“I am definitely in a place of gratitude and servitude, and I want to pour back into the organization that played a pivotal role in making me the woman I am today. I want to encourage you to do the same. The sacrifices, struggles, and tears have made you a stronger person than you probably knew you were. Your story of perseverance will one day encourage others, if it hasn’t already. I would challenge you to give back to your community and pour into someone the way this scholarship foundation has poured into us. Don’t let the legacy of Mary I. Gourley end with you. Pay it forward in your gratitude in your everyday life.”