Girl Scouts Go Silver for a Good Cause
Every day, Cadettes team up with a small group of Girl Scout friends to complete incredible projects that make their communities and the world a better place. The Silver Award is the highest award Girl Scouts in grades six through eight can earn.
Each project requires at least 50 hours and combines a Girl Scouts’ interest with a need they identified in their community. If that’s not an equation for meaningful change, we don’t know what is!
Here are just a few examples of how Girl Scouts earn the Silver Award and make big things happen.
Troop 1610 of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana earned their Silver Award by using their voices to get their school board to change an unfair dress code that kept girls from wearing patterned or multicolored tights, while the boys had no such restrictions on their socks. Now that’s a fashion statement we can get behind.
Troop 72855 from Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts earned their Silver Award by prompting their city to recognize women in their Veterans Day observances.
Troop 151 from Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails earned their Silver Award by creating and executing an anti-bullying campaign, including a PSA and two billboards. It’s so important to be a friend first.
And there’s so much more where that came from. Learn more about being a Silver Award Girl Scout!
