Lincoln Verizon store to distribute school backpacks August 1st
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[July 16, 2015]
LINCOLN
- Lincoln residents are about to benefit from a national backpack
giveaway campaign. TCC, the largest Verizon Premium Wireless
Retailer in the U.S., announces today that it will be donating
100,000 backpacks full of school supplies to children through its
annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. Since 2013, the company has
donated 260,000 backpacks filled with supplies to ensure children
are well-prepared for the start of the school year.
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More than 400 participating TCC stores across the
U.S. are inviting local families to bring their children to the
store between noon and 2 p.m. on Aug. 1 to pick up a backpack filled
with pencils, paper, a pencil box, folders, glue and other school
supplies. One backpack per child present will be given away on a
first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
The participating store in Lincoln is located at 1275 Woodlawn Road.
Each participating TCC store will donate 200 backpacks. All leftover
backpacks will be donated to local schools.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Jul/11/images/ads/current/humanesociety_sda022411.png) In 2014, the National Retail Federation predicted the average person
with children in grades K-12 would spend $101.18 on school supplies,
such as notebooks, pencils and backpacks, compared to $90.49 in
2013. With nearly 16 million children in the U.S. living in poverty,
TCC is working to alleviate the rising costs of school supplies
through this annual program.
“We are grateful to be able to play a role in ensuring that as many
children as possible are set up for educational success,” said Scott
Moorehead, CEO of TCC. “The backpack giveaway is something that both
our employees and customers look forward to every year. It is our
ultimate goal to make a difference equally in the lives of our
employees, customers and the communities where we live, and this
effort is one in which we accomplish all of these objectives.”
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The School Rocks Backpack Giveaway is one of TCC’s four annual Culture of Good
initiatives. Other programs include providing canned goods to local food banks,
giving supply packs to 3,500 teachers across the U.S. and volunteering time to
improve the environment.
To learn more about the company, visit
www.TCCRocks.com.
More information about the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway initiative is
available on YouTube. Supporters of the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway are
encouraged to use hashtag #cultureofgood on Instagram and Twitter to help spread
the word.
Learn more about TCC’s Culture of Good by visiting
www.cultureofgood.com.
[Megan Custodio, Dittoe Public
Relations on behalf of TCC/Verizon]
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