their councils, they are leveraging technology and community partners to lead change while practicing safe social distancing. Peace First has launched a grant program to help young people, 13 years or older, address the community impacts of COVID-19. Interested Girl Scouts can apply for mini-grants of up to $250 to help fund their projects, along with other in-kind support.

Karma for Cara Foundation: Microgrant Program
Karma for Cara Foundation supports young people nationwide in their efforts to contribute to our society and help repair the world through volunteerism and community service. Through the Foundation's Microgrant Program, youth 18 years of age or younger may apply for grants ranging from $250 to $1,000 to complete service projects in their communities. Examples of funded projects include turning a vacant lot into a community garden, rebuilding a school playground, and helping senior citizens get their homes ready for winter. It is the Foundation's intent that grants support the nuts and bolts of projects so stipends, facility rentals, and transportation costs are not funded. Application deadlines are quarterly throughout the year, and the final deadline for 2021 is October 1. Visit Karma for Cara Foundation's website to apply online: https://karmaforcara.org/microgrant-application.

GSMW SILVER AWARD OF THE YEAR

Each membership year GSMW will honor one Silver Award project with the GSMW Silver Award of the Year. A membership year starts on 10/1 and ends on 9/30 of the following year.

Silver Award of the Year FAQs

To be eligible for the GSMW Silver Award of the Year, the following criteria must be met:

A Troop Volunteer or Juliette Mentor must complete the online GSMW Silver Award Training Video scoring a minimum 8/10 on the quiz.
Each girl on the team must be a registered Cadette Girl Scout in 6th, 7th or 8th grade and, have successfully completed the prerequisite Cadette Journey and its Take Action project.
A Troop Volunteer or Juliette Mentor must submit the GSMW Silver Award Approval Request. Only one form per project is needed.
If the project is not immediately approved by GSMW, the Troop Leader or Juliette Mentor works with the Highest Awards Coordinator to rework the Silver Award project so it meets the Silver Award standards set by GSUSA. This step should be girl-led, meaning that the Troop Volunteer/Juliette Mentor can be the point of contact with the Highest Awards Coordinator, but the project is reworked through girl-led team discussions and ideas.
Each Silver Award team member submits the Silver Award Final Report and Silver Award Time Log by September 30th.
- To be considered for the Silver Award of the Year, the Silver Award, the prerequisite Journey, project approval and project start date do not have to all occur in one membership year. The Silver Award process can span over multiple membership years.
The Silver Award team submits a 1-2 minute video describing their project and the impact it has made on their community and themselves. The video must be submitted by September 30th.
Silver Award teams that have completed steps 1-6 will be considered for nomination and reviewed by a committee. The Silver Award of the Year will be announced by October 30th.

All criteria listed above for the Silver Award of the Year must be completed by September 30th.

If your Girl Scout team has already started the Silver Award project, the project can be eligible for the GSMW Silver Award of the Year by having Troop Leader/Juliette Mentor complete the online GSMW Silver Award training and Silver Award Quiz, achieving a minimum score of 8/10. Then complete the GSMW Silver Award Approval Request and the team will have the opportunity to make project adjustments as stated in step 2 above. Then follow steps 5 and 6 as stated above.

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