The Girl Scout Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards - Adult Guides
Welcome to the highest awards in Girl Scouting!
The steps to earning the highest awards are rooted in the Girl Scout Leadership Experience and the three keys to leadership: girls discover themselves and their values and explore the world, connect with others locally and globally, and take action to make the world a better place. Learn more about the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
Currently, councils are transitioning from the previous guidelines to the guidelines located on this site. Before beginning any work on your award, please check with your Girl Scout council to know your council’s transition timeline.
As in all of Girl Scouting, your role is very important to guiding and coaching the girls as they earn the awards. You are choosing to use your experience and time to help girls live the Girl Scout Promise and Law, learn about themselves and the world around them, and make an impact in their community. You are guiding the girls on a fun and fulfilling experience. In so doing, you are preparing them for a lifetime of caring about others in their community and the world.
As girls become more confident in the skills they possess, they become their own best resource. As a volunteer, your role will be different at each award level. Learn more about how you can work with girls to make a difference in the world by downloading the adult guide.
Below is an excerpt from a letter written by Juliette Gordon Low published in The Rally, January 1919:
Did you ever think how wonderful it is that with every new Spring sap should rise in the trees? No one knows whence it comes, but it flows from root to branch, and makes a dead, bare tree blossom with green leaves, and furnishes myrtle for a bride's wreath or laurel for a victor's crown! And so it is with scouting, it rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best...
