“A Day Made Better” for 3 District 204 Teachers

Three deserving teachers from Indian Prairie School District 204 received a surprise classroom visit from OfficeMax and their school principals on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Brandy Bushby from Georgetown Elementary School, Dana Watts from McCarty Elementary School, and Becky Sikora from Welch Elementary School were honored and recognized with an award and $1,000 worth of classroom supplies as part of the retailer’s A Day Made Better national event.

One day each year, the nationwide program honors 1,000 teachers for their extraordinary efforts in the classroom. Winning teachers were nominated for this award by their principals for demonstrating passion, dedication and innovation in the classroom.

In response to teachers spending and estimated $1,000 out-of-pocket annually on essential classroom supplies, OfficeMax and Adopt-A-Classroom founded A Day Made Better to lead the fight to end teacher-funded classrooms. As part of the program, teachers across the country received surprise deliveries of school supplies from OfficeMax worth a total of $1 million dollars.

Since 2007, OfficeMax’s A Day Made Better and its nonprofit partner, Adopt-A-Classroom, have funded more than 4,500 classrooms with more than $4.5 million in grants and school supplies and helped secure funding for more than 66,000 classrooms annually through donations to Adopt-A-Classroom.