Marina Garza

On Friday, February 8, a group of people ranging from CAB members, Non-CAB members, to even staff members of TAMUT boarded a charter bus on its way to Sky Ranch in Van, Texas. They are promised a fun, free, and huge leadership retreat, Recharge, with outdoor activities and sessions with Jonathan Sprinkles.

Jonathan Sprinkles was a motivational speaker with a talent for opening people’s eyes to what leadership means and just how to be one. Jonathan taught the retreaters their “true colors,” that trust was a key in leadership, and he encouraged everyone to develop a vision statement that the retreaters were going to enforce with the new leadership ideas that we were educated on from Jonathan.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner were provided by the camp in between the leadership sessions. Also provided were outdoor activities like Zipline and Paintball, and the retreaters were divided into groups to partake in team-building exercises. One exercise was 7-8 people balancing on a log; their objective was to arrange each other in alphabetical order by their first names without touching the ground. The process was difficult, but with the right kind of teamwork, many groups were able to complete the objective.

It is not certain that there will be another Recharge next year, but look out for anything similar to this amazing experience.