Silver Award: Final

Silver Award: Final Report

The Girl Scout Silver Award™, the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn, gives you the chance to do big things and make your community better in the process.
This Final Report is to be used by you (and/or your team)—a registered Girl Scout Cadette in grades 6 to 8—with the assistance of your troop/
group leader, adult Girl Scout volunteer supervisor, and project advisor (optional) for approval of your Silver Award project.

How to complete this form:
1. Read the Silver Award Final Report questions ahead of time and think about your answers.
2. If you are working in a group, fill out Sections 1 and 2 together. Section 3 is for individual reflections. When Sections 1, 2, and 3 are completed then you’re ready to obtain the appropriate signatures in Section 4. The Final Report must be submitted with all four sections together.
3. Complete and submit the Silver Award Final Report Form.
Section 1: Share how your project went by updating your Project Proposal responses with a recap of your project. Include supplemental
documentation of budget worksheet and money-earning forms if needed.

Section 2: Outline how you shared your project and provide copies of photos, videos, flyers, and/or other evidence that documents the work
you did. Include photo release forms if needed.

Section 3: Complete your individual reflection, sharing what you learned along the way. Include your time log (required).

Section 4: Signature page

A few friendly reminders:
- When the Silver Award project winds down, the outcome may not be exactly as planned. That’s OK! Girl Scouts earn the Silver Award as long as award requirements have been met. The most important outcomes are the ones you gain for yourself: improved confidence, better organization, stronger teamwork, and more. It’s less about the perfect final project and more about what you discover along the way!
- If one of more members of the Silver Award team are in 8th grade, the project and Final Report must be submited by September 1 (following 8th grade graduation) so that the committee can review and approve prior to the September 30 national deadline.
- Keep a copy of this Final Report for your records.
Troop Number (enter 0 if you are a Juliette)
How many Cadettes are involved in your Silver Award Team? (max 4)*
Team Members (max 4, click Add Team Member to enter details for all team members)*
Your Name

First NameLast Name
Your adult support team:

Adults are an essential part of your support system!

Girl Scout Volunteer: To meet Girl Scout youth-to-adult ratio, you'll need at least two registered and approved adults to help with team supervision, Silver Award procedures, use of troop funds, managing guidelines for project donations or money-earning activities. Girl Scout staff may communicate with the listed adult to coordinate details about your project and the Silver Award process.

Project Advisor: A project advisor is optional for the Silver Award and is selected by the Silver Award team. This adult has some level of knowledge, skills, epxertise or access to resources that can help with your project.

Highest Awards Committee Mentor: This person is assigned by Council Staff. If you requested a brainstorming session, you may have already met your Mentor. If not, you'll meet this person at your proposal session. A Council Staff member and the Mentor make up your mentorship team.
Girl Scout Volunteer*

First NameLast Name
Girl Scout Volunteer email*
Project Advisor (optional)

First NameLast Name
What organization does the Project Advisor represent, or what expertise did they provide to the project?
What county do you live in?
Will you complete your Silver project with your troop or own your own?

TroopOn my own
List the names of other troop members you are working with for your project.
I contributed at least 50 hours to this project.

NoYes
Upload your Silver Award Hour Log

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Section 1 - Group Response

Share how your project went by updating your Project Proposal responses with a recap of your project. Include supplemental documentation of budget worksheet and money-earning forms if needed.
Silver Award Project Title*
Start Date

MonthDayYear
Date
Completion Date

MonthDayYear
Date
The issue the project will addressed is... (Please include a 3-4 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 4.)*
It mattered because...(Please include a 3-4 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 4).*
My target audience (who your project benefited) was... (Please include a 1-2 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 4).*
Community members who I/we contacted or partnered with to research the issue and help complete the project... (See Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 3). Click Add Row for each additional community member.*
Who (or what organization) does your project benefit?
The root cause of the issue was... (Please include a 3-4 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Steps 3 and 4).*
My team's project idea was... (Please include a 3-4 sentence description of your project, including the result and how it addressed the root cause of your issue. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Septs 3 and 4).*
The project is sustainable because my team... (Check the boxes that apply. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 5)

Created a permanent solution that can be used after the project is complete.Educated and inspired others in the community or within Girl Scouts to be a part of the change.Advocated to change a rule, regulation, or a law and encouraged others to join.
Specifically, my team made the project sustainable by... (Please include a 3-4 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 5).*
Please provide a description of your team's leadership. (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Steps 2 and 5). Click Add Team Member for each team member.*
Provide supplemental documentation of a budget worksheet of money or nonmonetary donations of goods received or spent and any associated costs. (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning your Silver Award, Step 5, and use the form in the template pages. Other spreadsheet formats are acceptable.

