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Be Kind: Former Giants star Victor Cruz gives computers to 400 NJ students

Be Kind: Former Giants star Victor Cruz gives computers to 400 NJ students

PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) -- Victor Cruz is showing he's truly loyal to his birthplace. The former New York Giants star bought 400 laptops for students from Paterson. Children there have not been in classrooms for nearly nine months because of school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, but many still lack computers. Cruz said

N.J.’s third largest city now has a laptop for every student after arrival of nearly 10K Chromebooks

N.J.’s third largest city now has a laptop for every student after arrival of nearly 10K Chromebooks

By Rob Jennings | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com A massive shortfall of laptop computers in the Paterson school district has been averted, nine days before the school year will begin with all-remote learning in the state’s third-largest city. Paterson Schools Superintendent Eileen Shafer announced Sunday night that approximately 9,600 Chromebooks purchased from Trox, an