Mars School Board President Dayle Ferguson is prepared for anything.

“I tend to carry bigger bags, because I carry lots of stuff,” Ferguson said.

With three boys, she is always off to soccer practice and other school functions.

• Cell phone“I always, always, always have my phone.”• Kleenex• Hand sanitizer• Notebooks• Pens and highlighter“I’m a little bit of a highlighter nut.”• Sunscreen – just in the summer time• Keys• Sunglasses• ChapStick• Albuterol inhalers• Reward card pouch and reward card key ring• Tic Tacs“I always have Tic Tacs and I always have two or three kinds because I offer them to people. I'm kind of into these blue ones. They are called Power Mints. They are my favorite right now, but I also like the white ones.”• Comb• First-aid kit, including band aids, Neosporin, bee-sting medicine, tweezers, Benadryl, antiseptic wipes, Tums, Tylenol, etc.• Lip gloss• Calendar“I have a calendar feature on my phone, but I keep prescription and reminder cards clipped in here.”• Soccer booster fundraiser cards• Tide to Go• Checkbook