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How did you display active leadership during your project?
What community members, groups, clubs, or organizations helped you with specific tasks that needed to be done for your project?
Project Finances

Silver Award projects may be funded by the troop treasury, contributions from family members, or through money-earning activities.
Address the Root Cause

The success of a Silver Award project can be measured - the number of people helped, the reduction of the community's need, and other concrete numbers.A Silver Award project is sustainable when it creates lasting change and is not a one-time event. Sustainability can be achieved by making a permanent solution, educating and inspiring others, or changing a rule, regulation, or law.
Optional Try it: Describe how the project was measurable by sharing the goal you set and if it was achieved. (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 5).
Optional Try it: Describe any national or global link to your project. (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 5).

Section 2 - Group Response

Outline how you shared your project and provide copies of photos, videos, flyers, and/or other evidence that documents the work you did.
How did you let others know about your project and the impact it had? (Please include a 3-4 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 7).*
Share photos with us! (Optional)

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Share photos with us! (Optional)

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Share photos with us! (Optional)

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How is your project sustainable?
If you could give one piece of advice to a future Silver Award candidate, what would it be?
Are you interested in learning more about the Girl Scout Gold Award?

Of Course!Not right now

Section 3 - Individual Responses

Complete your individual reflection, sharing what you learned along the way. Include your time log (required).
Team Member 1: Name*

First NameLast Name
Team Member 1: Project Time Log*

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Team Member 1: Describe in detail what you did for your leadership role.*
Team Member 1: In completing this project, what did you discover about yourself?*
Team Member 1: What skills did you gain and how will these skills help you in the future?*
Team Member 1: What part of the project would you change if you could start over, and why*
Team Member 2: Name*

First NameLast Name
Team Member 2: Project Time Log*

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Team Member 2: Describe in detail what you did for your leadership role.*
Team Member 2: In completing this project, what did you discover about yourself?*
Team Member 2: What skills did you gain and how will these skills help you in the future?*
Team Member 2: What part of the project would you change if you could start over, and why*
Team Member 3: Name*

First NameLast Name
Team Member 3: Project Time Log*

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Team Member 3: Describe in detail what you did for your leadership role.*
Team Member 3: In completing this project, what did you discover about yourself?*
Team Member 3: What skills did you gain and how will these skills help you in the future?*
Team Member 3: What part of the project would you change if you could start over, and why*
Team Member 4: Name*

First NameLast Name
Team Member 4: Project Time Log*

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Team Member 4: Describe in detail what you did for your leadership role.*
Team Member 4: In completing this project, what did you discover about yourself?*
Team Member 4: What skills did you gain and how will these skills help you in the future?*
Team Member 4: What part of the project would you change if you could start over, and why*

Section 4 - Signature Page
We - the Girl Scout Cadette(s) and the Girl Scout Volunteer - agree and understand that the Silver Award Project:
- Cannot be just a collection or donation drive. Donations may be part of a larger Silver Award project.
- Cannot be a fundraiser for another organization, program, or individual.
- Is not simply volunteering time for another organization in an already existing project.
- Cannot be done by multiple teams. Only one team (1-4 Girl Scout Cadettes) may collaborate on each Silver Award project.
- Is a Take Action Project, not a community service project - even if the community service project is very large and takes a lot of time and hard work.
I, the Girl Scout Cadette, followed all the requirements and guidelines as outlines by the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award and my council during my Silver Award project. (Each team member may sign in the same signature box)

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Silver Award: Final Report

Section 1 - Group Response

Project Finances

Address the Root Cause

Section 2 - Group Response

Section 3 - Individual Responses

Section 4 - Signature Page