Verizon stores to donate 140,000 backpacks with school supplies

The Tallassee and Wetumpka Verizon stores along with nearly 750 other participating TCC and Wireless Zone stores are inviting local families to their locations on Sunday, Aug. 1, between 1-4 p.m. to pick up a backpack filled with pencils, paper, a pencil box, a ruler, folders and glue. Supplies are limited and only one backpack per child present will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis.

Since 2013, TCC has donated 1.2 million backpacks filled with supplies to students nationwide to ensure children are well prepared for the start of the school year. TCC will also award three students each $10,000 college scholarship.