Over breakfast this morning as I was packing lunches, signing homework folders, filling out field trip forms, putting white t-shirts for field day into backpacks, folding uniforms, bagging snacks for the team, and helping put the finishing touches on a mountain lion habitat, I was also clipping Box Tops and counting my blessings. I’m proud to live in a community in which so many people give so freely of their time, talents, and personal resources to support our kids. Like the PE teachers who sort all of the Box Tops that parents collect in order to buy basketballs and jump ropes. Like the parents and teachers who run the after school robotics, and gardening, and computer coding clubs. Like the many teachers I know who, after putting their own kids to bed, grade papers every night until midnight.

Tomorrow night, I will be joining other moms and dads in helping with the Crockett Carnival—our PTO’s annual school fundraiser. Come by and dunk Mr. Wozniak and play some games for a good cause. And then on Monday, get out and vote in early voting. Make a difference. Our kids are worth it.