Change the world, Girl Scout
Gold Award Girl Scouts are rock stars, role models, and real-life heroes. How do they do it? By using everything they’ve learned as a Girl Scout to solve a problem in their community or make a lasting change in their world.
Seniors and Ambassadors who want to go for the Gold Award build a team of trusted adults, peers, and leaders in their community to guide them through challenges and support their success.
Plus? Nothing beats that feeling of seeing real, lasting, and sustainable change and knowing it was you who made it happen. It changes the way you see your place in the world—and how the world sees you.
Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors in GSMISTS must take the Gold Award Training prior to starting on their Gold Award Project Proposal
Learn more from GSUSA's Highest Awards FAQs.
You can become a Gold Award Girl Scout if you:
- Are in ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade
- Are a registered Girl Scout Senior or Ambassador
- Have completed the Silver Award, a Senior/Ambassador Leadership Award, or a Senior/Ambassador Journey
How to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award
- Complete GSMISTS's self-paced, online Gold Award Training.
*Mandatory for all GSMISTS Girl Scouts who want to earn it!*
- Find an issue in your community or the world that you care about.
Learn everything you can about that issue through research and trusted sources.
- Form a team by identifying experts and people in your community who could help you.
- Think about the root cause of this issue, then make a plan of how you could tackle it.
Submit your Gold Award project proposal to GSMISTS for approval.
*approval process may take 2-4 weeks depending on Gold Award Support Team schdedules and date of submission. Interviews are typically held the third tuesday of the month.
Present your Gold Award project proposal to the GSMISTS Gold Award Support Team.
- Once your Gold Award project proposal is approved by the GSMISTS Gold Award Support Team, you can begin working on your project.
- When your Gold Award Project is complete, submit your Gold Award final report.
- Present your Gold Award final report to the GSMISTS Gold Award Support Team
- When your Gold Award final report is approved by the GSMISTS Gold Award Support Team, you have officially earned the award and are a Gold Award Girl Scout!
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Highest Award Prerequisites
Hey, grownups!
When you support Girl Scouts earning their Gold Award, you’ll help them see their own power and be by their side as they make a lasting change in their community. Download a guide to get started today.
