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Our IPS students help us (P.E.O.s) to broaden our horizons, embrace diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and to open our hearts to change and growth. Thanks for all you have given to P.E.O. in return!

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Our IPS students help us (P.E.O.s) to broaden our horizons, embrace diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and to open our hearts to change and growth. Thanks for all you have given to P.E.O. in return!

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Rose Fowler, FQ, Snohomish, WA

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Read a message of gratitude from an IPS student and then leave one of your own by clicking on the pink + icon in the lower right corner of the screen.

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The warmth and friendship have been an amazing boost to my spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a reminder that there is a community of women committed to supporting my educational goals.

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I am very grateful for your endless love and support in making my dreams come true! I really appreciate it!

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You make it possible for women like me to pursue our dreams and get a high-quality education that will prepare us to contribute to solve the pressing issues our society is facing. I deeply appreciate your generosity and care.

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Receiving your good wishes for my birthday made me feel closer to home. P.E.O. support has been INVALUABLE for my education (and my well-being in such hard times).

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I couldn’t have done or accomplished everything without you and P.E.O. sisters’ generous help, I am very appreciative and thankful!

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You have reached out with warm messages and I feel the sincere P.E.O. welcome.  All the positive messages, snacks and support make a big difference being far away from home and family.

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Thanks so much for the IPS, I enjoy the care and love from Partners in Peace.

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Let’s hope the beginning of the new decade is a great one for women all over the world and that peace and friendship spread all over.

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Being away from home these holidays, your wishes reminded me of amazing women who care about me and support me.  Your kindness has made a huge difference in my life.

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Thank you for all you do and most especially for your labor of love.  For opening doors and making the burden lighter.

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I could not have come this far without the help, prayers and well wishes of people like you.  Thank you!  Even while in the U.S. we are taking advantage of opportunities to give back to Nigeria.

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Thank you for all ...you put into the P.E.O. and IPS.  The support, encouragement and security this scholarship provides to me are immensely appreciated!

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I am truly thankful for all of your encouragement and support, for without that I am not who I am now.  I have come to learn meaningful lessons about giving and caring in my U.S. journey.  P.E.O. spirit inspires me to keep paying it forward to the bigger community.  Thank you!

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Thank you very much for your support towards making my education dream a reality, I am truly grateful!

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We can’t thank you enough for all that you have done to make women from all over the world getting closer to achieving our dreams, much love!

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After my studies, I want to take up political leadership in my country to help eradicate poverty, improve education and health systems.  P.E.O. supporting my education, is supporting my work in Malawi as well.  Lots of Love to everyone!

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I am so grateful for the support that you all have shown to me throughout my educational journey at George Washington University.

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Reading all the loving messages helped me to see how blessed I am.  I felt loved and I know now that I am not alone!  I am grateful for having P.E.O. as my family.

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Hope that this year blesses you even more with peace, love and perfect health.  Your generosity through the IPS fund has blessed my graduate school journey.

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Many beautiful things cannot be seen or touched, they are felt within the heart. What you’ve done for me is one of them!

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Each time I think of the kindness and support I have received from you and all the P.E.O. sisters, I feel deeply overwhelmed with gratitude.

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Surround yourself with all the people who keep your heart full of love, laughter and light!  Love, Maggie

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The loving and supporting postcards and letters have always seemed to come at just the right time to help me “keep my head above the water” in uncertain times. I am still touched with the kindness and support I have received throughout my studies both from the PEO community and the people around me.

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I am forever grateful for the prestigious scholarship that was awarded to me especially during this period when the world is going through a pandemic. Thank you very much for the love and support! Being here, my wish is that the same happened back home to support women who are interested in advancing their professional careers. I have been challenged by P.E.O and one day God willing, I will be part of this wonderful cause here in the U.S and back home in Uganda.

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I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to all the P.E.O. sisters for making this journey an incredible one. Your scholarship made a huge difference in my life and it allowed me to pursue my Graduate Degree at the Harvard School of Public Health.  ...the most important element of the scholarship was the opportunity to connect with members of different Chapters. I transitioned to the United States in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and the first months in Massachusetts were difficult. ...I could barely interact with people outside of my “bubble” but the P.E.O. sisters made me feel part of their loving community with their kind, thoughtful, and supportive letters, e-mails and gifts. I look forward to staying in touch with many of you, especially the Michigan chapters who were truly inspiring!

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This scholarship has come as a huge support and encouragement.  It has relieved most of my burden.  Now I can pursue my academic goal and achieve career visions with little or no distractions.  Thank you again for your investment in me.  I hope to give back more than I have received.  I am honored. Thank you all!

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I write to express my gratitude, this scholarship is a great honor and has not only inspired me as I proceed to pursue my doctorate, but is an inspiration to my family, especially my two children graduating from the University of Malawi this year.  They are now more geared than ever to further their studies.  I commit to work hard as I embark on my doctoral journey and be a model to my country, Malawi.  I also commit to inspiring other women to further their studies.

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I returned to West Africa and worked as a research assistant with UNESCO, Dakar.  P.E.O. has demonstrated the possibilities that arise when we wholeheartedly invest in educational opportunities for young women from around the world.  I am tremendously grateful for a partnership with the P.E.O. Sisterhood that was built on mutual respect, cross-cultural understanding, and a genuine desire to learn from each other.

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This is a note to Wishing you and all your family a very happy Easter holidays. Thank you for bringing light and happiness into my life.

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I have had several phone calls with Jane Smith who in particular checked up on me regularly and asked about my welfare, especially during the most recent winter storm in Texas. I joined in on one Chapter's Zoom meeting, where I got to meet a lot of the other P.E.O. sisters of Chapter IE.

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These chapter CE ladies were so nice and I met them just at the right time, when I had lost my dad, they brought me comfort.  Chapter PB, Story City gifted me with a beautiful bouquet on my birthday, they didn't make me miss my dad that much because he was always the one to get me flowers on my birthday.

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PEO, Chapter H, located in Manitoba, Canada, invited me to be part of their lovely and warm virtual Christmas celebration. I could join them in December 2020 through a Zoom meeting, in which I shared Colombian Christmas traditions and enjoyed their Christmas stories. This was a heartfelt space, because I felt at home, meeting admirable women who were teaching me how to create community regardless of the distance.