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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 the Bronze Award or a Cadette Leadership Award

How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award

  • 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.

  • Don't forget to complete your Girl Scouts of Manitou Council Silver Award Final Report!
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  • Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award
  • Silver Award Project Proposal
  • Silver Award Final Report
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If you have any questions about earning the Girl Scout Silver Award contact Abby Weber. Abby is also available to meet with troops or girls to give more information on the Silver Award, to begin brainstorming project ideas, and more. Contact Abby to set up a virtual or in-person Silver Award meeting.



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.


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