Editor, Gazette-Journal:

This past week was Teacher Appreciation Week. At the end of the week, we conducted a raffle for teachers at Mathews High School with gift certificates that were donated by local businesses. I’d like to personally thank and recognize the following Gloucester and Mathews businesses for their generosity and contributions to our teachers: Anna’s Pizza, Applebee’s, Bangkok Noi, Big Lots, Books are Fun, Chick-fil-A, The Classic Café, The Courthouse Restaurant, Damon’s Sports Grille, Donk’s Theater, Food Lion, the Gazette-Journal, Ginny’s Place, Grover’s Auto Service, The Hillside Cinema, Jessica’s on Main, Linda’s Diner, Little Italy Italian Restaurant, Moughons, Olivia’s in the Village, Richardson’s Café, Rosemary and Wine, Sandpiper Reef, 7-Eleven, Skyy Blue, Southwind Pizza, Stanstrings Pizza, Starbucks, Steve’s Backhoe and Hauling, Sunrise Donuts, Tom Hearn Auto Service, Wal...