Awards...



Gold and Silver Awards
The Gold and Silver Awards are the highest honors that can be earned by Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts, respectively. To receive these awards, girls must meet requirements that help them prepare for, and complete, a special project benefiting their communities. Girl Scouts of Sierra Cascade has developed its own informational packets to assist girls who are working for these awards and their advisors (see below).

 

Girl Scout Gold Award
Highest Award for Girls Ages 14-17

The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award that a Girl Scout 14-17 may earn. Someone once described the Girl Scout Gold Award as being "what you really want to be remembered for" in Girl Scouting. For many, the leadership skills, organizational skills, and sense of community and commitment that come from "going for the Gold" set the foundation for a lifetime of active citizenship.

The Gold Award Project

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. If a group of girls work on the project together, each girl must be responsible for a specific part of the project and must evaluate her participation as an individual and a member of the group.

Girl Scout Silver Award
Highest Award for Girls 11-14

The Girl Scout Silver Award 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.

Governor and First Lady's Award
The Governor and First Lady’s Service Award celebrates the volunteer contributions of California’s youngest resource - those ages 5-14.  Earning the Governor and First Lady’s Service Award is easy too!

Participants must complete 25 hours of service during a 12 month period. Once hours are completed, participants submit their Record of Service document to the Girl Scout council office in Chico. For more information regarding the award please see: About The Award.