Healthy and Fun Lunchbox Ideas

How to make your child's lunchbox healthy and fun

Making Back-to-School Lunches and Snacks Fun – and Healthy

As another school year begins, for many parents that presents the challenge of trying to figure out what to pack in their children’s lunch boxes. Even boxes filled with loving care can contain cookies or chips or other easy, unhealthy options.

A fun, healthy lunch or after-school snack – including a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and proteins – doesn’t have to be time-consuming, stressful or more costly to put together.

It’s Tax Free Weekend

Tax Free Weekend - Sales Tax Holiday

Sales Tax Free Weekend is August 5-7, 2022

For 2022, August 5 – 7 is the sales tax free weekend in Texas which allows you to save money on school supplies, most clothing, footwear and backpacks priced less than $100. Subject to certain criteria, qualifying items sold online, by telephone or mail during the tax free weekend are eligible for tax exempt status. Shoppers can also use layaway plans to take advantage of the sales tax holiday. Note qualifying school supplies purchased under a business account must give a properly completed Form 01-339, Texas Sales and Use Tax Exemption Certificate.

School Supplies that are Tax Exempt

The following is a list of qualifying school supplies (if priced less than $100) purchased by a student in elementary or secondary school:

Back-to-School Health Check List for Kids

August marks back-to-school season, an ideal time for parents in North Texas to help improve their children’s health. Before schedules become packed with classes, homework and extracurricular activities, here’s a back-to-school “health checklist” to help give children a better chance to succeed inside and outside the classroom.

How to Keep Your Sanity When It’s Back-to-School Time

Focusing on Things That Matter Mom

5 Tips for Mom’s Back-to-School Sanity

1.  Heal self-defeating thoughts: “I stunk at math and my kids will stink too!” This was my greatest self-sabotaging thought as a Mom, and I had to heal! As Moms we allow toxic negative thoughts to run through our minds every single day. It’s time to stop it this school year! Moms can be defeated in their parenting before they get out of bed in the morning. Thoughts can’t be removed—they have to be replaced. So here is what every Mom needs to try: Face the fear. Just because you aren’t good at math, for example, doesn’t mean that’s going to be your child’s truth. It’s hard, but arrest those thoughts as soon as they enter into your mind (handcuff it literally). Then replace the negative “Jimmy isn’t going to “get” math thought with “Jimmy is smart, resourceful and able to do it!” (Plus Mom, you can hire a tutor or grab a homework coach to support him). Repeat these “healing” thoughts and strategies every time those old self-defeating ones come up.

Gear Up 4 School: Free Back to School Celebration

Free Back to School Celebration: Gear Up 4 School

Free school supplies and uniforms for FWISD students at Gear Up 4 School, August 19th

Unity One Credit Union is hosting their annual Gear Up 4 School event at the Stockyards branch on Saturday, August 19, from 8 – 10 a.m. Free school supplies & uniforms will be available to FWISD students on a first come, first serve basis (while supplies last). Plus, there will be free school supplies, food, Kona Ice, great music and entertainment for the kids.