Silver Award Final Report (New)

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.
  - 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
3. Complete and submit the Silver Award Final Report Form.
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!
- 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!
- Keep a copy of this Final Report for your records.

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
If submitting after June 1, please list the grade you will enter in the Fall
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
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
If submitting after June 1, please list the grade you will enter in the Fall
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
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
If submitting after June 1, please list the grade you will enter in the Fall
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
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
If submitting after June 1, please list the grade you will enter in the Fall
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
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.

Section 1 - Project Report

If in a Project Team, complete the following answers together
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.
Project Title
Did you submit a Silver Award Proposal Form prior to implementing this project?
Start Date

MonthDayYear
Date
Completion Date

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

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

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3. The target audience (who the project benefitted) was... (Please include 1-2 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 4.)

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4. Community members who I contacted or partnered with to research my issue, find the root cause, and help complete the project (See Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 3.):
5. A 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.)

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6. My team’s project idea was... (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.)

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7. The project is sustainable because my team...? (Check the boxes that apply. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 5.)
Here's how it was done... (Please include a 3–4 sentence description.)

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8. Please provide a description of your leadership. (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Steps 2 and 5.)
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.

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

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10. 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?
11. 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.

Section 2 - Project Sharing

Complete as a group
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.
1. How did you let others know about your project and the impact it had? (Please include 3-4 sentence description. See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 7.)

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2. Provide any copies of photos, video, flyers, and/or evidence that documents your project to help share the big picture of what you and your team accomplished. Please understand the materials cannot be returned. (See the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, Step 7.)

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Section 3 - Individual Responses
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
Describe in detail what you did for your leadership role. (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

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In completing this project, what did you discover about yourself? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

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What skills did you gain and how will these skills help you in the future? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

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What part of your project would you change if you could start over, and why? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
Upload Time Log for Team Member #1

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Name of Team Member #2

First NameLast Name
Describe in detail what you did for your leadership role. (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
In completing this project, what did you discover about yourself? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
What skills did you gain and how will these skills help you in the future? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
What part of your project would you change if you could start over, and why? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
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Name of Team Member #3

First NameLast Name
Describe in detail what you did for your leadership role. (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
In completing this project, what did you discover about yourself? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
What skills did you gain and how will these skills help you in the future? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
What part of your project would you change if you could start over, and why? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
Upload Time Log for Team Member #3

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Name of Team Member #4

First NameLast Name
Describe in detail what you did for your leadership role. (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
In completing this project, what did you discover about yourself? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

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What skills did you gain and how will these skills help you in the future? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

0/1000
What part of your project would you change if you could start over, and why? (Please include a 3-4 sentence response)

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Section 4 - Signatures
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, followed all the requirements and guidelines as outlined by the Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award and my council during my Silver Award project.
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, confirm that the Cadette(s) above fulfilled requirements for the Girl Scout Silver Award and that they upheld all guidelines specific to their project as outlined by the Adult Guide for Earning the Silver Award, Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, and my council.
Volunteer Supervisor Signature
Date

MonthDayYear
Date
I, the Girl Scout Troop/Group Leader, have reviewed the above Girl Scout Silver Award Final Report. I am aware of and believe this project aligns with the requirements and guidelines outlined by the Adult Guide for Earning the Silver Award, Cadette Workbook for Earning Your Silver Award, and my council.
Troop/Group Leader Signature
Date

MonthDayYear
Date
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Adult Resources

Section 1 - Project Report

Section 2 - Project Sharing

Section 3 - Individual Responses

Section 4 - Signatures