Time passes, Seasons change, Sisterhood lasts forever
Time passes, Seasons change, Sisterhood lasts forever
Time passes, Seasons change, Sisterhood lasts forever
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14<br />
Reaching Out, Touching Lives<br />
“Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life,<br />
and not something you do in your spare time.”<br />
I’m a fourth-year Ph.D. student studying<br />
international reproductive health, and I would not be where<br />
I am this very minute were it not for the Diamond Jubilee<br />
Scholarship and the freedom that it has afforded me. I needed<br />
to collect my dissertation data abroad, and I was always<br />
uncertain of how I would make that happen financially.<br />
With the help of Alpha Omicron<br />
Pi and others, I am now working<br />
in West Africa to gain a better<br />
understanding of how Ghanaian<br />
women use family planning to<br />
determine the size of their families.<br />
Not only was this experience<br />
necessary to help fulfill my degree<br />
requirements, but it has also<br />
—Marian Wright Edelman<br />
In early May our house was completely destroyed<br />
by flooding in Nashville, TN. I turned to the Ruby Fund after<br />
numerous AOII sisters reminded me about the fund. The Ruby<br />
Fund covered our mortgage payments while we got everything<br />
else in order. We were in way over our heads with trying to<br />
figure out how to get our home rebuilt and also continuing to pay<br />
all the bills that we were previously obligated to. The Ruby Fund<br />
was truly a lifesaver.<br />
—Kelly Smith Oakley, Alpha Chi<br />
(Western Kentucky U) ‘98<br />
continued to open my eyes to the plight of women worldwide.<br />
I think there’s something very powerful about the fact that<br />
my affiliation with one women’s organization that I hold very<br />
dear to my heart—Alpha Omicron Pi—is allowing me to<br />
do research that will one day help other women to achieve<br />
their goals. The desire to have healthy, well-spaced, and welleducated<br />
families is a desire shared by women<br />
across the globe. In addition to making me a<br />
better woman, I also see this Diamond Jubilee<br />
Scholarship as one small step in making that<br />
desire a reality for others. For all of this, I’m very<br />
grateful.<br />
—Ginny Barton Bowen, Lambda Sigma<br />
(University of Georgia) ‘01<br />
Through your continued support, we can help AOIIs succeed in life,<br />
so they can serve others.<br />
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