Silver Award Project Proposal

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 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:
1. Familiarize yourself with Silver Award guidelines: review the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award and complete any council training on your local council’s webpage.
2. 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.
3. Complete and submit the Silver Award Project Proposal. Approval is necessary BEFORE the project may continue.
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 members complete 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 contact the person who approved your proposal to let them know and they will advise you on next steps.

How many Cadettes in your Silver Award Project Team?
Name of Team Member #1

First NameLast Name
Service Unit for Team Member #1
Troop Number for Team Member #1
Write IRM if not in a troop
Current Grade for Team Member #1
Email for Team Member #1
example@example.com
Parent/Guardian Email for Team Member #1
example@example.com
Address for Team Member #1

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Training Team Member #1 (How Completed)
Training Team Member #1 Date Completed

MonthDayYear
Date
Name of Team Member #2

First NameLast Name
Service Unit for Team Member #2
Troop Number for Team Member #2
Write IRM if not in a troop
Current Grade for Team Member #2
Email for Team Member #2
example@example.com
Parent/Guardian Email for Team Member #2
example@example.com
Address for Team Member #2

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Training Team Member #2 (How Completed)
Training Team Member #2 Date Completed

MonthDayYear
Date
Name of Team Member #3

First NameLast Name
Service Unit for Team Member #3
Troop Number for Team Member #3
Write IRM if not in a troop
Current Grade for Team Member #3
Email for Team Member #3
example@example.com
Parent/Guardian Email for Team Member #3
example@example.com
Address for Team Member #3

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Training Team Member #3 (How Completed)
Training Team Member #3 Date Completed

MonthDayYear
Date
Name of Team Member #4

First NameLast Name
Service Unit for Team Member #4
Troop Number for Team Member #4
Write IRM if not in a troop
Current Grade for Team Member #4
Email for Team Member #4
example@example.com
Parent/Guardian Email for Team Member #4
example@example.com
Address for Team Member #4

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Training Team Member #4 (How Completed)
Training Team Member #4 Date Completed

MonthDayYear
Date
Combined Team Names

Adult Resources
Your Troop/Group Leader: Responsible for managing guidelines for project donations, money-earning activities, or use of trooop funds and approvals, as relevant
Your Troop/Group Leader

First NameLast Name
Troop/Group Leader Email
example@example.com
Troop/Group Leader Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.
Adult Girl Scout Volunteer Supervisor: Responsible for Silver Award team supervision, including managing safety and Silver Award procedures. The finalized project proposal will be sent to this email address.
Check here if this individual is the same person as your Troop/Group Leader
Adult Girl Scout Volunteer Supervisor Name

First NameLast Name
Adult Girl Scout Volunteer Supervisor Email
example@example.com
Adult Girl Scout Volunteer Supervisor Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.
Project Advisor (Optional): An adult who has some level of knowledge, skills, expertise, or access to resources that can help with your project.
Project Advisor Name

First NameLast Name
Project Advisor Email
example@example.com
Project Advisor Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.

Prerequisites
The Silver Award is an individual leadership award and, therefore, certain fields of this form require individual answers. Each member must share their individual answers to these sections in their own words. Do not copy and paste the same answers for multiple team members.
Name of Team Member #1

First NameLast Name
Silver Award Prerequisite
Date Completed

MonthDayYear
Date
What did you do?
What did you learn?
What would you do better, or differently?
Name of Team Member #2

First NameLast Name
Silver Award Prerequisite
Date Completed

MonthDayYear
Date
What did you do?
What did you learn?
What would you do better, or differently?
Name of Team Member #3

First NameLast Name
Silver Award Prerequisite
Date Completed

MonthDayYear
Date
What did you do?
What did you learn?
What would you do better, or differently?
Name of Team Member #4

First NameLast Name
Silver Award Prerequisite
Date Completed

MonthDayYear
Date
What did you do?
What did you learn?
What would you do better, or differently?

Tell Us About Your Proposed Project!

From this point forward, if in a Project Team, complete the answers together
Project Title
Proposed Start Date

MonthDayYear
Date
Proposed Completion Date

MonthDayYear
Date
1. The issue the project will address is... (please include a 3-4 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 4)

0/1000
2. It matters because...(Please include 3-4 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 4.)

0/1000
3. The target audience (who is going to benefit) is... (Please include 1-2 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 4.)

0/1000
4. Community members who I contacted or partnered with to research my issue and find the root cause (See Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 3.):
5. A root cause of my issue is... (Please include a 3–4 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Steps 3 and 4.)

