Casey Field had over 60 scarves in her closet when she started the Stories, Community and Remarkable Females Society.
She has over 80 now, and the University of Central Florida Order of Pegasus winner will be traveling to the Henan province of China to present the SCARF Society to the attendees of the 10th Annual Women’s Symposium.
“Our focus in China is developing international thinkers,” Field said.
The SCARF Society is a non-profit organization that uses scarf swaps to bring women together to talk about issues in their communities. Field is a senior in finance and economics and chairs the College of Business’ Student Ambassador program. She started the organization two years ago as a part of the LEAD scholars program, and then applied …show more content…
To get to the conference, Field started a GoFundMe page to help pay for expenses. In the two months that it’s been up, the page has only collected $290 of the approximately $7,000 that the SCARF Society would need to get there. As a result, Field bought the tickets to China with her own money. She hopes to make the rest of the money she needs at the conference by selling the scarves there.
“I know I need to be there,” Field said. “It’s not just a student organization anymore. We need to be able to sustainably do good.”
Beth Young, fellow Student Ambassador and marketing sophomore, is also a part of the SCARF Society leadership team. Young wasn’t sure about the SCARF Society when she first heard about the organization, but now she understands Field's vision.
“I’m very excited to see how this grows,” Young said. “[Field’s] goal isn’t to make money, it’s to make an impact.”
Field hosted a swap at UCF with the Financial Management Association in March, and she’ll be holding another one in the fall. Field is also working with others to bring the SCARF Society to the University of Florida and Florida State University.
Roy Reid, one of Field’s mentors and the former executive director of communications at UCF, described the SCARF Society’s message as "just
She has over 80 now, and the University of Central Florida Order of Pegasus winner will be traveling to the Henan province of China to present the SCARF Society to the attendees of the 10th Annual Women’s Symposium.
“Our focus in China is developing international thinkers,” Field said.
The SCARF Society is a non-profit organization that uses scarf swaps to bring women together to talk about issues in their communities. Field is a senior in finance and economics and chairs the College of Business’ Student Ambassador program. She started the organization two years ago as a part of the LEAD scholars program, and then applied …show more content…
To get to the conference, Field started a GoFundMe page to help pay for expenses. In the two months that it’s been up, the page has only collected $290 of the approximately $7,000 that the SCARF Society would need to get there. As a result, Field bought the tickets to China with her own money. She hopes to make the rest of the money she needs at the conference by selling the scarves there.
“I know I need to be there,” Field said. “It’s not just a student organization anymore. We need to be able to sustainably do good.”
Beth Young, fellow Student Ambassador and marketing sophomore, is also a part of the SCARF Society leadership team. Young wasn’t sure about the SCARF Society when she first heard about the organization, but now she understands Field's vision.
“I’m very excited to see how this grows,” Young said. “[Field’s] goal isn’t to make money, it’s to make an impact.”
Field hosted a swap at UCF with the Financial Management Association in March, and she’ll be holding another one in the fall. Field is also working with others to bring the SCARF Society to the University of Florida and Florida State University.
Roy Reid, one of Field’s mentors and the former executive director of communications at UCF, described the SCARF Society’s message as "just