Great Silver Award Examples

Anti bullying campaign 
The girls created a series of anti bullying videos to be shown in their school district and worked with their district and a local disability awareness agency to host a film viewing of Bully for 200 people.

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Distraction free driving campaign

Girl Scouts persuade Tustin to ban smoking in parks 

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In expanding on her experience, Natalie decided to earn her Girl Scouts Silver Award by basing her project around religious tolerance.
At Temple Beth Sholom, nearly 100 middle school students rotated through seven different stations and were taught the history, beliefs and practices of different religions while also participating in demonstrations, such as yoga and trying on hijabs, and sampled food, Sunday, Nov. 12
https://www.ocregister.com/2017/11/12/tustin-teen-turns-bullying-into-religious-educational-experience/

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Food Allergy Awareness
After her brother was diagnosed with food allergies, Krystina took action and developed her Girl Scout Silver Award project around food allergy education and awareness.

Girl empowerment camp focuses on gender and cultural stereotypes 

After attending a chess tournament with very few female participants they decided to hold an all girl chess tournament.

Teen Creates App So Bullied Kids Never Have To Eat Alone
She knows what it's like to have no one to sit with during school lunch. So she created Sit With Us, an app that helps kids find friendly harbors in the crowd.

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Upcycling bottles to create a green house to grow food at a local church.

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Walking tour app 
Using tech to build city pride and educate about local history by developing a 

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Girl scout creates resource for bilingual readers.

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Math summer learning program
When she noticed there were lots of summer reading programs but none for math, her favorite subject, she decided to create her own

Education Garden
​Cadette Girl Scouts decided to take action to help end hunger and to educate children about making healthy eating choices. Their decision ultimately lead to them creating a sustainable garden for the Valley Road Elementary School. 

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These pet loving scouts created a pet food pantry at a local church. 

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Demonstration Gardens
​These living walls demonstrate how to build green spaces both indoors and outdoors to help indoor air quality as well as pollinating insects. 

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Anti bullying Education
It was a brainstorming session that led then seventh-grade  to unanimously agree to take a stand against the effects of bullying on middle school students by creating a presentation for 5th and 6th graders.

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Buddy Bench
Cadettes involve their whole school in a n effort to create a friendlier playground experience.

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STEM EDUCATION
After noticing that some schools in her community didn’t have many STEM activities, Emma decided to create a free after-school STEM class. With Emma’s help, the students learned snap circuits and how to create all kinds of toys—from radios and lights to flying saucers!

Girls fight to get plastic bags banned in their city






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.Civic engagement
An ordinance that bans smoking in vehicles with children present that was pushed by members of Girl Scout Troop No. 60789 passed. 

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Animal shelter volunteer education program
After volunteering for a while, the girls used their own experiences to help create a video full of detailed information about what volunteers need to know and what to expect.
​blog.girlscoutsww.org/2012/11/animalshelter/
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Reduce feral cat populations through trap and release education.

​Cat Overpopulation has a detrimental effect on outdoor cats, songbirds, and people living in cities overpopulated by cats. The most effective and humane way to address this issue is TNR (Trap Neuter Return). Participating in TNR is easier than one would think, and has a great effect on communities. Watch this video to learn the issues cat overpopulation causes, and how to help by participating in TNR.

The Food Pantry Garden 
Girl Scout Leanna took action to help end hunger. For her project, she partnered with The Holy Innocents Church Food Pantry that serves over 65 families every week, and over 100 families during the winter holidays. Her contribution? A sustainable food garden! Now, youth groups, local students and community members can manage and harvest the crops from Leanna’s garden to help those in need throughout the year.

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Educating about less adoptable pets