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Georgia HOBY Newsletter:

Sixty-Seventh Edition, June 4, 2016

Featured Alumnus: Nick Fazio '11

     Maya Angelou famously said, “At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.” In the same spirit, I honestly can’t remember much of my ambassador year in 2011, but I can tell you how I felt on the ride home. I left that weekend from the sweltering Americus, GA, heat with an infectious enthusiasm, a newfound confidence in my leadership ability, and the charge to go out and improve the community around me.

     There are a lot of ways that leaders can serve both their community and society as a whole, and I am more than happy to say I have found my place here at Georgia HOBY. I love this organization. I love what it stands for. I love that we invest our time and energy in teens at the age they need it the most. I love that we pride ourselves on not teaching kids what to think, but rather teaching them how to think, a skill very low in supply these days. Most of all, I love the people I’ve gotten to meet through HOBY, and I consider it a privilege to have them as an extension of my family.

     I could tell you what HOBY has personally meant to me, but I think my love for the organization is better seen through the eyes of others. Every time I come back from the seminar, my friends laugh at me for the countless cheers I sing, the large smile painted across my face, and the endless stories I tell them about my fun-filled weekend. They don’t see Jr. Staff attack cars; they don’t see the ponies, but they see the joy I feel from it, and that’s what matters.

     Now that June is upon us, I hope your inner flame is reignited, and I thank you in advance for rekindling mine. You always do.

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