Character and Community Hersey Huskies Track and Field

Love the Moment! ITCCCA 2014

TALK OVERVIEW

• Character and capacity• Character and Self-Knowledge• Character and Adversity• Character and Service Projects• Character and Team Story – Memory!

Program Purpose – Maximize Life Love the Moment!

• Our mission is to reach capacity as…• ATHLETES To better performance• TEAMMATES To better our team• INDIVIDUALS To better our character• CITIZENS To better the world

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!

Coach Huskisson + Coach StrodeCharacter 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! –

Inspiration! Wooden!

To Reach Capacity!We Must Grow From Adversity!

Lion King and Adversity

MJ and Adversity

Gail Devers- Overcoming Adversity

Jimmy Graham and Adversity

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

Wildcat Football 2014 and Service

• Service at heart of program

• Connection to life is primary

• Record Breaking Service hours

Pay it Forward! Help Others Reach Capacity!

Hersey Service

• Children’s Cancer Walk• Diabetes Walk• MS Walk• Poverty Fund Raising• Special Olympics• Feed My Starving Children

Chicago Bulls Charity

Children’s Cancer – Truth 365

Players support tornado relief

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.

Benny’s World

• Funding for pediatric cancer from both the public and private sector accounts for less than 3% of all cancer funding.

ALLENDALE – Lake Villa, IllinoisHelping 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

Allendale

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

Feed My Starving Children

CitizenshipServiceCharacter Development

• At the end of every volunteer session the group knows exactly how many meals were produced to eliminate hunger in the world.

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

Wounded Warriors

• To honor and empower Wounded Warriors.• To raise awareness and enlist the public's aid

for the needs of injured service members.

Wounded Warriorshttps://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/def

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!!

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