Seventy-Sixth Edition, September 1, 2016
Featured Alumna: Amanda Hammett '94
Do you know what HOBY means to me?
FAMILY.
In 2012, I came to the HOBY GA seminar as an outsider. Yes, I am a proud HOBY alum, but not from
Georgia. From the moment I stepped foot
on Berry's campus for volunteer training (where I knew no one), person after
person opened their arms and hearts to me.
HOBY became my family that day.
Sure, I had been away from HOBY since my ambassador year in 1994 (yes,
do the math), but it was amazing how quickly everything came rushing back.
As a 15 year old, HOBY changed my view point on the world. HOBY managed to pop the bubble that I had
been living in in my small Alabama hometown. My seminar weekend solidified in my mind that I needed to see other parts
of the country and the world. There was
too much out there for me to see and experience and different people for me to
meet. HOBY gave me the skills that I
would hone and use throughout college and in the early days of my
entrepreneurial career.
Coming back in 2012, reminded me of just how far I had come, but
also of how much farther I still have left to go. But the biggest lesson, I learned from HOBY
is that you can always come back home.
And for me, HOBY is HOME. All of
you, are home for me.
Today, my HOBY experience is way different than a weekend in
1994. Now, I have the good fortune of
leading a team of incredibly dedicated volunteers throughout the year. These are people that I consider family. These are the people that when things are
rough in my life that I call on to give me guidance or just to hear me
complain. Sure, we may (as families do)
disagree from time to time, but at the end of the day, I love and respect each
person and I would do anything in my power to help them. Sometimes in families,
doing the right thing is the hard thing. But I know each member of this family
has the same end goal in mind...we want to make each seminar have a life long
impact on the ambassadors.
And y'all...HOBY does that.
WE do that. And when I sit back
and look at the bigger picture of how the ambassadors we taught are going out
and positively impacting the world....I get teary eyed because that
impact...that ripple effect is what it is all about.
Do you know what HOBY means to me?FAMILY.
HOBY has come to be an integral part of my family.
In 2012, I came to the HOBY GA seminar as an outsider. Yes, I am a proud HOBY alum, but not from
Georgia. From the moment I stepped foot
on Berry's campus for volunteer training (where I knew no one), person after
person opened their arms and hearts to me.
HOBY became my family that day.
Sure, I had been away from HOBY since my ambassador year in 1994 (yes,
do the math), but it was amazing how quickly everything came rushing back.
As a 15 year old, HOBY changed my view point on the world. HOBY managed to pop the bubble that I had
been living in in my small Alabama hometown. My seminar weekend solidified in my mind that I needed to see other parts
of the country and the world. There was
too much out there for me to see and experience and different people for me to
meet. HOBY gave me the skills that I
would hone and use throughout college and in the early days of my
entrepreneurial career. 
Coming back in 2012, reminded me of just how far I had come, but
also of how much farther I still have left to go. But the biggest lesson, I learned from HOBY
is that you can always come back home.
And for me, HOBY is HOME. All of
you, are home for me.
Today, my HOBY experience is way different than a weekend in
1994. Now, I have the good fortune of
leading a team of incredibly dedicated volunteers throughout the year. These are people that I consider family. These are the people that when things are
rough in my life that I call on to give me guidance or just to hear me
complain. Sure, we may (as families do)
disagree from time to time, but at the end of the day, I love and respect each
person and I would do anything in my power to help them. Sometimes in families,
doing the right thing is the hard thing. But I know each member of this family
has the same end goal in mind...we want to make each seminar have a life long
impact on the ambassadors. 
And y'all...HOBY does that.
WE do that. And when I sit back
and look at the bigger picture of how the ambassadors we taught are going out
and positively impacting the world....I get teary eyed because that
impact...that ripple effect is what it is all about.
Thank you for being a part of HOBY and thank you for being a
part of my family.
HOBY Info:
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