Awards for Older Girls

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Girl Scouts Highest Awards

NEW! Register for Bronze, Silver, Gold Award learning sessions being held over Thanksgiving break!

Click here for Frequently Asked Questions about the Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards.

Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards have been earned by hundreds of our local Girl Scouts over the years and many more are currently working on projects to be completed this year. Requirements and guidelines for these awards were revised in 2008, so please be sure to use the updated council guidelines and requirements for each of the awards and all needed forms below. For more information about these awards, you can also visit the Girl Scouts of the USA website.

Community Service vs. Take Action Project

 

Defining Community Service Projects

Community service projects often address an immediate need in the community: girls organize a book or clothing drive, paint walls to cover up graffiti, or hold a one-time march or fair to highlight a community problem. Although these projects address a need in the community, they do so for only a short period of time.

 

Defining Take Action Projects

A Take Action project picks up from where a short-term project leaves off. For example, the girls organizing the book or clothing drive could make their project a Take Action project by holding the drive annually and getting a sponsor to advertise and organize it every year. The girls who painted the walls to cover up graffiti can create a club that travels around the city painting beautiful murals on buildings that were defaced. And the girls who held the march or fair could expand the event to include community artisans and make it an annual gathering. For each project, girls can publicize and get people in the community to come out and support. They can even get community leaders involved. When girls pursue Take Action projects, they take time to identify and understand the root cause of the issue they are addressing. Girls must also ensure that each project is sustainable and that the impact is measurable.

    • Measurable: The success of the project can be determine based on the number of people the project helped, the number of people who were involved, any reduction in the community’s need, and other concrete numbers.
    • Sustainable: Girls must make arrangements (such as collaborating with community leaders and/or organizations; building alliances with mentors) to ensure that the project creates lasting change and is not a one-time event.
Short-Term Project (a one-time effort; has short term impact Take Action Project (identifies the root cause; has long-term benefits and sustainable support)
Issue: An uninsured family's home is destroyed by fire.                          Solution: Collect clothes, household goods, and food for the family. A solution could be to establish a Habitat for Humanity group in the community or work with an existing Habitat group and organize a work group to rebuild the family's home.
Issue: Racial tensions exist in the community.                                       Solution: Organize a one-time diversity celebration. One solution could be to create an organization that holds regular seminars/meetings/workshops about racial tolerance and understanding other cultures.
Issue: Families are going hungry. Solution: Hold a food drive for families in need. One solution could be to come up with easy-to-make recipes (in a free booklet) that include as ingredients the items families regularly receive from food pantries.

 

Girl Scout Gold Award

This is the highest award in Girl Scouting and can only be earned as a Girl Scout Senior or Ambassador.

GSLE Gold Award Girl Guidelines       

GSLE Gold Award Girl Guidelines-Spanish

GSLE Gold Award Adult Guidelines

GSLE Gold Award Adult Guidelines-Spanish

            GSLE Gold Award Advisor Fact Sheet

            GSLE Gold Award Project Proposal form

            GSLE Gold Award Final Report

 

Girl Scout Silver Award

This is the second highest award in Girl Scouting and can only be earned as a Girl Scout Cadette.

GSLE Silver Award Girl Guidelines

GSLE Silver Award Girl Guidelines-Spanish

GSLE Silver Award Adult Guidelines

GSLE Silver Award Adult Guidelines-Spanish

                      GSLE Silver Award Final Report

 

Girl Scout Bronze Award

This is the highest award a Girl Scout Junior can earn.

GSLE Bronze Award Girl Guidelines

GSLE Bronze Award Girl Guidelines-Spanish

GSLE Bronze Award Adult Guidelines

GSLE Bronze Award Adult Guidelines-Spanish
GSLE Bronze Award Report form

 

Bronze, Silver, Gold Learning Sessions

Open to girls, grades 4 to 12

Come participate in interactive discussion about all the Who/What/When/Where and How to earn the Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, or Gold Awards.  Each 45-minute discussion focuses on the different components of each award as well as information gathering that will ensure successful award projects worthy of being the Highest Award a Girl Scout can earn.  Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards have been earned by hundreds of our local Girl Scouts over the years and many more are currently working on projects to be completed this year. Our council’s guidelines and requirements for each of the awards, Frequently Asked Questions and all needed forms can be found using the links above. It is now required that girls and/or their leader/advisors attend one of these  learning session prior to embarking on their quest to achieve these highest awards. 

When and Where:

Event Code: GA3103 – Monday, November 19, 2012 at Girl Scouts Louisiana East Regional Service Center, 545 Colonial Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Event Code: GA3403 – Tuesday,  November 20, Girl Scouts Louisiana East Headquarters, 841 S. Clearview Parkway, New Orleans, LA 70121

Time: 5:30 - 9 p.m.; Bronze Award discussion begins at 5:30 p.m., Silver Award discussion begins at 6:30 p.m., Gold Award discussions begin at 7:45 p.m.

Fee: Free

Capacity: 10 Minimum/ 50 Maximum per session

Registration Instructions: Complete the GSLE Program Event Registration form for each individual and fax to: Girl Scouts Louisiana East, 841 S. Clearview Pkwy., New Orleans, LA 70121/Fax: 504-733-8219.

Registration Deadline: November 16, 2012.

Staff Contact: Kevin Shipp at kshipp@gsle.org or 504-733-8220, ext. 2243 or Marissa Baham at 225-927-8946, ext. 1224 or mbaham@gsle.org  for more information.