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Leadership Camp
Continued from pg. 3B
with instruction in leadership
skills and activities geared to-
ward becoming leaders, both in
high school and in life.
"I met so many great people
and we're keeping in touch; we
write letters to each other, not
e-mails," Banner said.
Founded in 1958 by O'Brien,
an actor, HOBY now has more
than 375,000 alumni.
O'Brien was inspired by Dr.
Albert Schweitzer, famed Ger-
man doctor-theologian-mu-
sician and 1952 Nobel Peace
Prize winner for his efforts on
behalf of the "Brotherhood of
Nations."
Schweitzer told O'Brien
that he felt "the most impor-
tam thing in education is to
teach young people to think
for themselves," which O'Brien
would never forget. After visit-
ing Schweitzer in Africa for nine
days, O'Brien came back to the
Ohited States prepared to make
a difference in the world.
Banner said HOBY leaders
challenged the students to do
100 community service hours
before coming back next year
as volunteers.
"They told us that helping
others will help you," Banner
said.
He was already on the right
track before the camp; Banner
volunteers at the ballpark--40
hours so far--helping with field
maintenance. He has been in-
volved with a food kitchen in
Kyle delivering food. Banner is
also third in his class of 551 stu-
dents.
"I really want to be vaiedicto-
dan," he said.
One of the standout mo-
ments for Banner at HOBY was
creating a business plan for a
new product. His team invent-
ed an iPhone case for retract-
able headphones.
"We had to develop the whole
plan; who to sellit to, how much
it would cost to manufacture,"
Banner said. "Then we bad
consultants critique our proj-
ects and we presented the final
plans to millionaire investors."
While his team didn't win.
Banner said it was a valuable
exercise in leadership.
"The most important thing
I learned at HOBY was that no
matter what type of leader you
are, communication is the key,"
Banner said.
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The teams discussed: pants. For a full list, see the report on the
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• Ways to help curb the obesity trend obesity problem does not stop at the school
• Ideas for effective change and an action door and that family involvement is neces-
plan for getting there
• The most important issues that are not or sary.
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