Highlandettes visiting the Fan Center with Director Sarah Stoeber
They won’t be performing on the field at halftime, but the Lake Highlands Highlandettes will be participating in Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship at AT&T Stadium.
“We will be passing out $25 gift card to everyone that walks into the stadium,” says Captain Madison Wachel. “These gift cards go to a website called Donors Choose. On DonorsChoose.org, public school teachers can create classroom project requests, then anyone can go online to donate to these projects. I think it’s really awesome that so many of these cards will be used to support classrooms in need.”
After their duties greeting guests and passing out cards at 1:50 p.m., they get to relax and enjoy the event.
“I am most looking forward to getting to watch the game from the party deck,” Madison tells me. “It’s gonna be such a blast to be able to go and watch with my team. I think it’s really cool to be able to say that the Highlandettes were a part of the very first National Championship game, and it’s definitely a memory that we will be able to look back on in years to come.”
Madison, who’ll attend Baylor next year, predicts there will be a different team wearing green and gold in the 2016 championship.
“I would be ecstatic if I got to root for the Bears in next year’s game,” says Madison.
If you’d like to support Donors Choose and classroom teachers, you can make a donation here.
Sr. Lt. Sarah Tonn, 1st Lt. Chloe Myers, Captain Madison Wachel, Sr. Lt. Lindsay Weitzel, Jr. Lt. Lauren Urban. Photos by Bill Wachel
