Georgia HOBY Newsletter:
Sixty-Eighth Edition, June 14, 2016
Featured Alumna: Elizabeth Henderson '11
"You
are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world
to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.
You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the
errand." I can't tell you how many times I have read this quote by Woodrow
Wilson and reminded myself that I'm not in this world to only live my life. I
am here to help and to teach and so are you. We are here to help each other
make this world a better place politically, socially, and economically.
I was
raised in Statesboro, Georgia, one of the many small, rural towns in South
Georgia. After graduating high school in 2013, I made my way to Atlanta, where
I am currently a rising Senior at Georgia Tech in Atlanta majoring in
Industrial Design. In all honesty, I couldn't have made it to this point in my
life without HOBY. I was an ambassador in 2011 and I have gone back to
volunteer at the seminar every year with the exception of a location conflict
last year, but I returned this year with a full heart ready to serve these
young leaders. As an organization that impacted my life so much, I couldn't
imagine not giving back to it. HOBY taught me so much as an ambassador and
continues to teach me every year as I volunteer.
One of the
many things that HOBY taught me and that I try to instill in others is that one
small change can make a huge impact and huge impacts aren't always made over
night. It takes setting smaller, attainable goals to achieve a much bigger one.
Having persistence, determination, and passion to keep moving forward is key in
making a change and "enabling the world to live more amply." Since my
ambassador year in 2011, these characteristics have grown in me and become part
of my personality and I thank HOBY for that everyday. One thing HOBY alumni can
do to jump on the path of "enabling the world to live more amply, with
greater vision" is volunteer with the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership
organization during the year and during the conferences both state wide and
nation wide. This organization is powerful. We are molding and influencing the
leaders of tomorrow to help bring light out of the darkness in this world and I
wholeheartedly believe that by spreading light through a few high school
juniors in Georgia, we can help spread light throughout the entire world.
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