Ep 106 Ifrah Attar -Preventing Myopia Girl Scout Gold Award Project

Full transcription available at http://heartsofgoldpodcast.com/ Ifrah choose to educate kids about myopia – commonly known as nearsightedness – and how they can try to prevent it. More about Ifrah: Ifrah Attar is currently a senior in high school from Delaware. Ifrah has been a Girl Scout since she was in the third grade. Ifrah completed her Silver Award in 2020 and completed her Gold Award in the Summer of 2022. Throughout Ifrah's time in Girl Scouts, she has obtained beneficial skills including leadership, responsibility, and time-management. Outside of Girl Scouts, Ifrah is involved in various community service organizations and has achieved the Gold President's Volunteer Service Award in the Spring of 2022. Additionally, Ifrah founded the Nutrition Awareness Club at her school, a club where students address issues related to food and malnourishment. After graduating, Ifrah plans on pursuing an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering and work on advancing health care technology. Achieving the Girl Scouts Gold Award is a major accomplishment and Ifrah hopes her Gold Award project inspires Girl Scouts! Link to an article written about project:https://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/local-girl-scout-educates-kids-about-eye-health/article_65147d59-5c5f-57de-97a5-b719ea230226.html Link to the Eye Care Log that was created, which was a result of the myopia research was distributed to attendees of the workshop:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y1trsb5_G6eQ_eksluOy6UWpF6qKUaqMpo7waFOkVlA/edit?usp=sharing Share this show with your friends on Twitter. Click to have an editable already written tweet! https://ctt.ac/33zKe Join our Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/sherylmrobinson/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sherylmrobinson/?hl=en Please subscribe to Hearts of Gold on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/sherylmrobinson or on your favorite podcast app. Support future Hearts of Gold episodes at https://www.patreon.com/heartsofgold Editing by https://www.offthewalter.com/ Walter's YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt0wFZRVaOpUd_nXc_8-4yQ