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Portsmouth, VA: July 28, 2017 – Join 10 On Your Side Operation School Supplies and our sponsors in a campaign to give students across Hampton Roads a fresh start in the classroom. The WAVY News 10 Today team has championed the mission for more than two decades! From Saturday, July 29 – Friday, August 25 we need your help collecting the tools kids need to go back to school.
“WAVY-TV and FOX43 are proud to continue to help our Hampton Roads community through Operation School Supplies,” said WAVY-TV 10/WVBT FOX43 Vice President & General Manager Carol Ward. “This program has successfully helped students and schools over the past two decades and will continue to do so for decades more! As a local business in Hampton Roads, WAVY-TV 10 and WVBT FOX43 understands the need to give back to our community and we take pride in doing so. If we can help improve the life of one person, we can help create a stronger community.”
Farm Fresh is once again a strong supporter of the event with all 40 Farm Fresh stores acting as key drop off sites for school supplies. Look for our LIVE remotes at a different store each Friday in August. During each LIVE remote on The Hampton Roads Show at 11am and WAVY News 10 Midday, we hope to increase awareness and donations to the 10 On Your Side Operation School Supplies drive. You can meet your favorite WAVY News 10 Today personality from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. during our LIVE remote Fridays, and make a difference where you live.
For more than 50 years WAVY-TV, the local NBC affiliate, has set the standard for television excellence in Hampton Roads, Virginia. WAVY was the first station in Hampton Roads to broadcast a digital signal in 2001 and it was the first in its local market to launch a mobile app. WAVY-TV 10 and FOX43 photojournalists have received The National Press Photographers Association “Medium Market Television News Photography Station of the Year” five consecutive times in the Best of Photojournalism Television competition. WAVY-TV 10 is Hampton Roads’ most watched source of morning, evening and late news according to Nielsen Media Research, July 2017. WVBT-TV, the local FOX affiliate, airs the FIRST, daily local source of news at 10 p.m. For more information, visit www.wavy.com and www.fox43tv.com.
“At Farm Fresh, we know that our success is dependent on the success of our communities,” said Michelle Ellis Young, Manager – Customer Service at Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy. “The Operation School Supplies program allows our customers the opportunity to help create a successful start for area students and school systems.”
Our radio partners 97.3 The Eagle, HOT 100, and 92.9 The WAVE return to help spread the message about 10 On Your Side Operation School Supplies. Look and listen for their LIVE remotes at various locations across the region this August. New this year, we hope to stuff a “Harrison’s Moving & Storage Truck” full of school supplies. Harrison’s Moving & Storage is the official delivery sponsor of 10 On Your Side Operation School Supplies. Girl Scouts from the Colonial Coast will be on hand again to earn a badge while helping sort donated supplies. Last year, more than 50,000 items made their way to 12 school districts across our area.
Join LEX GRAY Friday, AUGUST 4 Farm Fresh 2110 N. Great Neck Road, VB
Join JEREMY WHEELER Friday, AUGUST 11 Farm Fresh 2190 Coliseum Drive, Hampton
Join JEN LEWIS Friday, AUGUST 18 Farm Fresh S. Battlefield Boulevard, Chesapeake
Join DON ROBERTS Friday, AUGUST 25 Farm Fresh 230 E. Little Creek Road, Norfolk
For more than 50 years WAVY-TV, the local NBC affiliate, has set the standard for television excellence in Hampton Roads, Virginia. WAVY was the first station in Hampton Roads to broadcast a digital signal in 2001 and it was the first in its local market to launch a mobile app. WAVY-TV 10 and FOX43 photojournalists have received The National Press Photographers Association “Medium Market Television News Photography Station of the Year” five consecutive times in the Best of Photojournalism Television competition. WAVY-TV 10 is Hampton Roads’ most watched source of morning, evening and late news according to Nielsen Media Research, July 2017. WVBT-TV, the local FOX affiliate, airs the FIRST, daily local source of news at 10 p.m. For more information, visit www.wavy.com and www.fox43tv.com.
If your child needs school supplies, or if you know of a child in need, please contact your local school district and let them know they need to get in touch with us. WAVY-TV 10 distributes all donated school supplies to the following participating school districts.
Isle of Wight Portsmouth Franklin City Elizabeth City / Pasquotank Norfolk Mathews County Chesapeake Hampton Suffolk Virginia Beach Perquimans County Newport News
For a complete listing of 10 On Your Side Operation School Supplies drop off locations, please visit www.wavy.com. We know the difference we make in a child’s life today will help our communities of tomorrow.
For more than 50 years WAVY-TV, the local NBC affiliate, has set the standard for television excellence in Hampton Roads, Virginia. WAVY was the first station in Hampton Roads to broadcast a digital signal in 2001 and it was the first in its local market to launch a mobile app. WAVY-TV 10 and FOX43 photojournalists have received The National Press Photographers Association “Medium Market Television News Photography Station of the Year” five consecutive times in the Best of Photojournalism Television competition. WAVY-TV 10 is Hampton Roads’ most watched source of morning, evening and late news according to Nielsen Media Research, July 2017. WVBT-TV, the local FOX affiliate, airs the FIRST, daily local source of news at 10 p.m. For more information, visit www.wavy.com and www.fox43tv.com.