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Change the world, Girl Scout
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 solve a problem in their community or make a lasting change in their world.
Seniors and Ambassadors who want to go for the Gold Award build a team of trusted adults, peers, and leaders in their community to guide them through challenges and support their success.
Plus? Nothing beats that feeling of seeing real, lasting, and sustainable change and knowing it was you who made it happen. It changes the way you see your place in the world—and how the world sees you.
You can become a Gold Award Girl Scout if you:
- Are in ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade
- Are a registered Girl Scout Senior or Ambassador
- Have completed the Silver Award, OR a Senior/Ambassador Leadership Award
Become a Gold Award Girl Scout
The Gold Award is a Take Action Project that must include five elements:
- Address a Root Cause of an issue that you feel passionate about
- Show a National and/or Global Link
- Demonstrate Leadership
- Create a Sustainable impact
- Have a Measurable impact.
How to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award
- Learn more about the process by signing up for a mandatory training:
- Find an issue in your community or the world that you care about.
- Learn everything you can about that issue through research and trusted sources.
- Form a team by identifying experts and people in your community who could help you.
- Think about the root cause of an issue, then make a plan of how you could tackle it. A Gold Award Project should take at least 80 hours.
- Submit your project proposal for approval via GoGold.
- Lead your team and carry out your plan.
- Submit your final report for approval via GoGold
- Reflect on the change you’ve created in your community and the world, share your story, and inspire others to make a difference, too.
Explore Previous Gold Award Classes 
Resources
Highest Award Prerequisites
Prerequisite Update
In their place, Girl Scouts is launching new Leadership Awards for Juniors through Ambassadors. Learn more.
**If you completed a Journey prior to September 30, 2026, that Journey will be accepted as a prerequisite for a Highest Award**
Learn how past awardees made an impact.
Visit our Gold Award blog to explore real projects and see how Girl Scouts are creating lasting change in their communities.
LEARN MOREHey, grownups!
When you support Girl Scouts earning their Gold Award, you’ll help them see their own power and be by their side as they make a lasting change in their community. Download a guide to get started today.
