Anchorage businessman donates $5k to buy new iPads

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On Tuesday, Joubert presented the school with a check for $5,000 that McCauley said would pay for nearly all the iPads which were stolen.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sylvester Joubert watches the news every day, so when he saw a report that a thief had broken into Williwaw Elementary and stolen more than a dozen iPads, he knew he had to act.

Williwaw Principal Likka McCauley said the school was broken into three times in October and November. Between 15 and 20 iPads were stolen, as well as a large TV monitor, and as $200 in cash collected by the PTA to help pay for school events. McCauley said the iPads were used by students in a special science program at the school.

“It just reminds me that people that we don’t even have conversations with hear about things that happen, and want to step in and make our community a better place,” McCauley said.

 

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