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.
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.
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. Email silveraward@gsnetx.org.
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.
NEW! Updates to the Silver Award Process
Starting October 1, 2023, all Silver Award projects must be pre-approved by GSNETX. Please use the Silver Award Proposal for Pre-Approval in the menu below to submit your project proposal to silveraward@gsnetx.org. Remember, projects are individual or in groups of 2-4. New paperwork below is in a fillable PDF form and must be completed electronically.
Documents for Earning the Silver Award 
