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Inspiring,
Educational, Compassionate, Energizing, Enthusiastic, Motivating, Transforming,
Long-Lasting, and Life-Changing
These are some of
the words that students, schools, parents, alumni, volunteers and supporters
use to describe the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Conference.
Founded in 1958, HOBY’s mission is to inspire and develop our global
community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership,
service and innovation. HOBY programs are conducted annually throughout
the United States, serving local and international high school students.
HOBY programs provide
youth selected by their schools to participate in unique leadership
training, service-learning and motivation-building experiences. Today,
over 375,000 proud alumni make HOBY stronger than ever. HOBY alumni
are leaders in their schools and communities, throughout the United
States and the world, making a difference for others through service.
The Home Representative
Club, who has sponsored this program for over 25 years, is excited to
announce that three outstanding sophomores were selected for this year's
HOBY Leadership Award. Brooke Eigenheer, Steven Moran and Emma Pfeffer
were selected to represent their respective schools, family, community
and the Home Representative Club at the leadership retreat paid for
by the Home Representative Club of Collinsville. This leadership retreat
was held at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond the first weekend
of June. Each student had the opportunity to participate in hands-on
leadership activities, meet leaders of the state of Oklahoma and explore
his or her own personal leadership skills while learning how to lead
others and make a positive impact in their community. These three students
were also able to participate in a hands on community service project
during their weekend stay and were encouraged to develop critical thinking
skills. Each attendee of this conference were given the opportunity
to visit with and ask questions of today's leaders in hopes of helping
them emerge as tomorrow's leaders.
If you are an incoming
sophomore for the Fall 2016 school year and you are interested in this
prestigious award please contact the Sophomore Guidance Counselor by
October 1, 2016.
What Leaders
are saying about HOBY:
Ted Turner, Chairman,
Turner Broadcasting Systems:
“You know,
we business people like to say we’re driven by the bottom line.
The real bottom line is the future, and we owe it to our youth to prepare
them for that. Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) does just that.
By promoting leadership, HOBY is building a corps of young people who
will be prepared to meet the challenges facing future generations.”
Muhammad Ali, Olympic Gold Medalist and Heavyweight Boxing Champion:
"In this world,
success comes to those with confidence and faith in themselves. Hugh
O’Brian’s youth organization is the GREATEST in developing
that confidence in outstanding 10th graders selected annually to represent
over 13,500 public and private high schools at one of HOBY’s leadership
seminars. What an outstanding role model for our future!”
Colin L. Powell, Former United States Secretary of State:
"The mission
of America’s Promise is to equip the next generation of Americans
with the character and competence they need to be successful adults.
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) is one of our staunch allies
in this crusade... HOBY is encouraging each of the thousands of high
school sophomores who attend these leadership seminars to volunteer
at least a hundred hours a year to a community service project. The
HOBY commitment to America’s Promise will produce at least 1,400,000
volunteer service hours a year.”
-- Submitted by
Rebecca "Rusti" Howard
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