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.
Are in sixth, seventh, or eighth grade
Are a registered Girl Scout Cadette
Have completed a Cadette Journey
Let our council know you want to earn it.
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.
Develop your project.
Make a plan and put it into motion.
Reflect, share your story, and celebrate.
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.
Service Unit 15 Clinton/Washington County
Anna Carr, Reegan Jones, Baylie Lingle and Rachael Staley Troop #8747
Project: Parent’s Night Out
Jaydn Dees and Isabelle Lovin | Troop #8747
Project: Adopt-A-Grandparent
Kaylee Deien | Troop #8449
Project: Fleece Blankets for Children’s Hospital
Service Unit 30 Jefferson County
Lydia Robison | Troop #8646
Project: Bird Garden
Shaylee Hileman | Troop #8540
Project: Lending Library Room and Arts Center Reorganization
Service Unit 60 South Randolph County
Tasia Foulks, Emily Gruenewald, Raven Rinderer and Katie Werner | Troop #8233
Project: Help Fight Childhood Cancer
Service Unit 66 Shawnee
Kylie Price | Troop #8269
Project: Your Future Starts with You
Service Unit 101 Alton/Godfrey/Wood River/Roxana
Somona Acheson, KayLynn Buttry, Hope Carter and Melina Luebbert | Troop #130 Project: Shelter Helpers – A Project for Partners for Pets
Julia Heil and Elisabeth Preston | Troop # 792
Project: Care for Critters
Service Unit 105 Jersey/Calhoun County
Sydney Dwiggins, Ava Taylor, Blakley Taylor and Sierra Trunnell | Troop #1503
Project: Camp Torqua Trails
Emma Rew | Troop #405
Project: Emma’s Silver Award Book Drive
Service Unit 108 Edwardsville/Glen Carbon
Hadasah Hunter, Doreen Kelly and Sydney Walker | Troop #819
Project: Medical Equipment Help
Aryana Jaramillo | Troop #819
Project: Helping with Metro East Humane Society
Service Unit 109 Troy/St. Jacob
Sophia Bohnak | Troop #461
Project: Launching Butterflies Garden
Maddie Redden and Olivia Sayuk | Troop #461
Project: Liberty-Lincoln Middle School Cyber Academy
Service Unit 110 Highland
Ania Chalecki, Rory Jaco and Kira Oberlender | Troop #810
Project: The YA Project
Lauren Daugherty, Adelyn Schroeder and Janae Toennies | Troop #8455
Project: Bartelso Fire Hydrant Refresh
Service Unit 201 O’Fallon/Shiloh/Fairview Heights
Grace Knapp | Troop #163
Project: Senior Art Enrichment
Claire Totzke | Troop #163
Project: Faiths Blessing
Madison Moskowitz, Amelia Simpson, Isabelle Smith Troop #164
Project: Art Lessons, But Fun
Service Unit 202 ClinClair
Madelyn Sullivan | Troop # 513
Project: Two Cadettes & a Community Garden
Evania Bates, Olivia Dittmer, Atheena King and Ariana Sanchez | Troop # 225
Project: Positive Self Body Image
Service Unit 207 Belleville/Swansea
Kristina Jolley, Tara Palmer, Madalyn Reichling and Anna Robison | Troop #127
Project: Homeless Bags
Amelia Ballard, Maris Endsley, Reece Erkman and Rachel Lankford | Troop #530
Project: The History of Whiteside School District #115
Isabella Border, Caroline Bouse, Alyssa Grime and Madison Utterback
Troop #100 | Project: Personal Care Totes for Hope
Service Unit 207 Belleville/Swansea
Alayna Grime, Kaitlyn Haar, Bethany Kee and Maddie Thompson | Troop #100
Project: Kitchen and Bathroom Items Assisting at Call for Help
Kinleigh Neville, Kendall Peters, Kennedy Robinson and Tessa Wuller
Troop #100 | Project: Totes for Hope - Oral Hygiene Care Team
Ava Gasawski and Kennadi Totel | Troop #100
Project: Totes for Hope - Cleaning Projects Group
Service Unit 210 New Athens/Marissa/St. Libory/Freeburg
Kenadie Buehler, Leigha Ray, Madie Sinn, Kalyn Wiegand and Jamie Wilson
Troop #557 | Project: Helping Hands in the Community
Service Unit 211 Waterloo
Julia Wallace | Troop #576
Project: Butterfly Garden at the Library
Ava Scherle | Troop #576
Project: Gaga Ball Pit at Saint Paul United Church of Christ
Jacqueline Bushong | Troop #576
Project: Waterloo Day Camp Craft Coordinator Project
Annabelle Kennedy | Troop #698
Project: Cub Scout Day Camp Crafts & Chemistry Station
Norah Kettler, Maliha Kloth, Corinne Nolte and Samantha Sabo | Troop #576
Project: Park Gaga Ball Pit and Recycled Bench
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