McDONOUGH — Area students may soon benefit from a national backpack giveaway campaign.
TCC, the largest Verizon authorized retailer in the U.S., recently announced in a press release that A Wireless is partnering with the company and its Culture of Good to donate 235,000 backpacks full of school supplies to children through TCC’s annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway.
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