Backpack giveaway Sunday in Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 8 months, 3 weeks AGO
Free backpacks will be given out at 1 p.m. Sunday at local Verizon Wireless stores during the 13th annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway.
Hosted by Round Room LLC, more than 140,000 backpacks will be given to families at over 1,200 TCC and Wireless Zone locations.
This year’s event also marks the conclusion of Round Room’s first "Stuff the Bus" campaign, a nationwide school supply drive held throughout June at participating stores across five states.
The finalists, each nominated by a local business, will receive the supplies collected in their area. Round Room will gift one winning school a bus filled with nearly $40,000 of supplies during the backpack giveaway, as well.
Leftover backpacks will be donated to local schools.
Store locations are 430 W. Hanley Ave., Coeur d'Alene, and 3760 E. Seltice Way, Post Falls.