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Shawn L. Bird 
Thanks PP Shawn!! This is awesome!
Rotary Club of Williams Lake Daybreak
Prez Shirley-Pat Gale
July 26th, 2011 – used as innvocation
Thanks, this is great.
Rotary Club of Glens Falls, New York
Used Aug. 4, 2011 as an invocation by member Gordon Woodworth
Love this poem! Will be using it in the next few weeks.
Pam McCormick
Rotary Club of Poway, CA
It says so much in so few words. Thank you!
I plan to use this poem at our Rotary meeting today in Waconia, MN
Thanks, Shawn. Reciting today @ Las Vegas Fremont Rotary.
A beautiful poem to be used at Rotary for an invocation 6/20/12. Thanks. (Ed. note Rich’s website indicates he’s from Mahtomedi, MN. USA).
Thank you awesome:)
Jenna Bourque
Club 1918
November 26th, 2012
A beautiful poem! Thank you.
The internet tells me that Club 1918 is in Windsor, Ontario. Thanks for visiting, Jenna!
Shawn – Thank for this beautiful poem that so aptly reflects the heart of rotary. I read this as the invocation at the Lynnwood Rotary Club’s meeting on May 2, 2013.
Thanks, Dan!
A great invocation. Thanks Dan
I’ll be reading this at the Rotary Club of Merritt’s meeting today. Aug 1,2013
Thanks
Enjoy in Merritt! I used to know your inbound 30 or so years ago! Mari from Finland. 🙂
Thank you! Using at Hopkinton, NH breakfast meeting today August 14, 2013.
Have a lovely meeting in New Hampshire! Feel free to also visit http://www.rotaryinvocations.wordpress.com which is updated weekly.
Thank you Shawn. This poem says exactly what is in my heart. I will be using this poem at the Oneonta, NY Rotary meeting tomorrow, September 26 2013.
Greetings to your club!
Thanks Shawn. Using at Pasadena Rotary Club in California today February 4, 2015
Greetings Pasadena Rotary!
Used November 24, 2015 at the Rotary Club of Cadillac, MI. Seemed appropriate right before Thanksgiving! 🙂
Thanks Sara. Glad to have you visit again!
Used at Ballarat West Rotary Club (Australia) Tuesday 12 April, 2016 – Thanks
Thank you Ross. Greetings to Ballarat West Rotary!
Thanks for the great words for me to use at our Belvidere Illinois Noon Club in August 2016!
My pleasure! Greetings to Belvidere Rotary!
Thank you Shawn.
I will use it at Rotary club Kelowna Capri’s meeting September 21, 2017.
Carola! I was chosen as Kelowna Capri’s Rotary Exchange student in 1982! And then the Ok Mission club was founded, and I was assigned to them and my alternate, Jodie, went with Capri. Say hi to Bob Lemon for me!
I am using this insightful Poem tonight 11/2/2017 for our Invocation at the Los Olivos, CA Rotary Club “The Little Club that Can and Does”.
Thank you! Karen M. Waite Councilwoman Solvang City Council
Greetings to Los Olivos Rotary. 🙂
I will be using the lovely poem at our upcoming Rotary Club meeting in Osoyoos BC Thursday July 12th. See you there.
Jeff Duguid, President Rotary Club of Osoyoos