HOBY Maryland is only made possible through contributions from the community. We have an annual budget for existing programs that ranges between $80,000 and $100,000. Programs that are planned for the near future will, of course, increase our budget accordingly. However, we expend no money for the monthly rent or lease of an office, and have no paid staff or administrative personnel, since our entire staff is comprised of volunteers. One hundred percent of our funds are used for the charitable purposes of our programs. It is our sponsors that make these wonderful programs possible.

Sponsorship of high school sophomores ensures that there is no cost to the students, their parents, or the high schools involved in HOBY programs. This is because our sponsors realize that leadership potential can be found in every corner of our state, and the ability to pay should not be a consideration. They also realize that sponsorship of these students leads to the betterment of their own local communities as these students give back to the community after going through a HOBY program.

HOBY depends heavily on the generosity of our supporters. Even as we strive to keep our costs low, we feal the effect of increased lodging, transportation and postage expenses. Our cost per student has risen to more than $250 per student. Please visit our donations page for more information on how you to can help or contact Darren Ahern about making a donation. Or, you can be a sponsor simply by making purchases that you would normally buy anyway. One of the easiest methods to support HOBY Maryland is by products online through our online fundraising page. Through participating companies, you can make purchases online and a portion of the proceeds will go directly to HOBY Maryland programs. No matter what you are shopping for, from office supplies to flowers, movies to long distance service, movie tickets to computers, you can help out HOBY Maryland by simpling buying these products online. Click here to visit our online fundraising page.

Again, we deeply and sincerely thank all of our wonderful sponsors.

*Registration Fee and Sponsorship
( )Number of sponsorships (if more than one)

GFWC Charles County Woman's Club, Inc. GFWC Silver Spring Woman's Club, Inc. (2) GFWC The Woman's Club of Greater Fallston GFWC Woman's Club of Laurel, Inc.* (2) GFWC Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights* (2) GFWC Woman's Club of Westminster, Inc. Joppatowne Women's Club, Inc. Junior Woman's Club of Chevy Chase Maryland, Inc. Junior Womans Club of Westminster MD, Inc.* Severn Town Club (2) South Arundel Club, Inc. South Arundel Jr. Women's Club The Woman's Club of Catonsville, Inc.* The Woman's Club of Glyndon (2) The Woman's Club of Perry Hall, Inc. The Woman's Club of St. Mary's County* Wednesday Club of Sandy Spring Wicomico Woman's Club, Inc

Annapolis Jaycees, Inc. (2) Baltimore Junior Association of Commerce (4) Frederick Jaycees (4) Gaithersburg / Germantown Jaycees Greater Elkton Jaycees of Cecil County Greater Waldorf Jaycees, Inc. (5) Jaycees of Hagerstown, Inc. (2) Kent County Jaycees Laurel - Burtonsville Jaycees Maryland Jaycee Militia Maryland JCI Senate Rockville Junior Chamber of Commerce Salisbury Jr. Chamber of Commerce Severna Park Jaycee Foundation The Crescent Cities Jaycees Foundation, Inc. The Greater Towson Jaycees (2) The Western Maryland Jaycees Westminster Jaycees

Elkridge Kiwanis Ellicott City Kiwanis (3) Greater Westminster Kiwanis (3) Kiwanis Club of Bethesda (2) Kiwanis Club of Columbia Kiwanis Club of Cumberland (2) Kiwanis Club of Frederick, Inc. Kiwanis Club of Leisure World* (2) Kiwanis Club of North Bethesda Kiwanis Club of Rockville* (3) Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick (2) Kiwanis Club of Towson Foundation, Inc. (3) Kiwanis Club of Wheaton* Kiwanis Foundation of Crofton Maryland, Inc. (2) Mount Airy Kiwanis Prince Frederick Kiwanis Rossmoor Kiwanis Foundation, Inc.* (3) Severna Park Kiwanis Club Foundation, Inc. (2) The Kiwanis Club of Cumberland, Maryland (2) Waldorf Kiwanis

