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Excited Why I am
to Become a P.E.O.
Philanthropic endeavors —upon my retirement, I set a goal to apply my talents to philanthropic endeavors. The work that P.E.O. does for the advancement of women’s education is a valuable cause that I wholeheartedly support and want to be part of. Empowering women —whenever the opportunity arises for me to give advice to young women, I tell them to choose any vocation they want, as long as they can achieve financial independence and self-sufficiency. A financially independent woman is in the driver’s seat. She steers her life and is not steered by someone else. She has the ability to navigate herself into positive relationships, fulfilling jobs, safe housing, good health, motherhood and many other life choices we make. The surest way to financial independence is through higher education and the work P.E.O. does to provide educational opportunities to women is aligned with my strong beliefs on female financial independence and self-sufficiency. Building meaningful friendships —one of God’s greatest gifts is the bond between women in friendship. Some of my mother’s closest friends are her P.E.O. sisters. The women I’ve met so far at P.E.O. social gatherings have been extremely cordial and interesting. That P.E.O. brings together women with varied backgrounds at different stages of their lives appeals to me and I look forward to building lasting friendships with the P.E.O. sisters in Chapter JH. I believe in God as a sovereign being and I believe that God directs people and events into our lives for a purpose, forming us into someone better than before, and giving us the opportunity to serve others. I believe P.E.O. is a path that God intends for me to take to fulfill my role in philanthropy, empowering women and fellowship.
B E V E R L Y C R O W E JH, Amelia Island, Florida
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March–April 2022 | THE P.E.O. RECORD
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