Carroll County Chamber Of Commerce : South Carroll Student Creates International Nonprofit Organization

Eldersburg MD

06 July, 2021

1:56 PM

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Press release from the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce : Christina Dougherty 07/05/2021 Won Cho, a rising senior at South Carroll High School, has created a nonprofit organization called Friendship Beyond Borders to connect high school and college students around the world in language immersion, cultural exchange, and friendship.   The organization provides free life coaching resources for students and works with a UN camp in Jordan to help teach English to refugee children. It also is setting up a health center at the camp and will conduct a full published study to help refugees with diabetes, which is plaguing the Arab world.    Won has exceled in AP World History and other academic classes at South Carroll. He also is a student in the Biomedical Science program at the Carroll County Career and Technology Center. He is a leader in the National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes and participates in the South Carroll Young Activists Club, the National Society of High School Scholars, wrestling, and All County Orchestra.  Won Cho, a rising senior at South Carroll High School, has created a nonprofit organization called Friendship Beyond Borders to connect high school and college students around the world in language immersion, cultural exchange, and friendship.   The organization provides free life coaching resources for students and works with a UN camp in Jordan to help teach English to refugee children. It also is setting up a health center at the camp and will conduct a full published study to help refugees with diabetes, which is plaguing the Arab world.    Won has exceled in AP World History and other academic classes at South Carroll. He also is a student in the Biomedical Science program at the Carroll County Career and Technology Center. He is a leader in the National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes and participates in the South Carroll Young Activists Club, the National Society of High School Scholars, wrestling, and All County Orchestra.  Reference Christina Dougherty [email protected] [email protected] This press release was produced by the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce . The views expressed here are the author's own.