Highest Awards
You’ve got what it takes to make a lasting impact
Get started by earning a highest award in Girl Scouting
You're ready to make the world a better place. Show everyone how you’ll do it by earning the Girl Scout Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards. Each award will challenge you and helps you take action in a big way.
Leader Training Available on gsLearn
Are you a Girl Scout Junior or Cadette leader preparing to guide girls through their Highest Awards process? Learn about the steps to earning the Girl Scout Bronze and Silver Awards on our gsLearn pathway Guide to Girl Scouts Highest Awards. Highly recommended for supporting girls in earning a Girl Scout Highest Award. You can access gsLearn through your MyGS account.
Additional Awards
The Girl Scout Leadership Awards celebrates the remarkable achievements of girls who have gone above and beyond to make a meaningful impact on their fellow Girl Scouts and their communities. These awards embody the core values of courage, confidence, and character, inspiring girls to take initiative, lead with purpose, and become change-makers in the world around them. Learn more below or download our Leadership Award flyer.
Faith-Based Awards 
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.
Community Service Bars
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.
Service to Girl Scouting Bars
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.
Journey Summit Awards
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.
Safety Award
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 Aide
Junior
Discover your leadership style by planning and leading a fun, inclusive activity for younger kids. Build your confidence as you learn what it means to guide and inspire others.
Junior Aide award: Action Plan | Volunteer Guide
Program Aide
Cadette
Grow your leadership skills by planning and leading multiple activities—including a full meeting—for younger Girl Scouts. You’ll practice being a role model and engaging different age groups along the way.
Program Aide award: Action Plan | Volunteer Guide
Take Action
Juniors, Caddettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
Team up to identify a local issue, understand what’s behind it and who’s already working on it, and create a lasting solution.
Bonus feature: Earning one Community Advocacy award opens the door to the Highest Awards. Once you earn this award, you’ve fulfilled the prerequisite and are ready to start your Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award.
Global Action Award
Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, Ambassadors
Turn your passions into action by making change locally or globally. Explore how communities worldwide experience similar issues, then make a global connection by applying what you learn to your project.
Bonus feature: Earning one Community Advocacy award opens the door to the Highest Awards. Once you earn this award, you’ve fulfilled the prerequisite and are ready to start your Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award.
True North
Junior, Cadette, Senior, Ambasador
The True North award is about discovering what matters to you and staying true to yourself. It’s your chance to follow your values and take meaningful action, even when it feels hard or a little scary. Whether you’re finding the courage to speak up for what you believe in, taking on challenges, or advocating for positive change, this award helps you build the confidence and clarity to chart your own course and take courageous steps toward what truly matters to you.
Bonus feature: Earning the True North award for your program level opens the door to the Highest Awards. Once you earn this award, you’ve fulfilled the prerequisite and are ready to start your Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award.
Counselor in Training
Counselor in Training I - Seniors and Ambassadors
Team up with other teens to learn how to connect with campers, shadow and support camp staff, and take the lead on songs, games, and group activities. You’ll build real leadership skills, make a lasting impact, and become the role model younger campers look up to—all while having a blast at camp.
Counselor in Trainng II - Ambassadors
Take your leadership to the next level by planning and leading fun, meaningful activities, including a hands-on service project, for younger campers. You’ll also get to support camp staff by helping to manage schedules, keep groups on track, and handle real-life challenges like conflict resolution. You’ll grow your skills, make a difference, and keep being the role model others look up to.
For Counselor in Training I and II, reach out to your local Girl Scout council to locate a CIT program at a camp near you.
Volunteer in Training
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.
- 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.
- Complete a council-assigned VIT training on gsLearn. Click here to fill out the form to access gsLearn trainings.
- 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.
- Learn more in The Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting.
Volunteer in Training award: Action Plan | Volunteer Guide
Peer Leadership - Torch Awards
Silver Torch - Cadettes
Learn how to shine on a team at school or within a place of worship, Girl Scouts, or a community organization. Work toward a shared goal, support your teammates, and build confidence as you find out what motivates people and inspires positive change.
Bonus feature: Earning the Torch award for your program level opens the door to the Highest Awards. Once you earn this award, you’ve fulfilled the prerequisite and are ready to start your Silver or Gold Award.
Gold Torch - Seniors and Ambassadors
This award gives you the know-how and skills to lead with purpose and heart, not just be in charge. Whether you’re a team captain, club officer, advisory board member, or a leader at a community organization, you’ll learn how to bring people together, turn ideas into impact, and inspire others.
Bonus feature: Earning the Torch award for your program level opens the door to the Highest Awards. Once you earn this award, you’ve fulfilled the prerequisite and are ready to start your Silver or Gold Award.
Cookie Entrepreneur Family Pin
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.
Medal of Honor
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.
Bronze Cross
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.
World Thinking Day Award
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).
Scholarship & Grant Opportunities
