Southshore Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Melanie Morrison welcomed a few hundred South Hillsborough teachers to a teacher appreciation event April 28 at the Firehouse Cultural Center in Ruskin.
The event included free food and beverages, as well as a contest in which the winning school would receive a free delivered breakfast during the last week of the school year.
The Hillsborough County School District is the eighth-largest in the nation and the third-largest in Florida.
The 2014-2015 school year ends on June 5 for most Hillsborough County schools.