Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri : GS Silver Award

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri (GSEM) serves more than 62,000 girls and is supported by almost 18,000 adult volunteers.

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What is the Silver Award?

The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest national award earned by a Girl Scout Cadette.
Girls must be in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade and a registered Girl Scout Cadette.

Earning the Girl Scout Silver Award offers a girl the chance to show that she is a leader who is organized, determined, and dedicated to improving her community.

The Girl Scout Silver Award is earned by an individual or small team of 2-4 girls and requires each girl to complete a minimum of 50 hours on a Silver Award Take Action Project. This is not a troop earned award.

Prerequisite:

Complete a Girl Scout Cadette Leadership Journey

There are three Cadette Journeys to choose from:

It’s Your World – Change It! (aMAZE)

It’s Your Planet – Love It! (Breathe)

It’s Your Story – Tell It! (MEdia)

A Leadership Journey may take 6-8 months to complete and includes a Community Take Action Project that relates to the theme of the Journey.

Upon completion of prerequisite:

Identify issues you care about

Build your Girl Scout Silver Award team or decide to go solo.

Explore your community

Pick your Take Action project

Develop your project

Make a plan and put it into motion

Reflect, share your story, and celebrate

The Girl Scout Silver Award Project can address any issue. Girls move beyond the Girl Scout community to improve their neighborhood or local community and put the Girl Scout Promise and Law into action.

The Girl Scout Silver Award is approved by the Girl Scout troop/group leader.

Upon completion of your Girl Scout Silver Award project:

Submit the Cadette Girl Scout Silver Award Girl Report

Leader submits the Troop/Group/PEGS Report by March 1st and purchases the Girl Scout Silver Award Pin

Recognition

Girls who have completed their Girl Scout Silver Award project between March 1 of one year and March 1st of the next year may be recognized at the council-wide Reflections Ceremony in June. A Girl Scout Silver Award Certificate is presented by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri at that time.

To be recognized at the Reflections Ceremony the troop leader must submit the Troop/Group/PEGS Report form by March 1st. Forms received after March 1st, the girls will be recognized at the following year ceremony.

Invitations to the Reflections Ceremony are sent in April. RSVP must be returned by May 1st.

Troop/Group/District or Neighborhood may present the Girl Scout Silver Award Pin (purchased by the troop) in a special ceremony or as part of the Bridging Ceremony.

Milestones

Girls who have completed 10 years in Girl Scouting are recognized with a certificate from GSEM documenting a girl’s commitment to Girl Scouting.

To receive a ten year certificate, fill out the Milestones Request form and mail by March 1st to Girl Scout Silver Award Staff Advisor.

CONTACT:

Girl Scout Silver Award Staff Advisor
Joyce Rich, 314.592.2360 jrich@girlscoutsem.org

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri
2300 Ball Drive
St. Louis, MO 63146

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