CARMEL, Ind. — Round Room LLC, the nation’s largest Verizon Authorized Retailer, announced Wednesday that all 542 of its TCC stores donated school supply packs to more than 5,500 teachers across the U.S.
The company’s seventh annual Teachers Rock Supply Giveaway took place during the week of Feb. 10 to help ensure classrooms are well-stocked at the start of the new year.
In Bradford, donations went to School Street Elementary School, and in Ridgway to St. Leo’s Catholic School. Since 2014, TCC has donated more than 35,000 supply packs to deserving teachers across the country.
Each participating TCC store partnered with a local, deserving school to donate the supply packs—valued at $77 each. The supply packs include pencils, pens, dry erase markers, erasers, glue sticks, paper, tissue boxes, sticky notes and more, and enable each teacher to impact an average of 30 students.
“The U.S. Department of Education reports that teachers spend an average of $480 out of their own pockets to pay for school supplies each year,” said Scott Moorehead, CEO of Round Room, parent company of TCC. “It’s such an honor to be able to give back to educators across the country for the seventh year running. We want to show our deep appreciation for their hard work, and our Teachers Rock Supply Giveaway has been a great way to demonstrate how much we care.”