At the June 7 School Board Meeting, the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) School Board recognized the 2018 Kacie’s Run student coordinators. Kacie’s Run 2018 raised $46,000 for the CFB All-Stars, our Special Olympics athletes.
Candi and Mel Brekhus joined the Kacie’s Run 2018 student coordinators in honoring Kacie Brekhus and her legacy of selfless leadership and giving back to her community.
Kacie Brekhus attended Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) kindergarten through her senior year, attending Las Colinas Elementary, Barbara Bush Middle School in its inaugural year, and graduating from R. L. Turner High School in 2003. Among many other things, Kacie was involved with the R. L. Turner High School Torch Run throughout high school. She was a member of the 2000, 2001, 2002 Torch Run Committees; she was Torch Run Coordinator her senior year in 2003. After Kacie’s death in October 2003, while she was a freshman at The University of Texas at Austin in the Red McCombs School of Business, R. L. Turner High School decided to rename the Torch Run in honor of Kacie. That year, and every year since, proceeds remain within the district and support the CFBISD Special Olympics team, the All Stars.
Find out more about Kacie Brekhus and Kacie’s Run at www.kaciesrun.com.
View the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH_vx7oOw5g