Round Room, LLC, the nation’s largest Verizon Authorized Retailer, has announced 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 US ahead of the upcoming academic year.

On Sunday, July 30, at 1 pm, over 1,000 TCC and Wireless Zone stores nationwide will welcome 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.

Newtown Wireless Zone, within Sand Hill Plaza at 228 South Main Street, will again participate in the national giveaway.

Readers can find other TCC and/or Wireless Zone School Rocks Backpack Giveaway locations by visiting locations.tccrocks.com and shop.wirelesszone.com and selecting the Backpack Giveaway Participating Store filter.

The School Rocks Backpack Giveaway is the cornerstone annual event for Round Room LLC.

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 US 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.

Round Room CEO Scott Moorehead says he is “thankful for our store locations, employees and customers for helping us continue to do good in the thousands of communities we operate in. 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.”

Supporters of the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway are encouraged to use #BackpackGiveaway on social media to help spread the word. To learn more about TCC and Wireless Zone, and the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway, visit RoundRoom.com, TCCRocks.com and wirelesszone.com.