Verizon giving away back-to-school backpacks Saturday

Havre’s Verizon-Cellular Plus is providing free back-to-school backpacks, filled with school supplies, Saturday, July 27 from 10 a.m. to noon.

“We just wanted to give back to the local community and help students kick off the school year in a great way,” Verizon-Cellular Plus Marketing Director Merisa Saunders said. “We thought … giving them a brand new backpack would help.”

The backpacks include school supplies, such as a notebook, pens and pencils, crayons, a pencil sharpener, a folder and more.

This is the first year for Verizon-Cellular Plus to do a back-to-school backp...