0/1000
6. My team’s project idea is... (Please include a 3–4 sentence description of your project, including the desired result and how it addresses the root cause of your issue. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 4.)

0/1000
7. How will you create a plan to make your project sustainable? (Check the boxes that apply. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 5.)
Specifically, my team will plan to make the project sustainable by... (Please include a 3–4 sentence description.)

0/1000

8. Please provide a description of your leadership. (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Steps 2 and 5.)
Project Teams: Again, this is an individual LEADERSHIP award.

Each Team Member needs to have a UNIQUE leadership role listed! The description must be unique too.

You might consider listing all the tasks needed to complete your project and then divide them between each of you. Each description will explain how all the leadership skills of that team member will shine.

Each of you may have more than one!
Name of Team Member #1

First NameLast Name
Leadership Roles
Responsibilities
Be sure you add a description that shows us you understand this role!
Name of Team Member #2

First NameLast Name
Leadership Roles
Responsibilities
Be sure you add a description that shows us you understand this role! They must be unique too!
Name of Team Member #3

First NameLast Name
Leadership Roles
Responsibilities
Be sure you add a description that shows us you understand this role! They must be unique too!
Name of Team Member #4

First NameLast Name
Leadership Roles
Responsibilities
Be sure you add a description that shows us you understand this role! They must be unique too!

9. Silver Award projects sometimes require money or nonmonetary donations of goods. If your project requires this, then please estimate supplies/donations needed and potential costs. A budget worksheet with actual supplies and costs will be required with the Final Report. (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 5 and the template pages.)
Check the box if you would like to upload a budget file
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10. Check Yes to indicate you are aware that each individual team member should spend approximately 50 hours working on their Silver Award project and will maintain a time log. (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 6 and the template pages.)
11. Try it: Describe how you will try to make your project measurable by sharing the goal your team set to measure your project’s success... (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 5.) [Optional but recommended]
How will you measure your impact on the target audience?
12. Try it: Describe how you will try to make a national and/or global link... (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 5.) [Optional-See tip below]
Hint: Hyperlinks to research a plus!
- It is very common for everyone to think that the National/Global link means the respective review boards want to see how the Cadettes are going to make their projects national or global. This is not the case. We hope that takes a lot of pressure off!
  
  National/Global (N/G) Link: the intention of this category is to reflect on how you see the problem/issue on a national/global scale. Where else is it seen? Are there any similarities to how you see the local problem? Are there any differences? What, if any, are other people doing to solve the problem/issue for their area? Do they see any different root causes that they are addressing? Usually, it's just a simple google search and looking at different articles or websites and referring to their statistics and other information.
  
  At the Bronze & Silver Award (and Cadette journey and below) level it is optional. So just going through the motions of the exercise is all that is needed (if that’s what they want to do). If a Silver Award proposal writer wants to share, they may in the optional field. They would give a sentence or two on what the Girl Scout/Group discovered. They may discover that their issue is not really National/Global-and that is ok at the Silver Award level.

We*—the Girl Scout Cadette(s), troop/group leader, and adult Girl Scout volunteer supervisor—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 Scouts) 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, Girl Scout Cadette, have read and understand all the requirements and guidelines specific to the Girl Scout Silver Award as outlined by the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award and council-specific requirements. I am aware of all deadlines for the Girl Scout Silver Award. Should any major plans change, I will contact the person who approved my proposal.
Girl Scout Signature #1
Date

MonthDayYear
Date
Girl Scout Signature #2
Date

MonthDayYear
Date
Girl Scout Signature #3
Date

MonthDayYear
Date
Girl Scout Signature #4
Date

MonthDayYear
Date
I, the adult Girl Scout volunteer supervisor, recognize it is the Cadette’s responsibility to fulfill the requirements for the Girl Scout Silver Award including all deadlines. I understand that they must uphold guidelines specific to their project as outlined by the Adult Guide for Earning the Silver Award and the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, and council-specific requirements.
Volunteer Supervisor Signature
Date

MonthDayYear
Date
I, the Girl Scout troop/group leader, have reviewed the above Girl Scout Silver Award Project Proposal. I am aware of the requirements and guidelines outlined by the Adult Guide for Earning the Silver Award and the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, as well as council-specific requirements and believe this project aligns with those requirements.
Troop/Group Leader Signature
Date

MonthDayYear
Date
Should be Empty:

Adult Resources

Prerequisites

Tell Us About Your Proposed Project!