Highest Awards | Girl Scouts of Western Ohio

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Gold Award

Take action to make a lasting impact in the world with Girl Scouting’s highest award.
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Silver Award

Identify an issue, make a plan, and take action to improve your community.
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Bronze Award

Team up with a group of fellow Juniors to make a difference in your neighborhood.
All Grade Levels

Girls can learn what their faith and Girl Scouting have in common through earning faith-based awards, including the My Promise, My Faith pin, and Religious Recognitions. You can earn the My Promise, My Faith pin once a year, every year you are in Girl Scouts. 

Learn more about Faith Awards.

Cadette, Senior, Ambassador

Community Service Bars are earned by making a difference in the community and practicing Girl Scout values by volunteering at least 20 hours for an organization.  You should record all the hours you volunteer to share with your Troop Leader, who can purchase the Community Service Bar once you complete it. Learn more in The Girl Scout Handbook.

Cadette, Senior, Ambassador

Service to Girl Scouting Bars are earned by volunteering at least 20 hours for the Girl Scouts. You might volunteer your time for a special event for younger girls, be an office assistant for your council or service unit, or help with special projects. You should record all the hours you volunteer to share with your troop leader, who can purchase the Service to Girl Scouting Bar once you complete it. Learn more in The Girl Scout Handbook.

All Grade Levels

The Journey Summit Award Pin is earned by girls who have completed three National Leadership Journeys at their grade level. The colored border around each pin corresponds to their grade level. This award can be earned by girls in all program levels: Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador. This is the highest award that a Girl Scout Daisy and a Girl Scout Brownie can earn.

All Grade Levels

Safety Awards are earned by following a five-step process for being safe, tailored for each grade level. 

Daisy Safety Award Requirements
Brownie Safety Award Requirements
Junior Safety Award Requirements
Cadette Safety Award Requirements
Senior Safety Award Requirements
Ambassador Safety Award Requirements 

Junior

To earn this mentoring award, Junior Girl Scouts work with Daisies or Brownies over three (3) activity sessions. Learn more in the Girl Scout Handbook.

Cadette

This award is earned by completing our council's program aide training course and assisting younger girls by sharing your skills, passion, and experience over the course of six activity sessions. Learn more in The Girl Scout Handbook.

All Grade Levels

The Girl Scout Global Action Award calls for girls to address the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by discovering, connecting, and taking action in their communities and the world. There are two sets of content: one for younger Girl Scouts (Daisy, Brownie, Juniors) and one for older Girl Scouts (Cadette, Senior, Ambassador). The Global Action Award is an official national award, so Girl Scouts can wear it on their vest or sash. Learn more about the Global Action Award. 

Cadette

Cadette Girl Scouts earn your Leader in Action (LiA) award by assisting a Brownie group on any of their National Leadership Journeys. To earn a LiA, you’ll share your organizational skills, use one of your special talents (such as creating and demonstrating a science experiment or craft), teach Brownies something important from their Journey (such as making healthy snacks or getting exercise), and reflect on your experience.

For more information about each LiA, network with the adult volunteers guiding Brownie groups in your Girl Scout community.

 Seniors and Ambassadors

This award is earned by experienced campers by combining their love for the outdoors with their leadership skills and goals. Learn more about our camp leadership programs.

Seniors and Ambassadors

This award is earned by mentoring younger Girl Scouts outside of the camp experience. Your VIT project should span a three-to-six-month period.

  1. Find a mentor volunteer who is currently the adult volunteer for a group of girls at the level you'd like to work with. This volunteer will help you through your training/internship and you'll help the volunteer with her group of girls for the three to six-month period. 
  2. Complete a council-assigned VIT training on gsLearn. Click here to fill out the form to access gsLearn trainings. 
  3. Create and implement a thoughtful program based on a Journey or badge that lasts over four or more sessions. Be responsible for designing, planning, and evaluating the activities. If you're passionate about a topic like are or STEM you could design the activities around the areas that you love or in which you have expertise. 
  4. Learn more in  The Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting.
Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors

This award is given to a Girl Scout who is a leader in her community. To earn the Torch Award, a Girl Scout must complete one Leadership Journey and serve a full term in a leadership position at her school, place of worship, library, community center, or other organization that is important to her.  Learn more in  The Girl Scout Handbook.

All Grade Levels

All girls who participate in the Girl Scout Cookie Program are eligible to earn the annual Cookie Entrepreneur Family Pin, which they earn by developing essential business skills.

 All Grade Levels

This award is given to a girl who has shown presence of mind and true Girl Scout spirit, saving a life or attempting to save a life without risk to the candidate’s own life.

Recognition may be given to any registered Girl Scout from 5 through 17 years of age, where evidence presented in accordance with prescribed regulations shows that she saved or attempted to save a life under circumstances that indicate heroism or risk of her own life.  Recognition cannot be given to anyone who was in any way the cause of or contributory to the incident or where it appears that the risk involved was merely in the performance of duty or in meeting an obligation.

Applications for Lifesaving Awards must be requested within 60 days of the incident and submitted within six months after the accident occurred. Contact Customer Care to request an application. 

All Grade Levels

This award is given to a girl who has shown extraordinary heroism, saving a life or attempting to save a life with risk to the candidate’s own life.

Recognition may be given to any registered Girl Scout from 5 through 17 years of age, where evidence presented in accordance with prescribed regulations shows that she saved or attempted to save a life under circumstances that indicate heroism or risk of her own life.  Recognition cannot be given to anyone who was in any way the cause of or contributory to the incident or where it appears that the risk involved was merely in the performance of duty or in meeting an obligation.

Applications for Lifesaving Awards must be requested within 60 days of the incident and submitted within six months after the accident occurred. Contact Customer Care to request an application. 

All Grade Levels

Every year, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world celebrate February 22 as a day of international friendship called World Thinking Day. To earn this award, Girl Scouts will explore the theme's meaning and plan and carry out a Take Action project that makes a difference. There are two sets of content: one for younger Girl Scouts (Daisy, Brownie, Juniors) and one for older Girl Scouts (Cadette, Senior, Ambassador).

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