Georgia HOBY Newsletter:
Twenty-Fourth Edition, December 15, 2014
Twenty-Fourth Edition, December 15, 2014
Featured Alumna: Amanda Murray, '04
We came for salvation, We came for family, We came for all that's good that's how we'll walk away.
We came to break the bad, We came to cheer the sad, We came to leave behind the world a better way.”
-T.A.B.
I was nominated by my high school to attend HOBY in the spring of ‘04. From the moment my car was attacked, I knew I was about the “drink some Kool-aid” if you will. My team leader was Tim Joyner, and the Chiefs in charge were Vicki, Rod & Corey! Being a Peacock, it didn’t take long for me to introduce myself and to bond with some of my very best friends to date, like Javier Johnson. I still thank my lucky stars for all the friends that I made at Georgia HOBY and WLC, and that we have stayed in touch creating a lasting bond! One thing to sum up what I learned that year was “Decide what to be, and go be it!” a theme that resonates throughout the program.
Since my ambassador year, I graduated from Southland Academy, and went on to study Marketing at Georgia Southwestern State University. I worked as a Digital Media Advertising Rep for WALB-10, until last year when I decided to move to Atlanta after taking another sales job. Currently I am back in school for round two, pursuing a degree in nursing, hoping to eventually become a recruiter. I am involved in the Junior League, as well as various efforts to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis research. I was able to be a facilitator for WLC 2012 and it reignited my light and brought back so many OUTSTANDING memories from my 2 weeks in D.C. The speakers and sights that were heard and seen impact you far beyond your ambassador year. That’s right y’all adults gain so much from HOBY too!
I don’t think there are enough words to fully describe my experiences with the HOBY Program. An array of
emotions, have come from the year I first began as an ambassador to today. My ambassador year, 2004, was filled with so many fond memories from Georgia’s A seminar to WLC in Washington D.C.! I have made lifelong friends, as well as have had some of the greatest experiences, being involved with the program. Even though my involvement has been far less over the past 3 years, one can never lose the light of HOBY. The things that I learned throughout the program and from my fellow HOBYers will stay with me forever! And It Spread…..
HOBY Info:
Kroger Community Rewards Program
- If you have a Kroger Plus Card, send some dollars to HOBY through this program!
- Keep it up, all the funds ensure the best seminars possible!
Social Networking!!!
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Hours
- Keep logging them! Can you accomplish the 100 Hour Challenge? Georgia HOBY knows that you can.
- Need ideas for Volunteering projects? Email lutzofun@gmail.com, check the HOBY website: hoby.org, and/or research into what your community needs!
- How is far has your Chain Reaction of Kindness reached?
This Blog
- If you would like a "My Favorite HOBY Experience" Blog Post to be posted in the future on this blog then, email lutzofun@gmail.com also with your response!
- Be on the lookout for the next Newsletter or My Favorite HOBY Experience Post
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