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Girl Scout Gold Award

The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouts, focuses on a 14- to 18-year-old Girl Scout's interests and personal journey through leadership skills, career explorations, self-improvement, and service.

Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award

As part of a movement of 10 million girls worldwide, you are in an exceptional position to take action in your community to make the world a better place. By earning the Girl Scout Gold Award—the highest award a Girl Scout Senior or Girl Scout Ambassador can earn—you will be joining the ranks of generations of young women who have made a difference in their communities both locally and globally.

Fulfilling the requirements for the Girl Scout Gold Award starts with completing two Senior or Ambassador journeys or having earned the Silver Award and completing one Senior or Ambassador journey.

For more information about the Girl Scout Gold Award, call 800.692.7816.

*Please note: You MUST contact a Gold Award Staff Liaison before starting your Gold Award Take Action Project.

Regional Gold Award Staff Liaisons and Contact Information
 Name  Region  Phone Number
 Kristen  Battle  Northeast  (570) 266-0115
 Chris Merryman  North  (717) 798-4451 
 Kris Gross  South  (717) 884-5986
 Donna Werling  South Central  (717) 884-4220
 Jean Barnes  West  (814) 660-1154

Gold Award Webinar Opportunities

Are you interested in Going for the Gold Award? Then you should attend one of GSHPA's Gold Award webinars. These online tutorials will help to guide you through the process of earning your Gold Award - From getting an advisor and meeting the requirements to planning, paperwork, budgeting and doing a Gold-Worthy project.

Attending the webinar is not mandatory, but it is available to help guide you through your Gold Award journey. The leadership skills and sense of commitment that come from “Going for the Gold” will help prepare you for a lifetime of active citizenship. Download the Girl Scout Gold Award Take Action Project Toolkit above and bring your questions to the webinar.

Webinars will be held from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. on the dates listed below. Just click the date that is most convenient for you and register today!

  • Tuesday, November 22, 2011
  • Thursday, December 15, 2011
  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
  • Thursday, February 23, 2012
  • Tuesday, March 20, 2012
  • Thursday, April 19, 2012
  • Tuesday, May 22, 2012
  • Thursday, June 21, 2012
  • Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • Thursday, August, 23, 2012

For more information about the Gold Award webinars, call Lori McCracken at 1-800-692-7816 or email lmccracken@gshpa.org


GS Gold Award

Related Resources

Gold Award Take Action Project Toolkit

2011 Gold Award Recipients

Gold Award Forms

All Gold Award forms are available as pdfs or editable word documents.

Please visit our FORMS page to download the version of your choice.

Please visit GSUSA for additional brainstorming tools.
 
Did You Know?

A Girl Scout who has earned her Gold Award immediately rises one rank in any of the U.S. military branches.

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