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Celebrate with our 2020 Gold Award Girl Scouts at a special virtual ceremony.
Read more about our 2020 class, their impactful projects, and who supported them along their path to gold.
The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can earn.
Once achieved, it shows colleges, employers, and your community that
you’re out there changing the world.
Join a century of women who have done big things. Learn more about Gold Award scholarships, the history of the Gold Award, and the benefits of going Gold.
Each year at the Gold Award Ceremony (2019 photos), we honor our Gold Award Girl Scouts with an afternoon of inspiration and celebration. Meet our 2020 Gold Award Girl Scouts, whose leadership, courage, confidence, and character have made the world a better place.
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Highest Awards deadline extension: Recognizing that many schools, youth activities, and community gatherings have been suspended, and that we are navigating a period of rapid change, GSUSA is offering a three-month deadline extension, from Sept. 30 to Dec. 31, 2020, for Highest Awards final report submissions. This is particularly relevant for 5th grade Juniors, 8th grade Cadettes, and 12th grade Ambassadors who will bridge to the next program level officially on Sept. 30, 2020, and typically would be no longer eligible to earn the Bronze, Silver, or Gold Awards, respectively. Contact highestawards@sdgirlscouts.org with questions.
You're in high school (grade 9-12 or equivalent)
You're registered as a Girl Scout Senior or Girl Scout
Ambassador
You have completed two Senior or Ambassador Journeys OR earned the Girl Scout Silver Award and completed a Journey
First steps
The in-person GoGold Workshop is no longer a mandatory prerequisite in the Gold Award process. If still needed, find upcoming GoGold Workshop dates.
Complete your Gold Award Proposal
If needed: Notification of Change
Submit your final report
Resources
Cookie Bucks Reimbursement Request Form
Sample troop funds use approval letter
Chelsea’s Light Foundation Gold Award
Scholarship
Photo release forms | Minors | Adults
GSUSA's Gold Award guidelines
Questions? Contact our Gold Award staff liaison at goldaward@sdgirlscouts.org.