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Georgia HOBY Newsletter:

Fifty-Eighth Edition, March 1, 2016

Featured Alumna: Amanda Dojack '12

Hello my lovely HOBY family!

This time of year is often very stressful for most. We’re consumed by school or work and in desperate need of a break or vacation that probably won’t come any time soon. It can get pretty depressing.

However, it’s times like these that I’m so thankful I have a support system of HOBY alumni surrounding me and making me feel like I’m not alone in my suffering. We all struggle to make it look like we’re okay, and many times it comes at the expense of our sanity, trying to make it seem as if “everything is fine” when really we’re in a lot of physical, mental or emotional pain.

This is your reminder that you are not alone.

HOBY has not only provided us with lifelong leadership skills, but also a legacy of people who understand the struggle and have walked in your shoes. I encourage you to not only reach out to your fellow alumni if you’re in need of someone like minded and strong to talk to, but to also be open to whomever else you come in contact with that might need the same sort of support. HOBY is a source of absolutely superb human beings, but we should always be willing to share our HOBY love and help make other people feel O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G!

HOBY Info:

Amazon Smile

• If your shop at Amazon, the switch to Amazon Smile (https://smile.amazon.com/ch/94-2861279). It is the exact same website, but 0.5% of purchases will be donated to a charity of your choice.
• Choose Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (Atlanta, GA) as your charity!

Social Networking!!!

• Find us on Facebook: GA HOBY Alumni
• Follow us on Twitter: @GA_HOBY  
• Follow us on Instagram: hoby_georgia
• Follow us on Vine: Georgia HOBY
• Follow us on SnapChat: hobygeorgia
• Check our the website: www.gahoby.org
• Check out our YouTube channel: HOBY Georgia
• Check out http://hobycheers.wikidot.com/list-of-hoby-cheers for awesome cheers

Hours

• Keep logging them! Can you accomplish the 100 Hour Challenge? Georgia HOBY knows that you can. Here is the place to do so: https://reg.hoby.org/HOBYL4S/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fHOBYL4S%2f
• Need ideas for Volunteering projects? Email gahobyalumniadvisor@gmail.com, check the HOBY website: hoby.org, and/or research into what your community needs!
• How far has your Chain Reaction of Kindness reached?

This Blog

• If you would like post a "My Favorite HOBY Experience" in the future on this blog, then email gahobyfundraising@gmail.com also with your response!
• Be on the lookout for the next Newsletter or My Favorite HOBY Experience Post