Ep29 Carson Kosar "One Tool at a Time" RePapel paper making - Girl Scout Gold Award Project

Find our blog and more resources at http://heartsofgoldpodcast.com/ Carson shares her experience creating a tool to help women from the Dominican Republic create better quality paper. More from Carson: Carson Kosar is a second-year Ambassador Girl Scout from North Charleston, SC. She is a dual-enrolled twelfth grader at Palmetto Scholars Academy and Trident Technical College. Carson will graduate from Trident Technical College with an Associates of Applied Science, Hospitality and Tourism Management degree in early May of 2020 and then high school in late May of 2020. She has been an active Girl Scout for 11 years with the Girl Scouts of Eastern SC (GSESC). She has earned her Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.  Carson has served as a Program Aide and Counselor in Training Level 1. She represented her council as the only Youth Delegate to the GSUSA National Council Session in 2017 in Columbus, OH. She is also serving her fourth term as a council delegate for Girl Scouts of Eastern SC. Carson is a founding member of the Girl Global Action Committee for GSESC. She helps to plan and execute a council-wide World Thinking Day event for more than 150 girls each year. As a Girl Scout, Carson has traveled to Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and this summer will be traveling to the Galapagos Islands with fellow girl scouts. Carson says her greatest accomplishment as a girl scout is "being able to help the women of RePapel become more economically stable while earning my Gold Award at the same time." Carson was honored to be selected as the only youth presenter at the inaugural TEDX Talk with White Point Gardens Women TEDx event. Her presentation "Sharing One Tool at a Time" she talks about how her Gold Award allowed her to step out of her comfort zone to something bigger than herself. You can view her talk here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-JFtrdiX08&feature=youtu.be Carson is also a varsity cheerleader, was a member of High School House Council, a member of the Hospitality and Culinary Student Association, a member of Phi Theta Kappa, and is finishing a two year Hotel Operations Youth Apprenticeship program with Trident Technical College and works part-time with Hyatt Place.  https://www.facebook.com/sharedtoolsgoldawardproject/ Join our Facebook Community at Hearts of Gold Podcast https://www.facebook.com/groups/HeartsOfGoldPodcast/ Instagram @sherylmrobinson 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