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The junior year of a HOBY ambassador is a very special year. We challenge each student to take what they have learned from the state seminar and demonstrate it in word and deed to their community.

Your junior year is your HOBY Leadership Year. You can make a difference, and you must! The world needs you.

HOBY Utah is honored to commemorate that very catalystic power that is within each one of you. We need your help to fully recognize your achievements during this year. You've made a difference in other people's lives and now is the chance to do the same in yours. That is the whole point of this program: Making life better.

We have very generous universities and colleges throughout the great state of Utah. They are looking for quality students and actively engaged leaders like HOBY alum. That is why they offer you this great opportunity to study at their institutions.

We ask that ALL HOBY Ambassadors submit one of the following two reports about your junior year activities.

HOBY Ambassadors have TWO CHOICES:

A. A Notebook Report, has a greater chance for scholarships (submit by mail)
B. A Summary Report, has a chance for scholarships (submit by email or mail)

Submission Date: on or before July 1, as you complete your junior year.

Choice A: Notebook Report
Your notebook report should contain the following for judging conformity:
 
1. Mailed on or before July 1 following your junior year.
**Note: This will NOT be returned to you. Make sure you keep a copy for yourself.
   
2. Put all materials into a 1" white loose-leaf clear cover notebook with your own individual identification on the outside of the front cover.
**Neatness, attractiveness and creativity throughout counts.
   
3. Put all sheets into clear plastic sheet protectors.
 
4. Include the following: (place dividers between respective sections)
 
A. Title Page
Name, Address, High School Represented, Phone, your available e-mail address.
 
B. Contents Page
List all segments of your report.
 
C. Leadership Positions
List leadership positions and describe positions you held during your junior year in school, church, or other organizations and how you responded to those opportunities for leadership.
 
D. Activities/Service
Indicate activities initiated by you as an Ambassador. Tell how your activities provided service experiences for students in your high school or community. Include applied leadership skills and knowledge learned at the HOBY Leadership Seminar; Seminar Counselor; the number of activities, approximate number of students involved; the use of, and the benefits gained from these experiences by you as an Ambassador and by your high school students.
 
E. Extra Curricular Activities
Describe your participation in high school extra curricular activities. List any leadership you may have been involved in.
 
F. Community Service
List and describe your participation in service to school, community and church.
 
G. CLEWs, Kiwanis Key Club Service
Describe your participation in a school CLEW (Community Leadership Workshop); reporting to a Kiwanis Club, or GFWC, Rotary, or your activities in a Key Club, etc.
 
H. GPA
Present an evidence of your GPA.
 
I. Service Hours
Indicate the estimated number of service hours you provided, and the number of service hours given by others in service activities in which you participated.
 
J. Documentation
Provide three letters of personal recommendation, newspaper articles, programs, copies of certificates and awards, etc.
 
K. Write One Page on how HOBY has influenced your life.
 
Your Notebook report should be typed, double spaced and supported by appropriate documentation.
 
Please provide a small wallet size picture of yourself.
 
Choice B: Summary Report
 
1: Introduction
Full Name
High School
Your Address
Phone
Email
 
2: List and briefly describe LEADERSHIP POSITIONS held during your junior year:
School
Community
HOBY CLEW
Church
Organizations
Personal/Other
 
3: List and describe SERVICE ACTIVITIES you participated in during your junior year:
School
Community
Church
Service organizations
Personal/Other
 
4: Your GPA
 
5: Write a page on how HOBY has influenced your life.
 
6: Estimate your total service hours, and by others in service activities in which you participated during your junior year.
 
Please provide a small wallet-size school picture of yourself.
 
You may submit this report by email or mail on or before July 1