GSEM Silver Award Project Catalog

Bat Awareness

Silver Award Team: Troop 3575

Issue: Decline in bat population due to habitat loss. Root Cause: Many people are unaware of the issues surrounding bats and their loss of habitat. Target Audience: Bats living at Camp Tuckaho and younger Girl Scouts. Sustainability: The bat awareness slide show and step by-step directions are available on the troop’s Facebook page. The bat houses have been painted with outdoor paint to help with long-term durability. Issue: The community needed guidance on why dogs end up in shelters and what they can do to help. Root Cause: Animals end up without loving homes when owners aren’t prepared for the time and dedication a pet requires, when breeders can’t sell all their dogs, or when breeders retire female breeding dogs. Target Audience: Home 2 Home Canine Orphanage, as well as their local community. Sustainability: The refurbished rooms will be utilized for years. Shared how the community can help by fostering, adopting, and supporting shelters.

Project Details: For their Silver Award project, Cadettes from Troop 3575 decided to educate younger Girl Scouts about the decline in bat population and how they can help by providing housing. The troop led the younger girls to build a bat box, a structure that serves as a shelter for bats. After constructing the bat boxes, the Cadettes presented a slideshow they created to the younger girls on the importance of bats. The Cadettes then delivered the finished bat boxes to Camp Tuckaho to be installed.

Project ReFURbish & PAWsitive Community Outreach

Silver Award Team: Troop 1961

Project Details: The Girl Scouts partnered with Home 2 Home Canine Orphanage to refurbish two of their rooms to earn their Girl Scout Silver Award. The Cadettes cleaned, prepped, and painted a mural in the meet and greet rooms at the shelter. Their efforts provided potential new adopters and fosters a clean space to interact with the animals. To broaden their efforts, these young leaders educated their community about the leading causes of pets ending up in shelters and how the community can be part of the solution to keep animals in loving homes. At the end of their project, the Girl Scouts held an open house for a dog adoption event.