Breakfast Optimist Club of Dundalk, Inc. Cockeysville Optimist Foundation (3) Cumberland Valley Optimist Club, Inc. Fort Smallwood Optimist Club of Pasadena, Inc. Freedom District Optimist Club, Inc. Greater Jacksonville Optimist Club, Inc. Hereford Optimist Club, Inc. Optimist Club of Dundalk, Inc. (3) Optimist Club of Northwest Baltimore, Inc. Optimist Club of Ocean City and Berlin, Inc. (4) Optimist Club of Rockville, Inc. Optimist Club of St. Maries, Inc. (3) Optimist Club of Severna Park Optimist Club of Westminster, Inc.(3) SYB Optimist of Lusby, Inc. (2) The Hollywood Optimist Club, Inc. The Optimist Club of Annapolis, Inc. (3) The Optimist Club of Calvert, Prince Frederick, Inc. The Optimist Club of Frederick, Inc. (2) The Optimist Club of Mechanicsville, Maryland, Inc. The Optimist Club of Reisterstown/Owings Mills, Inc. The Optimist Club of St. Leonard, Inc The Optimist Club of Salisbury, Maryland, Inc. (2) The Optimist Club of Solomons, Inc. The Talbot Optimist Club, Inc. Timonium Optimist Foundation, Inc. Woodlawn Gwynn/Oak Optimist Club, Inc.

Maryland Lions Clubs

Cecilton Lions Charities, Inc. Century Edgewood Lions Club, Inc. Chesapeake City Lions Club Deer Park Lions Club Glade Valley Lions Club Glenwood Lions Club (2) International Association of Lions Clubs - District 22-A Thurmont Lions Club

Barnes-Bollinger Insurance Services, Inc.

Black Entertainment Television

Clark Construction Group, LLC

Clover Carpet Company

Dixie Printing & Packaging Corporation

EPI-Colorspace

Monumental Life

Wertheimer, Kipnis & Voudouris, LLC

Marcie M. Roan	U. S. Naval Air Systems Command
Don Awalt	RDA Corporation
Kathy Awalt	Public School Volunteer
Robert Collins	Gerstel, Inc.
Douglas A. Strouse, PhD	Wexley Consulting
Phil Kenney	Hopkins Medical Products
William C. Hawk	SHC Companies, Inc.
Lawrence Butler	Butler Capital Corporation
Barbara Crain, MD, PhD	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Diane Lach, Esq.	Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Donna Bullen	Maryland Health Care Commission
Marc Wertheimer	Wertheimer, Kitnis, and Voudouris, LLC
Darren Ahearn	Real Estate Teams, LLC
Tony Cummings	Edward Jones Investments
Richard McCleary	R & E Solutions
John Henderson	Spherion
Mark Lechowicz, Esq.	Lechowicz and Davis, P.A.
Rob McCoy	Solutions by techKnowledge
Bill Stabler	Kiwanis International
Edward C. Soper, Jr. ChFC	John Hancock Financial Services

Carol Applegate
Sarah Canham
Anna Custer
Goetze's Candy Company, Inc.
Margie & Jim Harris
Nancy Hartmann
Dennis Lane
Kelly Little
JJS Services - John Schissler
Christine Semon
Maureen Stefanski
TASTYKAKE - Sylvester Wojtysiak
Mount Airy Kiwanis

Darren Ahearn Carol Applegate Patrick Applegate R. Donald & Katherine Awalt Aaron M. Bernstein Steven & Sheri Bernstein Sarah Canham Catoctin High School Brian Crecco Jennifer R. Cupani Anna Custer Elaine B. Dodson Frederick County Public Schools Phyllis & Michael Hammer Robert & Irene Hollinger Robert I. Jeffey Cate Little Wilbur Levengood, Jr. Jeffrey & Kimberly Miller John C. Peterson John & Carol Reynolds Samuel & Mary Roop Raymond & Maureen Stefanski

George Gelles, MSM Director of Conferences & Special Programs Dawn Alexander, MSM Catering Manager John Alvord Pat Applegate Roger Eve Kelly Little Diana Park Maureen Stefanski

All Facilitators, Junior Facilitators, Ambassador Staff, Seminar Committee Members, and Foundation Trustees have made financial contributions to support this year's seminar.