Bronze, Silver and Gold

So, your girls are interested in earning their higher award: Bronze, Silver or Gold. That’s great! Leaders and girls are sometimes very confused as to what this entails. Here is some advice from us:

The first requirement for earning any Highest Award is completing a Girl Scout Journey and doing a Journey Take Action Project. 

Highest Awards – Bronze, Silver, and Gold

The #1 authority on the Bronze, Silver and Gold is our council website.  Always start there before you look for any other help. These are the absolute rules and requirements for your project and you do not want to get mis-information elsewhere.

Council’s Highest Awards

Leaders, how can you best serve your troop during the higher award?

  1. Take the leader training – see gsLearn
  2. Print out the leader guides – click on award level to access guides.
  3. LET THE GIRLS LEAD – you, the leader, may not come up with the theme. It has to be something that develops from the girls. THE GIRLS find the issue and THE GIRLS make a plan to solve it. You as the leader may have a dozen ideas. Put them aside. If you are passionate about it, do something yourself. Listen to the girls and make sure they are the ones to direct the project.

Additional Fundraisers & Money-Earning Projects

Girl Scouts who need to earn funds to support their Bronze, Silver or Gold Award Projects MUST participate in the Fall Product and Girl Scout Cookie programs, selling the minimum number of cookies and fall product (see below) as their first money-earning activity.

There is no minimum required level of participation unless the individual, troop, or group is asking for financial assistance and/or wanting to do another money-earning activity. In these cases, the minimum each girl must sell is defined as:

  • a minimum of 12 candy/nut products OR 
  • a combination of both for Fall Product AND four magazine subscriptions 
  • AND a minimum of 30 packages of cookies 

Did Your Troop or Girl completed their Highest Awards?

Now that you have completed your Highest Awards especially Gold, we would love to hear about your accomplishments. Share your good deeds and news at su402team@gmail.com.

Spotlight on Highest Awards

Silver Project: Pet Awareness & Craft Projects
Cadette Girls from the Lincolnshire area would like to introduce their two Silver Award Projects: Pet Awareness for New Owners and Craft Projects for an Equestrian Center. The girls wanted to spread the word about their projects through this presentation to show what they have learned and accomplished.

—Cadette Troop 40575

Bronze Project: Zoom Activities
We have earned our Bronze Award by sharing some fun tutorials and distribution FREE activity kits. During these times of remote working, it is important to take time to learn new things like how to make snacks, drawing and crafting!

Baking Brownies
Lesson in Drawing Anatomy
DIY Pom Pom Headband
How to daw Anime

—Junior Troop 45568

Silver Project: How To Write A Choose Your Own Adventure
Do you enjoy writing or storytelling? Don’t worry if you don’t! This patch will help you learn about different techniques for planning out your adventure storyline, with the end goal to teach you how to write a Choose Your Own Adventure story. Please share and support my Silver Award project!

—Jasmine, Troop 40096

Visit our Good Deeds page to see some highest awards projects.