This year's program will launch on April 22, at the Samsung Experience in New York City with a press conference and special performance by Jordan Pruitt, whose new album from Hollywood Records will be released this July. Students, teachers and parents from previous winning schools located in the New York Tri-State Area will be invited to attend, enjoy the event and performance. "We are thrilled to have Jordan Pruitt join the Hope for Education program and Samsung family," said D.J. Oh, president and CEO, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. "She is a role model for young students across the U.S. who Samsung wants to reach and have participate. We are trying to find students who attend schools that lack the funding to purchase the kind of technology necessary to keep them competitive with the rest of the world. With programs like Hope for Education and a partner in Jordan, we have the opportunity to provide relevant and useful tools to support children, schools and communities."

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