Thanks to OfficeMax's "A Day Made Better" program, several days and months will be a little better for Kim Foster's class at East Memorial Elementary School.
Foster received a surprise delivery of $1,000 worth of classroom supplies on Oct. 6 when representatives from the local OfficeMax store, along with her principal, Dr. Mark Thompson, and assistant principal, Justin Ungeheuer, arrived with a giant orange box, a leather office chair, flowers and a congratulatory certificate.
"I was in shock," Foster said later. "I don't really remember what Mr. Ungeheuer even said!" While she was still reeling in shock, Ungeheuer announced that Foster was one of 1,000 teachers being honored across the nation that day.