{"id":413428,"date":"2022-12-16T19:39:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T19:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=413428"},"modified":"2022-12-16T19:39:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T19:39:36","slug":"kyrie-irving-makes-a-silent-donation-of-22000-to-a-college-student-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kyrie-irving-makes-a-silent-donation-of-22000-to-a-college-student-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving Makes A Silent Donation Of $22,000 To A College Student In Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nets player Kyrie Irving, who is renowned for his charity, gave $22,000 to Howard University to help a young student stay there. His generosity was carried out quietly and without fanfare, as is his habit, and his camp declined to comment.<\/p>\n<h2>Kyrie Irving Makes A Silent Donation Of $22,000 To A College Student In Need<\/h2>\n<p>Destiny Thompson, a New Jersey native majoring in civil engineering with a concentration in mathematics, started a GoFundMe campaign to raise the $6,000 she needed to pay the historically black school&#8217;s tuition. Irving, a West Orange, New Jersey native and fellow New Jerseyan, gave $22,000 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson, who appeared to be at work at Walmart, posted a video on Facebook not long after that<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I want to say thank you 1,000 times for blessing me like this Mr. Kyrie Irving,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">kyrie irving&#39;s been doing a lot of donations to various gofundmes and it&#39;s all been under the radar but we all know he&#39;s a real one <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mF9TpPRRw1\">https:\/\/t.co\/mF9TpPRRw1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; chi\u0254inthege\u0258k\u2a1f (@chicinthegeek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicinthegeek\/status\/1603441684716564481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I really don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m in shock still. I&#8217;m at work wiping down registers. I cried just a lot of tears. I&#8217;m at work, y&#8217;all. I don&#8217;t understand, like, I can&#8217;t really wrap my head around how like generous people can be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I am so thankful for everybody that shared it, everybody that had liked, commented and gave me encouraging words, and just kind of helped me keep going and essentially.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I\u2019m just so, so happy, and I\u2019m so thankful. I never thought in a million years that anybody would give me anything, and I\u2019m so super grateful.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Starzrunit\/status\/1603812796139028507?s=20&#038;t=nqS1JkHX8kUlPkMuJ8eK1gnbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since being reinstated following his eight-game suspension, Irving has performed admirably.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/nets\">Brooklyn<\/a> has gone 10-3 as a result of Irving&#8217;s 24.1 points per game average in the 12 games played since his suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets are in fourth place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 17-13 after a turbulent offseason.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_IY3I9Es9Dc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/how-to-place-votes-for-nba-all-star-game-2023-explained\/\">How To Place Votes For NBA All-Star Game 2023: Explained!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nets player Kyrie Irving, who is renowned for his charity, gave $22,000 to Howard University to help a young student stay there. His generosity was carried out quietly and without fanfare, as is his habit, and his camp declined to comment. 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