Wireless Zone stores to give away school supplies

Founded in 1988 as “The Car Phone Store,” the Wireless Zone system has become the nation's largest wireless retail franchisor and was ranked the No. 1 franchise in its category by Entrepreneur magazine. Each store is independently owned and operated, exclusively offering Verizon Wireless products and services. The Wireless Zone system has been honored with Verizon's “Best Customer Service” award for five consecutive years and is franchised and operated by Wireless Zone LLC. For more information, visit www.wirelesszone.com.

On July 26, more than 800 participating TCC and Wireless Zone stores are teaming up to donate 140,000 backpacks full of school supplies to children through TCC’s annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. This year will mark more than one million total backpacks donated since the campaign launched in 2013.

Between 1-4 p.m., participating TCC and Wireless Zone stores are inviting local families to the store to pick up backpacks for their children filled with pencils, paper, a pencil box, folders, glue and more. Each participating store location will follow the CDC’s social distancing and state guidelines to ensure the safety of employees and event attendees.

Local stores include TCC East Hampton, 11 East High St., East Hampton, and TCC Cromwell, 127 Berlin Road, Cromwell.

For a list of other participating stores in Connecticut visit www.locations.tccrocks.com/search and shop.wirelesszone.com. Each store is donating up to 180 backpacks, and backpacks are available on a first-come, first-served basis.