Awards

Girl Scout Gold Award

Every year Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors make an amazing journey and act upon issues that are important to them by earning the Girl Scout Gold Award. The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest and most prestigious award in Girl Scouts. Earned by only five to six percent of Girl Scouts nationally, this award focuses on a 14- to 17-year-old's interests and personal journey through leadership skills, career exploration, self-improvement, and service.

Benefits of the Girl Scout Gold Award

  • Girls who earn the Girl Scout Gold Award often enter the four branches of the United States Armed Services at an advanced level and salary.
  • An increasing number of colleges and universities have established scholarship programs for Girl Scout Gold Award recipients and for girls who have been very active in Girl Scouts, even if they have not completed the Girl Scout Gold Award.
  • Every Girl Scout Gold Awardee can look forward to greater access to scholarships, internships, and community awards.
  • The Girl Scout Gold Award showcases a girl's outstanding accomplishments and skills, such as leadership and organization, a sense of community, and commitment to potential employers, lending considerable prestige to her resume.
  • Girls who earn the GIrl Scout Gold Award can be nominated for consideration as a recipient of the national Young Woman of Distinction honor, where America's top ten Girl Scout Gold Award recipients are honored for their extraordinary leadership and remarkable community action projects.

Getting Started

  • Must be currently registered through GSU as a Girl Scout and between 9th and 12th grade.
  • Must work on the project as an individual.
  • 80 hours minimum are required.
  • Complete 2 Journeys (Senior and Ambassador) OR Earn the Girl Scout Silver Award and complete complete only 1 Senior or Ambassador Journey.
  • Take Action on a community issue you care about and get to the root cause of the issue.
  • Take Action training is required for all those who are going for their Girl Scout Gold Award. Please see your current Pathways to Fun Stuff for upcoming dates.
  • Make sure your project is sustainable (i.e. keeps going after you are done).
  • You must turn in a cover sheet and formal application proposal to council staff for approval 4-6 weeks prior to starting your project. The staff and review committee will decide if the requirements have been met. You will be notified within 2 weeks.
  • Please turn in your final report no later than 1 month after completing your project.
  • Email all forms to: girlawards@gsutah.org

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Girl Scout Silver Award

The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. It symbolizes an 11- to 14-year-old Girl Scout's accomplishments in Girl Scouting and community activities as she matures and works to better her life and the lives of others.

Getting Started

  • Must be currently registered through GSU as a Girl Scout and between 6th and 8th grade.
  • GIrls may work individually or as a small group (total of 4 Cadettes per group).
  • 50 hours minimum are required.
  • Complete 1 Cadette Journey.
  • Take Action on a community issue you care about.
  • Earning a Girl Scout Silver Award is not a prerequisite for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award (Girl Scouts grades 9th and 12th).
  • It is strong recommended that you turn in a Girl Scout Silver Award Outline to council staff prior o starting your project.
  • Pursuing the Girl Scout Silver Award requires approval from a troop leader or council staff for individually registered girls.
  • Please turn in your final report no later than 1 month after completing your project.
  • Email all forms to: girlawards@gsutah.org

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Girl Scout Bronze Award

The Girl Scout Bronze Award is the highest award that a Girl Scout Junior can earn. First introduced in 2001, this award recognizes that a Girl Scout Junior has gained the leadership and planning skills required to follow through with a project that makes a positive difference in her community.

Getting Started

  • Must be currently registered through GSU as a Girl Scout and between 4th and 5th grade.
  • Be a part of a group or troop where girls take the lead.
  • 20 hours minimum are required.
  • Take Action on a community issue the troop or group cares about.
  • Complete 1 Cadette Journey.
  • Earning a Girl Scout Bronze Award is not a prerequisite for earning the Girl Scout Silver or Gold Award.
  • The leader or advisor who is working closely with the girls pursuing this award decided whether the requirements have been met.
  • Please turn in your final report no later than 1 month after completing your project.
  • Email all forms to: girlawards@gsutah.org

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