This Project Proposal is to be used by you (and/or your team)—a registered Girl Scout Cadette in grades 6 to 8—with assistance from your adult Girl Scout volunteer supervisor, troop/group leader, and project advisor (optional) to gain approval for your Silver Award project idea BEFORE continuing your project.
This form will help you think through the details of your project, helping make sure you have a plan in place that will set you up for success early on. Let’s get started!
How to complete this form:
- Familiarize yourself with Silver Award guidelines: review the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award and complete the Silver Award Orientation in GSLearn.
- Read the Silver Award Project Proposal questions ahead of time and think about your answers. If you are working in a group, fill it out together! You can work with a team of up to three other Cadettes or on your own. One form should be completed per project.
- Complete and submit the Silver Award Project Proposal. Approval is necessary BEFORE the project may continue and may take up to 10 business days from submission.
- The final deadline to submit a preapproval form is July 15 after you or your oldest teammember completes 8th grade
A few friendly reminders:
- Finish your Silver Award Take Action™ project and Final Report by September 30 of the year you or your oldest team member completes 8th
grade!
- Take photos and/or video to document your project along the way- you'll be asked to share them in your Final Report!
- The Final Report will require updating and reflecting on your approved Project Proposal. Keep a copy of this Project Proposal so you can answer the questions more easily.
- 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. What Girl Scouts learn in the process about themselves and the world around them is what’s most valuable. Look at any unexpected twist as a learning opportunity.
- If your project ends up significantly changing from your current Project Proposal, please us at customercare@gsema.org to let us know and we will advise you on next steps.