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.
They did it and so can you!
Celebrating our Silver Award Girl Scouts!
2024 
Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Activity Cart for Seniors
Badge Boxes
Blessing Box
Blue Creek School Garden Repair
Bottle Cap Mural
Brunswick Beach Games Lending Library
Cheryls Lodge
Community Trail Markers
For the Love of Trees
Girl Scout Songs
How do Human Actions Affect Wolf Packs
A Kids Guide to Being Themselves in the Age of Social Media
Making the Secret Garden Safe
NYS Plaza and Concourse Scavenger Hunt
Pollinators to the Rescue
Puzzle Boxes
Sensory Processing Disorder Awareness
Town Dog Park Renovation
2025
100th Anniversary Mural
Art Therapy Boxes
Callan Park Friendship Bench
Calm Kits for Kids
Community Spaces and Places
Creating a List of Things to Do in Schuylerville for Families
Creating a Volunteer Resource Guide
Crosswalks and Safety
Emergency Diaper Bin
Gaga Ball Pit
Girl Scout Bullying Awareness Project
Holiday Social Media Kits for Pet Shelters
Kyla and Kenna's Kitten Kare
Lending Cart
Let Us Cook
Little Free Libraries for New Lebanon
Pollution Project
Registering 16 - 18 Year Olds to Vote
Remembering the Troops
Slow Down Fast Fashion
St. Annes Armoire
Taras Schevchenko Park Clean Up
The Helpful Hope Chest
These Flowers Are Not on Fire
Toys for Joy: Welcoming Asylum Seekers
Unity Through Music
Voorheesville Meditation Park Restoration
We Love Little Troy Park
What Can YOU DO for the Environment
Wheatless World
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, a Cadette Leadership Award, or a Cadette Journey
- Must attend a Silver & Gold Award Workshop or Silver Award Workshop. Visit the Event Calendar HERE to choose a workshop to attend.
How to earn the Girl Scout Silver Award
Let our council know you want to earn it. Email highestawards@girlscoutsneny.org for help
- 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. * Submit a Silver Award Proposal – Intent form for review to highestawards@girlscoutsneny.org
- Develop your project.
- Make a plan and put it into motion.
- Reflect, share your story, and celebrate. * Submit your Silver Award Final Report to highestawards@girlscoutsneny.org
Silver Award Proposal must be submitted by March 30th of 8th grade year for Silver and Gold Award Committee approval. The Silver Award Final report must be submitted by July 31st of the 8th grade year for Silver and Gold Committee approval.
Resources
Highest Award Prerequisites & FAQ
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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. If you have questions email highestawards@girlscoutsneny.org
