Bill & Shelli,
I am the coach that worked with Lisa this summer at our track camps.  I wish there was
something I could say that would help with your loss.  You have been in my prayers and
thoughts.  I want to do something to honor her memory.  We are going to award a Lisa
Garrett award after every track camp.  The winner would receive a T-shirt.  This would
be awarded to the person who shows the most heart and dedication towards their goals.
We also are going to let you choose a person from your local area that will be able to
have free admission to any track camp.  If you do not have anyone that you know, I can
award it to someone for you every year.
It is so hard to lose someone so young.  Hopefully we can make others better with this
award.  If you have any questions, or are uncomfortable with this, please let me know.
                                                                       Sincerely,
                                                                        Coach Ed Fye
                                                                           Doane College--Crete, NE
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                                                                         Feb. 3, 2000

Dear Mr. Ed Fye,

 First of all, I would like to let you know that this letter of thank you was planned
before we even received your letter yesterday.  You were one of the very first people I
thought of as our hearts started loosing their numbnes and we thought of all the people
that had such a big impact on Lisa’s life.
 I will never forget how exited Lisa was when she came home from your camp last
summer and telling us she had never learned so much before at a camp and couldn’t say
enough good things about you.  She was thrilled when you told her she could go to the
camp in GI with her brother, Jason and sister, Lindsay after attending Doane’s.
 Right there in the corner of her top dresser drawer and also in her gym bag were
the little notes she kept on High Jumping Camp and all the steps.  I would like you to
know how much she hated highjumping her Freshman year and how she almost didn’t go
out for track that year until the day of the meeting she decided she couldn’t let her
teammates down.  With Mr. Bridges’ encouragement she did start highjumping and
somewhere, somehow she fell in love with it as it was something she could improve
herself on individually.  After she attended your camp and had jumped 5 ft., her personal
best, she really developed a passion for highjumping and so looked forward to this year.
 Lisa’s #1 goal for her Junior year was to break the school record and in my heart I
know she would’ve done it, because that’s the way she did things, set her mind to it and
worked on it until she did it.  Can you believe the very first day of Basketball practice in
November, she came home and said, “I need to have someone work out a weights
program for me for Highjumping.”  I remember shaking my head and laughing, saying
“Lisa, first things first.”....Oh how we will miss our girl.          We also won’t ever forget
her excitement just probably about 3 weeks ago when she said Mr. Bridges had seen you
and you had asked how Basketball was going for Lisa.  She couldn’t believe YOU had
asked about her.  I wish you could’ve seen & heard her expression.
 Ed, when we received your letter yesterday we really realized just how much this
lovely daughter of ours had made an impression on the lives of others too--we never
would’ve dreamed how much.  We thank you so much for the “Lisa Garrett T-shirt
Award” to the person who shows the most heart & dedication towards their goals and the
free admission to a track camp you will be offering other young people.  We will be
honored helping with the selection of that person from our area.
 Your letter and generous offer really touched our hearts.  We can’t begin to thank
you enough.  But most of all we want to thank you for making such a huge positive
impact on our daughter’s life and also thank Mr. Bridges for introducing her to such a
wonderful caring person.
                                                                        Sincerely,
                                                                         Bill & Shelli Garrett


A Picture of the t-shirt that is awarded to the person that shows
the most heart and dedication at Ed Fye's Track Camp.