The Raleigh, N.C., family calls it an ode of thanks to all of those hard-working teachers, bus drivers, staff and administrators as kids get ready to go back to school.

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"If there was one of those Facebook relationship status options for my children, at this point in August, I would choose 'needs to see other people,' Penn Holderness wrote on the family's blog.  "On both sides — we literally need to see other people."

Penn Holderness and his wife, Kim Dean Holderness, quit successful TV careers to form GreenRoom Communications,  a video production firm with emphasis on internet marketing and social media management.

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Peggy Harris (foreground) stocks the shelves at Sandy's IGA, which is the only grocery store in town, Tuesday, October 7, 2025, in Sparta. Hancock County has one of the highest rates of childhood food insecurity in the country. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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