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LeBron James does not forget where he came from. He is still committed to the hometown that raised him and aware of his role as a public figure, ‘El King’, as he is known, is now in the and has opened up a school called ‘I Promise’ in Akron, Ohio, the city where he was born. The objective of the institution is not only education, but to rescue and educate children that are in vulnerable situations, whether social, intellectual or physical.
The center will provide enrolled children with extra services such as psychological therapy and will feed them with donations from a food bank. The Los Angeles Times reported that LeBron will also equip each student with a bicycle to help with their transportation to school without incurring extra expense to the family. From the start, 240 third and fourth grade students belonging to the Akron environment will be integrated as the first generations into the school. By 2022, it is expected that around 1,000 children, from first to third grade, will live in the classrooms of the I Promise School, according to the local television station in Cleveland, WEWS.
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LeBron explained that his crusade and his role is to be an example for children, memories of his harsh childhood (his mother raised him between the toxic environment of the lower worlds of Cleveland and after the abandonment of his father) and his closeness to the community of Akron. And, of course, contribute as much as they can so that children can grow up in a better environment so that they can find their way and their passion. An integral project of social restructuring: “Everything that these children are going through, drugs, violence, weapons … For me, being in a position where I have the resources, the finances, the people, the structure and the city around me, why not? “he declared in his opening speech at the school. ‘The king’.
big dreams for the kids in Akron to give them everything they could need to find their passion, give back to our community and change the world!! This school is that. The people are that. Akron is that. @LJFamFoundation we've always done it big
— LeBron James (@KingJames) July 29, 2018
