JACKSONVILLE, Fla. More than 200 school-age children picked up a special back-to-school gift from a popular former Jaguars player.
Paul Posluszny, a former Jacksonville linebacker who retired in 2018, partnered with two foundations to help provide laptops to children on Saturday.
The children, 210 of them, are active Littles in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
Poslusznys financial contribution was matched by both the Jaguars Foundation and the NFL Foundation using grants from Inspire Change.
In the current tech-centered realities of our communities, job markets, and virtual/distance learning spaces, access to devices, such as laptops, is a necessity but not a reality known by all, said Sara Alford, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida.