Scotch Porter, a New Jersey-based men’s personal care brand, recently presented Newark Opportunity Youth Network (NOYN) with a $10,000 grant to support the data infrastructure of the network’s in-house initiatives, as well as its work with the Newark Youth Workforce Collaborative, a collective impact approach to creating a school-to-workforce pipeline in the city.

To help bridge the technology divide in Newark’s South Ward, South Ward Promise Neighborhood (SWPN), an initiative of the BRICK Education Network, graciously gifted 50 new Dell Chromebooks to Newark Opportunity Youth Network (NOYN). Students at LEAD Charter School, the education initiative of NOYN, will receive the laptops, not only to use for the school year, but to keep for continued learning.