How to earn the Girl Scout Bronze Award
Build your Girl Scout Junior team
Explore your community
Decide on a project to work on
Make a plan of action
Put your plan in motion
Spread the word
Make your community a better place
It all starts here. Juniors team up with fellow Girl Scouts to explore their community, discover a need or issue they care about, and work together to address it. It’s a chance to create a plan and make an impact on the community they live in.
You can become a Bronze Award Girl Scout if you:
- Are in fourth or fifth grade
- Are a registered Girl Scout Junior
- Have completed a Junior Leadership Award or Junior Journey
Learn more by downloading the Bronze Award Guide.
Questions? Email customercare@gsnetx.org.
Get started with GSNETX Bronze Award
- Decide as a group that you want to earn the Bronze Award.
- Download and read through the Junior Bronze Award Guide.
- Choose a topic/problem you're interested in solving and how.
- Do the work to complete your project and use the Bronze Award reports in the workbook.
- Submit the Bronze Award Final Report here.
- Troop Leader or parent/caregiver can complete this online form for entire group.
- This submission form ensures that Girl Scouts' profiles are updated to easily continue the Highest Awards path.
- Reflect, share your story, and celebrate.
Please note: Council approval is not needed for the Bronze Award. We ask that you send us your completed Bronze Award information so we can update each Girl Scout's profile. Leaders and/or parents are welcome to purchase their Bronze Award pin upon completion of the award.
Highest Award Prerequisites
Prerequisite Update
New prerequisite opportunities have been announced. While Journeys
will officially be retired on October 1, 2026, in their place, Girl
Scouts is launching fresh Leadership
Awards for Juniors through Ambassadors. Learn
more.
**If you have currently completed or are
in the process of a Journey, that Journey will be accepted as a
prerequisite for a Highest Award until September 30, 2026.**
Final Report Submissions
An online form is now available that matches the workbook template. This Final Report is to be used by a Girl Scout Troop Leader or parent/caregiver to receive approval and be able to purchase Bronze Award prins for their Girl Scouts. If needed, there's also an option to upload a completed paper form. Submit the Bronze Award Final Report here.
- This online submission form also ensures that Girl Scouts' profiles are updated to easily continue the Highest Awards path.
