Girl Awards

Badgerland Council offers national girl awards for girls at the Girl Scout Junior, Girl Scout Cadette, and Girl Scout Senior and Ambassador grade levels.  These awards are the highest awards a girl can earn at her particular grade level. 

	Girl Scout Bronze Award   (Juniors)
	Girl Scout Silver Award     (Cadettes)
	Girl Scout Gold Award       (Seniors & Ambassadors)

Each award is a journey through leadership skills, career exploration, self-improvement, and community service. To receive these awards, girls must meet requirements that help them prepare for, and complete, a special Take Action Project benefiting their communities.

These awards are earned awards and have their own requirements and standards to be upheld.

All girl award applications follow the current Journey-based model that can be found at www.girlscouts.org.  (Questions regarding current requirements or applications?  Contact the Badgerland staff contact for that particular award.)

A special note for Gold Awards

Girls who turned in their project proposal prior to September 30, 2011, under the “old” (legacy) model may continue to earn their award under those requirements.  You also must use the legacy paperwork for your final report.  You can request that Gold Award paperwork by e-mailing zimmermane@gsbadgerland.org.
 

Gold and Silver Award 
 
Badgerland Council provides training classes for the Gold Award. All girls who wish to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award must attend a training session. Classes are designed to help girls work through examples, understand the full award process, and receive the correct paperwork that is required.

A full list of classes available can be found in the Programs section of this Web site or the latest issue of the PathFinder, the council’s program guide.

The Girl Scout Silver Award and Bronze Award programs are instituted at the troop level.  Information on the requirements can be found in the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting or through the Badgerland Council Silver Award Packet.  Silver and Bronze Award Pins can be purchased through Badgerland Shops once the awards have been completed.  Troops are required to submit a report form for these awards to the council for proper documentation.  Additional support or assistance in project planning can be arranged by contacting council staff.
 
Girl Scout Gold Award History

The Girl Scout Gold Award represents the highest achievement in Girl Scouts and, therefore, is a commitment a girl makes and completes as an individual. By earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, a Girl Scout joins the ranks of generations of young women who have made a difference both locally and globally.  The Girl Scout Gold Award recognizes the leadership, effort, and impact Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors have on their communities.

Only about five percent of eligible girls earn this prestigious award!

Over the years, the Gold Award has gone by many names.  In 1980, the name was changed to the Girl Scout Gold Award and will remain so into perpetuity.  The Gold Award has also been called:

Golden Eagle of Merit
(1916 to 1919)

Golden Eaglet
(1919 -1938)

First Class
(1938-1940)

Curved Bar Award
(1940 to 1963)

First Class Award
(1963 to 1980)

Gold Award
(1980 – today)