Who’s the best teacher in Salem?

How about the best rec league coach?

What about the church outreach program? Or the best community service project by civic group or other non-profit?

Here’s your chance to recognize some of your neighbors, in our 5th annual Best of Salem reader poll.

While many of the categories deal with food (best burgers, or best salads) or celebration (best place to go after the game, or best place for a first game) or other businesses (best landscaper, best real estate agent), there are lots of others designed to recognize people doing good work around the valley.

You can find the ballot here or in the “best of” banner at the top of the page. (If you’re reading this on a mobile device, you may need to click through to the “full site” to get it to display.)

The voting ends at midnight on Sunday, March 10 and we’ll publish the results on April 19.

Want to promote your business or civic group? You can download free promotional materials at roanoke.com/bestof.

Don’t see a category that fits what you want to vote for? You can always cast a vote in “best thing not on this list!”

Here’s who won in 2012 and 2011 and 2010 and 2009.

Got friends in other places? We also have “best of” reader polls going on in Botetourt County, Southwest Roanoke County and the New River Valley.