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:: Girl Scout Award Programs
As of Oct. 1, 2006, all girls
wishing to earn the Silver and/or Gold Award must use the Go for It! - Girl Scout Silver Award booklet or the Go
for It! - Girl Scout Gold Award booklet. Do not use the methods for prerequisites as outlined in the Cadette Girl Scout
Handbook or Senior Girl Scout Handbook. Those methods are outdated and are no longer being accepted.
Girl Scout Bronze Award
Highest Award for Junior Girl Scouts
The Girl Scout Bronze Award, the highest honor a Junior
Girl Scout can earn, requires her to learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that
makes a positive impact on her community. Working toward this award demonstrates her commitment to helping others, improving
her community and the world, and becoming the best she can be.
Girls may work on the award individually or in a group. All of the requirements for the Bronze Award
must be met before leaving Junior Girl Scouts. However, earning a Bronze Award is not a prerequisite for the Girl Scout Silver
Award or the Girl Scout Gold Award.
For more information, download the Bronze Award requirements and guidelines
below.
[Download Bronze Award Guidelines and Requirements]
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Girl Scout Silver Award
Highest Award for Cadette Girl Scouts
The Girl Scout Silver Award is the second highest award
in Girl Scouting. It represents a girl's accomplishments in Girl Scouting and her community as she grows and works
to improve her life and the lives of others. The first four requirements of the Girl Scout Silver Award help girls build skills,
explore careers, gain leadership skills, and make a commitment to self-improvement.
The Girl Scout Silver Award Project can be undertaken when the first four requirements
are completed. It can be done as an individual or with a group. If done with a group, a girl must be responsible for a specific
part of the project and evaluate her contribution to the project and the group.
For the year 2008, more than 200 Cadette Girl Scouts from Mt. Wilson Vista Council
earned the Silver Award. For more information, download the Silver Award Requirements and Quidelines below.
[Download Silver Award Guidelines and Requirements]
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Girl Scout Gold
Award
Highest Award in Girl Scouting
The
Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award that a Senior Girl Scout may earn. This prestigious award recognizes the work of
Senior Girl Scouts who have achieved outstanding accomplishments in leadership, community service, career planning, and personal
development. Many colleges and universities offer Gold Award scholarships.
The Gold Award project is the culmination
of all the work a girl puts into "going for the Gold." It is something that a girl can be passionate about—in
thought, deed, and action. The project is something that fulfills a need within a girl's community (whether local or global),
creates change, and hopefully, is something that becomes ongoing. If it is an event, the event should be something that people
will want to continue for the next year; if it is a service, it should be something that creates change or action with long-term
possibilities, empowering others besides just the girl; if it is something tangible, it should come with a plan for use and
maintenance within the community. The project is more than a good service project—it encompasses organizational, leadership,
and networking skills.
In the year 2007,
85 Senior Girl Scouts from Mt. Wilson Vista Council earned the Gold Award. Girl Scouts who earn their Gold Award or who have
filed their intent to earn the Gold Award may apply to be a part of the Tournament Troop, which marches in the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day. For more information, download the Gold Award
Requirements and Guidelines below.
[Download Gold Award Guidelines and Requirements]
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Contact Deanne Aranda, Program Manger, at (626) 445-7771, ext. 337 or by e-mail at daranda@gsmwvc.org for more information on these awards.
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