TCC and Verizon stores donate backpacks for school
It’s almost back to school time, and nearly 1,000 TCC and Wireless Zone stores donated 172,00 backpacks filled with school supplies to prepare school children from across the nation for the fall term in the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. The local Verizon Wireless store at 37156 Rehoboth Ave. on Coastal Highway welcomed children to the store July 23 where they received a free backpack. The store’s 220 backpacks, filled with school supplies like pencils paper and other goodies, were given on a first-come, first-serve basis. The children were also allowed to sign their name on the TCC and Wireless Zone store wall.
Since 2013, Round Room LLC, the nation’s largest Verizon Authorized Wireless Retailer, has allowed TCC and the Wireless Zone stores to donate more than 505,000 backpacks filled with supplies through the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway.
Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs.
