Ep 87 Tiara Jackson - Sewing for the Soul Girl Scout Gold Award Project

Full transcription available at http://heartsofgoldpodcast.com/ Tiara created t-shirt quilts for memory care residents and taught sewing to kids at the Boys and Girls Club. More about Tiara: Tiara Jackson is from Terry, MS, where she currently resides with her parents, brothers, and dog Hope. She is a student at Hinds Community College Utica Campus, majoring in Radio/Television Broadcast Production. Tiara is a freelance writer for Mississippi Free Press and she is the president of the National Association of Black Journalists Hinds Chapter. Once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout, Tiara earned her Gold Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve. Her Gold Award project was called Sewing for the Soul; she made t-shirt blankets for patients in memory care and she also taught girls how to sew at the Boys and Girls Club as well. Tiara is currently Miss Hinds Community College and her platform is the Lupus Foundation. Tiara will be using her platform to help those who have lupus in need and to solve the mystery of lupus. During her free time she enjoys hiking, kayaking, and watching horror movies. Her favorite quote is "Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird that can not fly." by Langstong Hughes. 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/sherylmrobinsonor 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