GSEM Silver Award Project Catalog

Body Positivity

Issue: Many students have a negative image regarding their body.

Silver Award Team: Evelyn W. of Troop 3878

Root Cause: Girls are not always taught positive

Project Details: To help encourage a more positive view of one’s body, Evelyn of Troop 3878 worked with girls at her school to help boost their confidence and create uplifting thoughts regarding their bodies to earn her Girl Scout Silver Award. Evelyn planned, organized and taught a class to provide encouragement to her peers and help them reconstruct how they view themselves. She also worked with her school administration to change the health and wellness policy in the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District to remove public BMI testing.

messaging about body images. Schools lack resources and/or the time to make resources.

Target Audience: Girls in the Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District. Sustainability: The girls who took the class will be more positive about their bodies and help others with the knowledge they gained. A change has been made in the school district’s health and wellness policy on how BMI testing is done and how the results are given.

The Folder Project

Issue: Girls who are on their periods sometimes feel embarrassed if someone sees them leaving the classroom with feminine hygiene products. Root Cause: Social stigmas and bullying lead to feeling embarrassed about period products.

Silver Award Team: Troop 811

Project Details: Inspired by a TikTok video, Cadettes from Troop 811 worked together to create a folder system that can easily transport period products in a discrete way to earn their Girl Scout Silver Award. The Cadettes assembled and organized several folders, ensuring numerous girls at their school would have access to them when needed. After providing the school with the folders, the Girl Scouts wrote, edited and acted in a video that was shared with the school nurses and uploaded online. The video shared ways to be accommodating to the needs of girls on their periods.

Target Audience: Girls in the Mehlville School District.

Sustainability: The video can be accessed online, and the period folders can be returned when girls no longer need them.