Verizon Stores Give Away Backpacks

The Verizon stores in Kearney and Excelsior Springs will be participating in the 11th annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway again this year. Kids can pick up a backpack with school supplies this weekend.

Round Room, LLC., the nation's largest Verizon Authorized Retailer, announces its TCC and Wireless Zone retailers will be donating 120,000 backpacks with school supplies through the 11th annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. Since 2013, the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway has provided more than 1.3 million backpacks to children across the U.S. ahead of the upcoming academic year.

On Sunday, July 30 at 1 pm, while supplies last, more than 1,000 TCC and Wireless Zone stores nationwide are inviting local families to their locations to pick up a backpack filled with pencils, paper, a pencil box, folders, a ruler and glue. One backpack per child present will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis at each participating TCC and Wireless Zone store. Any leftover backpacks at School Rocks Backpack Giveaway events will be donated to local schools of each store's choice.

The TCC Verizon store in Kearney is located at 408 W. 6th Street (92 Hwy), and the Excelsior Spring location is 122 Corum Road.

"The School Rocks Backpack Giveaway is our company's cornerstone annual event, and I couldn't be more thankful for our store locations, employees and customers for helping us continue to do good in the thousands of communities we operate in," said Scott Moorehead, CEO of Round Room. "The start of the school year is an exciting time for many, and we look forward each and every year to make school supplies more accessible for students so they can thrive in the classroom."

According to the National Retail Federation, American families with school-aged children spent an average of $864 on school supplies in 2022 – totaling $36.1 billion spent in the U.S. last year on school supplies alone. Through TCC and Wireless Zone, Round Room aims to ease the strain of rising school supply costs each year with the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway.

KPGZ News - Brian Watts contributed to this story