1. Character and Community Hersey Huskies Track and Field Love the Moment! ITCCCA 2014

2. TALK OVERVIEW Character and capacity Character and Self-Knowledge Character and Adversity Character and Service Projects Character and Team Story – Memory!

3. Program Purpose – Maximize Life Love the Moment! Our mission is to reach capacity as… ATHLETESTo better performance TEAMMATES To better our team INDIVIDUALS To better our character CITIZENS To better the world

4. Self-Knowledge and Character, Plato’s Apology and Sports “The Unexamined life is not worth living.” “Know Thyself” Use Inquiry to Examine your coaching character – passion!! Except your limitations / crush insecurities Know who you are and know why you do what you do!

5. Coach Huskisson + Coach Strode Character First! Was thinking of the best people that I know - wanted to take time to thank Husk for changing my life for the better! Thanks Husk! –

6. Inspiration! Wooden!

7. To Reach Capacity! We Must Grow From Adversity!

8. Lion King and Adversity

9. MJ and Adversity

10. Gail Devers- Overcoming Adversity

11. Jimmy Graham and Adversity

12. Northwestern Rose Bowl Team - 1995 Based Leadership and Vision on concepts of the Servant Leader developed at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management 1) I SERVE (service leadership) 2) Complex / Productive Thinking 3) Meet Adversity without paralysis

13. Wildcat Football 2014 and Service Service at heart of program Connection to life is primary Record Breaking Service hours

14. Pay it Forward! Help Others Reach Capacity!

15. Hersey Service Children’s Cancer Walk Diabetes Walk MS Walk Poverty Fund Raising Special Olympics Feed My Starving Children

16. Chicago Bulls Charity

17. Children’s Cancer – Truth 365 Players support tornado relief

18. Benny’s World Benny’s World is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation established to fund research to find a cure for pediatric brain stem tumors, and to assist organizations that help families affected by pediatric cancer. Benny's World is dedicated to increasing public awareness of pediatric cancer.

19. Benny’s World Funding for pediatric cancer from both the public and private sector accounts for less than 3% of all cancer funding.

20. ALLENDALE – Lake Villa, Illinois Helping Kids be Safe, Sound & Ready to Learn! A Home for over 150 boys and girls, 7-21 A School for 200+ boys and girls K-12 A Place to Heal for children, youth, adults and families in need of intervention or support. Allendale4kids.org

21. Allendale Allendale Association is a private, not-for- profit social service agency serving children and adolescents with moderate to profound emotional and behavioral disabilities.

22. Feed My Starving Children Citizenship Service Character Development At the end of every volunteer session the group knows exactly how many meals were produced to eliminate hunger in the world.

23. Feed My Starving Children http://www.fmsc.org/

24. Wounded Warriors To honor and empower Wounded Warriors. To raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of injured service members.

25. Wounded Warriors https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/def

26. Service Leadership! Competition within conference Ex: Hersey vs. Palatine fundraising for children’s cancer. Conference Goal – total by year. IHSA Recognition for Community Outreach. Character Development!!

27. Team as Story – Gratitude as Central Value “We are the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves” Clifford Geertz “Tell Me Something Good” - Coach Rob Johnson