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 up to 3 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 the Bronze Award, a Cadette Leadership Award, or a Cadette Journey
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.
Resources 
Highest Award Prerequisites
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.
Registered adults can access training for you and your girls in gsLearn . To access the training, log-in to your MyGS account and then open gsLearn from the left-side menu. Once you have gsLearn open, you can click on each training linked below to open that training. The 3-part training includes:
- GSUSA Silver Award Overview (Course 1)
- GSUSA Silver Award Requirements: A Closer Look (Course 2)
- GSUSA Silver Quest: Complete the Steps for Earning Your Silver Award (Course 3)
Email higherawards@girlscoutshs.org if you have any trouble finding or accessing the training, we're here to help!
