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 the Bronze Award, a Cadette Leadership Award, or a Cadette Journey*
How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award
Find an issue you care about.
Explore your community and think of how that issue affects your community.
Build your Girl Scout Silver Award team or decide to go solo.
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.
Your Step-by-Step Guide to the Silver Award 
Resources
Resources for Supporting Adults
Highest Award Prerequisites
*Journeys completed at the Cadette level prior to October 1, 2026, will continue to be recognized as fulfilled 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.
