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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.


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Silver Award

Get the guidelines.

   

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 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.

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  • Cadette Guide to Earning the Silver Award
  • Silver Award Project Proposal
  • Silver Award Final Report
  • Highest Awards FAQ
  • Take Action Quiz

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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Wednesday 9am to 7pm.

Friday 9am to 12pm.

 

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Fairbanks, AK 99701
Phone: 907-456-4782

 

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