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via fox8cleveland: LeBron James is a great athlete!!  Superstar on the court…Great family man….Opened a school in his hometown of Akron,Ohio… and now teaming up with Nike plan to make a tennis shoe inspired by his I Promise School. It features the LeBron James Family Foundation crown logo with the phrase, “I promise I will […]

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via BlackAmericaWeb: Lebron was back in Akron to dedicate a basketball court for the kids at the I Promise School… Along with former teammates from St Vincent-St Mary High School they took it to the court yesterday afternoon I Promise School, which has just started its second academic year and now serves more than 300 […]

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via News5: The Akron School Board accepted another sizable donation from the LeBron James Family Foundation for the I Promise School, and in a separate action, moved ahead with a plan to get rid of several old school buildings. The foundation has donated nearly $3 million towards the unique school for at-risk students on West […]

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via News5: Wouldn’t it be a dream come true to run into Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel at school? Well on Wednesday, the lucky students of the I Promise School got to experience that exact scenario when Timberlake and Biel dropped by the school. According to a tweet from the school, the students showed their excitement for […]

- Daily Praise

via CBSNEWS: LeBron James tweeted his excitement Sunday ahead of the opening of his I Promise School in his hometown Akron, Ohio. The NBA superstar and new Los Angeles Laker tweeted that opening the public school would be among “one of the greatest moments” in his life. “The jitters before the first day of school are real right now!!! […]