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Dec 17, 2020
As restrictions on social gatherings tighten and people are asked to shelter-in-place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, it’s easy to get caught up in the bad news these days.
But amid the pandemic, people are sharing their random acts of kindness.
Dafny Irizarry is the founder and president of the Long Island Latino Teachers Association in New York. When schools closed in March, she gathered a group of teachers and parents to raise funds to purchase laptops to assist students with distance learning.
“We gave our first 20 computers to students in the Central Islip community and Brentwood community,” she says. “We then joined forces with the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement Organization. They helped us purchase 20 more computers.”