Girl Scout Gold Award | Project Proposal
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Gold Award Girl Scout
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NOTE: BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM, CHECK WITH YOUR COUNCIL TO DETERMINE IF THEY RE-
QUIRE GOLD AWARD TRAINING AND/OR ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS ONLINE. IF YOUR APPLICATION
MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE, PLEASE GO TO: HTTPS://GOGOLD.GIRLSCOUTS.ORG.
Prior to starting your project, submit this proposal to:
Council Name:
Street Address:
City: State: Zip Code:
Email: Phone:
NOTE: BE SURE TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL BY THE DATE ESTABLISHED BY YOUR COUNCIL.
Your Name:
Street Address:
City: State: Zip Code:
Email: Phone:
Age: Grad Year: School:
Troop/Group Number: Troop/Group Volunteer:
Troop/Group Volunteer’s Phone: Email:
Girl Scout Gold Award Project Advisor:
Project Advisor’s Organization:
Project Advisor’s Phone: Email:
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Prerequisites: You must have either completed A) the Girl Scout Silver Award and one Senior or Am-
bassador Journey, or B) two Journeys. Please list the prerequisites you completed below and obtain
your troop/group volunteer’s signature.
Senior/Ambassador Journey Date Completed Troop/Group Volunteer’s Signature
1.
2.
Girl Scout Silver Award Completion Date
Council Where You Earned the Award
Your Team: List the names of individuals and organizations you plan to work with on your Gold Award
project. This is a preliminary list that may grow over the course of your project.
Individual (if applicable) Organization How my team will help
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Proposed Project Description
Gold Award Title:
Proposed Start Date: Proposed Completion Date:
The theme(s) my Gold Award will address is/are:
Ǔ Animals
Ǔ Arts, Culture, Heritage
Ǔ Childrens Issues
Ǔ Civic Engagement
Ǔ Disability Issues
Ǔ Disaster Relief
Ǔ Education
Ǔ Elderly Issues
Ǔ Entrepreneurship
Ǔ Environment & Sustainability
Ǔ Health
Ǔ Healthy Relationships
Ǔ Human Rights
Ǔ Lifeskills
Ǔ Military/Veterans Affairs
Ǔ Outdoors
Ǔ Poverty
Ǔ Public Safety
Ǔ Sports
Ǔ STEM
Ǔ Other:
My Gold Award aims to address this issue:
The reasons I selected my issue are:
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Root Cause
The root cause of my issue is:
I will address the root cause by:
Target Audience
The target audience(s) for my Gold Award project is/are:
The skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes my target audience will gain are:
I will know that my audience has gained the desired skills/knowledge because:
Proposed Impact—National and/or Global Link
My Gold Award’s national and/or global link is:
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Proposed Impact—Measurable Goals
Measurement of my projects success:
What my audience will learn/gain How I will measure impact When I will measure impact
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My Gold Award project goals are:
Proposed Impact—Sustainability
My Gold Award will be sustained beyond my involvement by:
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Create Your Plan
I will put my plan into action by:
Date Activity Teammate(s) Needed Resources Needed Hours of Work
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Estimate your project expenses and how you plan to meet those costs (e.g., donations, cookie pro-
ceeds, money-earning project):
Item Source of Funding Amount
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The strengths, talents, and skills I currently have and will put into action are:
ǓProject Management
ǓPublic Speaking
ǓBudgeting
ǓCourage
ǓCondence
ǓCharacter
ǓCollaboration
ǓCommunity Building
ǓDecision Making
ǓEmpathy
ǓImplementation
ǓPresentation Skills
ǓProblem Solving
ǓTime Management
ǓResearch
ǓOrganization
ǓRisk Taking
ǓInnovation
The skills I plan to develop as I work toward earning my Gold Award are:
Tell the World!
I will let others know about my Gold Award (the impact of my project, what the Gold Award is, and
what I learned in earning it) by promoting via:
Note: This is NOT about your Gold Award’s sustainability.
Ǔ Website
Ǔ Blogs
Ǔ Social Media
Ǔ Presentations
Ǔ Posters
Ǔ Videos
Ǔ Articles
Ǔ Public Demonstrations
Ǔ Workshops
Your Signature: Date:
Project Advisor Signature: Date of Approval:
Date of Proposal Submission:
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