President Mary shared during the changing of the guard that she was excited about the 2023-24 Rotary theme - Create Hope in the World. She believes in it - she supports it.
She will present Hope Meditations throughout the year. Besides a thoughtful message, she is adding "hope brings a turtle" comments.
 
From Mary:
The “Hope Brings a Turtle” background story dates back to the late 80’s---before technology was as advanced as it is today.   During a deposition I attended, the witness testified : “Hope springs eternal".  The transcriptionist, who provided a quick, unproofed draft of the deposition, typed  “Hope brings a turtle”.  Thus, the turtle became my hope symbol.
 
Hope meditation and turtles from our last meeting:
View this photo album (click here) - select slide show - to see all of the messages and slides.