Two weeks ago I was sitting around wondering how Relay would turn out this year. There was about half of a planning committee and one ACS staffer, Kristy Hilboldt. The committee consisted at that time of 8 high school students. Knowing that my business was kind of slow and that I have done this for years, I decided to jump in and chair again.

Things started getting interesting. Not thanks to anything I did, but suddenly we had a group volunteer to do registration and another volunteer to work on entertainment. I asked Guarantee Bank in Lakeway to do accounting and they agreed. Suddenly, we had a committee. Kristy and I were quite pleased and a bit relieved.

Back to the Lake Travis High School students. LTHS students have always played an integral role in Relay out here. The Interact Club at LTHS has always sponsored Relay and they have always provided committee members. Prior to agreeing to chair the event, I met with a number of the students to coach them about what they would be doing. I met with two freshman who are handling high school recruiting. The week after spring break, they had announcements running and posters in the halls. I met with two sophomores who agreed to coordinate the Luminaria Ceremony. This is probably the biggest job of anyone on the planning committee. A senior is handling logistics and a junior is handling education and awareness.

If anyone from the high school or district is reading this, you need to know how amazing these students are. One of the two sophomores handling the Luminaria Ceremony sent me a question via text last Saturday from the Hill Country Galleria Mall. The two were spending part of their Saturday at the mall discussing and planning the logistics behind the Luminaria Ceremony. Can you believe that? I told you they were amazing!

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Now what we need is more teams and participants. Questions? Call me at 293-2422.