Become a Gold Award Girl Scout.
Change the world, change your life, and earn the most prestigious award in Girl Scouting!
Gold Award Girl Scouts are rock stars, role models, and real-life heroes. How do they do it? By using everything they’ve learned as a Girl Scout to help make a lasting change in their world.
Girl Scouts who want to get involved and go for the Gold Award get a team of trusted adults and leaders in their community to guide them through challenges and lead them to success, step-by-step.
Nothing beats that feeling of seeing real, lasting, and sustainable change and knowing it was you who made it happen. And, having a Girl Scout Gold Award on your high school transcript or resume can help you stand out when it comes to college admissions, scholarship applications, internships, and job interviews.
2025 Gold Award Recipients 
Gold Award Requirements:
- You are in ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade.
- You are a registered Girl Scout Senior or Ambassador.
- You have completed the Girl Scout Silver Award, a Senior/ Ambassador Journey (retiring in October 2026), or a Senior/Ambassador Leadership Award (new in 2025!). New Leadership Awards for Seniors and Ambassadors include the Gold Torch Award, the True North Award, the Teaching Award – Volunteer In Training (VIT), and the Community Advocacy Awards (Take Action and Global Action).
How to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award
Complete Your Gold Award Training
Resources
STOP: If planning a Gold Award project on a camp property, please follow
these steps
Complete Your Project Proposal
Present Your Project Proposal for Approval
Submit Your Final Report
Celebrate
