NBA: Ex-BYU star Jimmer Fredette donates 900 sweatshirts to N.Y. school
FILE - In a Sept. 29, 2014 file photo, New Orleans Pelicans guard Jimmer Fredette (32) poses at the Pelicans NBA basketball media day in Metairie, La. Officials with the Glens Falls, N.Y. City School District say Jimmer Fredette and the Fredette Family Foundation have donated nearly 900 Russell Athletic hoodies and zip-up sweatshirts to elementary school students in his hometown. Fredette was a star at Glens Falls High School and Brigham Young University. He currently plays for the New Orleans Pelicans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Glen Falls, N.Y. • Former BYU standout Jimmer Fredette of the New Orleans Pelicans has donated hundreds of sweatshirts to elementary school students in his New York hometown.
Officials with the Glens Falls City School District say Fredette and the Fredette Family Foundation have donated nearly 900 hoodies and zip-up sweatshirts. The clothing in the district's colors of red and black arrived last week and are being distributed to every student in kindergarten through the fourth grade.
School officials say the foundation wanted to ensure that students stayed warm during the winter months. Fredette's charity had previously made a $40,000 gift to the district so every student in could receive T-shirts and basketball gear.
Fredette was a star at Glens Falls High School and Brigham Young University. He currently plays for New Orleans.
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