Gold Award Girl Scout, Kasey
Kasey’s passion for supporting veterans inspired her Gold Award project aimed at addressing homelessness among female veterans. Through her research, Kasey discovered that in 2016 to 2017 the number of homeless female veterans increased by 7% compared with 1% of their male counterparts—and she took action to do what she could to change that.
Her project centered around building small homes to serve as temporary housing so female veterans can receive the help they need to get back on their feet. Through years of planning, hard work, collaboration with community partners, and overcoming obstacles, Kasey gathered the resources—land, permits, and building supplies to construct a 24 x 24 tiny home.
The non-profit Downeast Community Partners will sustain the project and aims to make more houses using the same blueprint and adapt it to the veterans' needs over time. Kasey had high expectations for herself for this ambitious project and learned “it is important to keep an open mind and not to give up when things get hard.”
