 July is going to be hotter than ever because you get up to $50 off any smartphone at Appalachian Wireless to your agreement required. Better service? Bigger savings? That's today's Appalachian Wireless, an East Kentucky network company. Schools all across our region are preparing to welcome students in just a few weeks. Back-to-school shopping is in full swing and several groups in Johnson County are coming together to make sure all students go back to school with everything they need. There are plenty of students in Johnson and surrounding counties who just don't have the funds to be able to purchase the the supplies that they need and we just wanted to make sure that all of the students had the same opportunity to have the supplies and the resources to make back to school time the most enjoyable that it could be. Every year the Johnson County Resource Center hosts an event called ReadyFest held the last Tuesday before school starts. They supply school supplies hygiene products and just the basic essentials to get students ready to go back to school. Well this year we wanted to add a different component to that. And that component is called Operation Backpack which will hopefully supply every student who attends ReadyFest with a brand new backpack. And we're just looking for empty backpacks that we can add that students can come to the ReadyFest and they can pick up and put the school supplies that they're picking up at the ReadyFest and put them in those backpacks so they can be ready for school just like everyone else. The goal of Operation Backpack is to have 500 new backpacks on hand at ReadyFest which will be held at the Highland Church of Christ in Paintsville from 9 a.m. till noon. And with one week until that event Conley says they are still needing about 200 more. Backpacks can be dropped off at the Johnson County Sheriff's Office. Reporting in Paintsville, I'm Shannon Deskins for EKB News.