HOBY Kentucky

Are you graduating in 2025? HOBY Alumni can recognize their HOBY experience and achievements by applying for a graduation cord through HOBY All-Stars! ✨🎓

Hey 2025 graduates, let HOBY celebrate you! Our All-Stars program was created to recognize HOBY alumni and volunteers for their achievements in the classroom. Apply now!

Find all the details to apply at this link - https://HOBY.formstack.com/forms/all_stars

🎉 We’re back! 🎉 Registration for the 2025 HOBY Kentucky Seminar is NOW OPEN! Nominate a high school sophomore ready to learn and grow through our leadership seminar.

Key Details:

-Registration Fee: $395
-Priority Registration Deadline: December 13, 2024
-Nominate up to 2 students
-For questions, contact: [email protected]
-Seminar Location & Dates: TBD
-More info: hobykentucky.org/2025-seminar

Let’s inspire the next generation of leaders! 🌟

🚨 Update: Our website and email experienced technical difficulties since June 15, but we've resolved the issues! If you sent us anything after June 15, kindly resend your messages. Also, stay tuned as we're finalizing the 2024 HOBY Alumni Media Package, expected to arrive in your inbox within the next week. Thanks for your patience!

Wishing a very happy birthday to Yamaan Ahmad! 🎉Yamaan is a 2018 HOBY KY and WLC alum and volunteers year-round on our DEIB team and planning committee. We hope you have an OUTSTANDING day!

Abbie Kemp and Chluey Acanto represented ACHS as ambassadors at the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Seminar held at Berea College last week. HOBY Kentucky’s mission is to inspire and develop a global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service, and innovation. Over the next year, Abigail and Chluey will complete 100 hours of community service as a follow up to the program. We are so proud of these two ACHS leaders and look forward to watching them grow and inspire others to make a difference in the community.

Incoming juniors, Will Norris and Elly Mowers, have just returned from the Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Program. Since 1979, HOBY has been empowering students to become impactful leaders. Will and Elly joined other exceptional high school students at Berea College to enhance their leadership skills, focusing on becoming effective and ethical leaders in their homes, schools, and communities. We're also proud of incoming senior Zayna Yazigi, who returned to HOBY this year as a Team Alumni to lend her support.

Day 3: Leadership for service. We started the day off with City Build. Then, we broke off into new groups for our service projects all across the city. Before dinner, we had a visit from !! We ended the day with reflections group time. ❤️

Day 2: Group leadership! We kickstarted the day with group time, photos, and community groups. Then, we practiced our group leadership skills by going on a scavenger hunt across ! We had an amazing speaker, more group time and a fun mixer to end the day. Can’t wait to do it all again tomorrow! 🤍

Day 1: Personal Leadership! We welcomed nearly 200 ambassadors from across the Bluegrass to ! Today, ambassadors learned more about their individual leadership styles and participated in a talent show. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen!

...ready for it? Baby, let the games begin!

ONE day to go! We couldn't be more alive, awake, alert and enthusiastic!! 😁 See y'all tomorrow!!

So excited to welcome them to our seminar! 💙💛

Congrats to rising juniors, Eva Picarazzi and Jon Jay Moore on participating in this year's Hugh O'Brian Youth Kentucky Leadership Seminar (HOBY Kentucky) At Berea College.

Since 1979, HOBY has been empowering Kentucky high school students to become effective leaders. Each year HOBY Kentucky invites schools as well as community and service organizations to select outstanding students to attend the state Leadership Seminar. HOBY’s Leadership Seminar is recognized as the organization's flagship program, as it is designed to help students recognize their leadership talents and apply them to become effective, ethical leaders in their home, school, workplace and community. For more info about HOBY KY visit https://www.hobykentucky.org/.

Don't forget to bring some cash for the HOBY Store, where you may purchase merch and HOBY Hugs! We'll be having a $5 clear-out sale at the HOBY store during check-in!!! 🛍️

We're ready to welcome the 2024 HOBY KY cohort to Berea College!! We'll see y'all Thursday.

📍 Alumni Center: 101 Chestnut St. Berea, KY 40403
📅 June 6-9, 2024
⌚ 859 & 513 area codes: 10:30-11:15am EST
⌚ 606 area code: 11:15am- 12:00pm EST
⌚ 502 & 270 area codes: 12:00 - 1:00pm EST

Email [email protected] if you have questions or concerns.

Only 🌟7️⃣🌟 days away! Get those packing lists ready—it will be here before you know it.

Introducing our DEI Team! This passionate and dedicated group of volunteers meets year-round to explore how HOBY KY can become a more inclusive and equitable space for individuals with marginalized identities. They also work on integrating learning opportunities into our leadership seminars. We think they are OUTSTANDING!

🌟 1️⃣0️⃣ 🌟 Days until HOBY Kentucky kicks off!! Let us know what you're looking forward to most in the comments! ⬇️

Hey, HOBY! Our 2024 Leadership Seminar theme is 'Rooted in Leadership' 🌱 Get ready to leaf your mark on the world and bloom in your leadership journey!

Happy *very belated* birthday to Tobey McDaniels!! 🥳 Tobey will be a small group facilitator this year and also serves on our DEI Committee year-round. Hope you had an OUTSTANDING day!

Get ready, get set, SHOP! 🛍️ Our online store is officially OPEN! Grab your HOBY KY swag ahead of time and collect it during the seminar. Act fast – the store closes on May 20th. Don't miss out, place your orders pronto: https://hoby-ky.spiritsale.com/products