Girl Scout Gold Award

Since 1980, the Girl Scout Gold Award has been the highest honor Girl Scouts 14-17 years old can achieve. To receive this award, girls must meet requirements that help them prepare for, and complete, a special project benefiting their communities. The Gold Award project enables girls to explore their personal and career interests as they work on self-improvement, leadership, service and commitment to the community. The Girl Scout Gold Award is the culmination of a girl's experience in Girl Scouting and provides an opportunity for her to use all the skills she has developed and to fulfill a need in the community. Either locally or globally, the project creates change in the community and also empowers the girl and her community. Girls can "go for the gold" individually or as a group, but 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.

THINGS TO NOTE Gold Award Application (Word) Gold Award Application (PDF) Estimated Time Line (Word) Estimated Time Line (PDF) Final Report Form (Word) Final Report Form (PDF) Project Time Line (Word) Project Time Line (PDF)

Gold Award Requirements

In preparation for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, girls must:

• EARN THE GIRL SCOUT GOLD LEADERSHIP AWARD
  
  Earn three Girl Scout Interest Project awards related to parts of the Girl Scout Law.
  Set goals and earn the charm for the STUDIO 2B Focus book of their choice.
  Log 30 hours in a leadership role.
  
  
• EARN THE GIRL SCOUT GOLD CAREER AWARD
  
  Do a total of 40 hours related to career exploration.
  Or, Fast Track it with a paying job or their own business.
  
  
• EARN THE GIRL SCOUT GOLD 4Bs CHALLENGE AWARD
  
  Become: Set and achieve two goals related to self-improvement.
  Belong: Create a community profile to find out more about the community's needs and assets.
  Believe: Create a vision for change by focusing on community needs. Come up with an actual vision statement for the Girl Scout Gold Award project based on the challenge.
  Build: Focus on developing a specific network of people who might help with the vision.
  Use page 18 in STUDIO 2B Focus: Write Now on building persuasive skills to help convince others to support your position on this issue.
  Use Go for It! The Girl Scout Gold Award STUDIO 2B insert to keep records and a journal for discussion and evaluation with Girl Scout Gold Award project advisor.
  
  
• PLAN YOUR GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD PROJECT

All Girl Scout Gold Award Projects must be approved by the Girl Scout Gold Award Advisory Council of Morris Area Girl Scout Council. Use the following application process to plan the schedule for completing the Girl Scout Gold Award Project.

Application Process

1. Choose an adult advisor/mentor.
2. Complete Girl Scout Gold Award application.
3. Submit application to MAGSC HUB office by the first of the month in which you wish to present your plan and at least six weeks prior to the start of the project.
4. Present project plan to the Girl Scout Gold Award Advisory Council. The council meets on the third Wednesday of eachmonth at the HUB office.
5. Begin work on the project upon approval of plan.
6. Each girl must spend a minimum of 65 hours to complete her project.

Once the project is approved, put your plan into action, adjust plans as needed during the project. When the project is complete, evaluate your work and submit your final report to the Council HUB office.