LeBron presents I Promise School with $1M check for new gym
LeBron James continues to show support for the I Promise School his foundation helped launch in his hometown of Akron, Ohio last year.
The Los Angeles Lakers superstar presented the school with a check for $1 million, funded by the Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation, on Thursday afternoon. The money will be used to build a new gymnasium, which will serve as an additional hub for everyone involved with the public elementary school.
A @kingjames @ipromiseschool without a gym is like a library without books. @DICKS Foundation this is GAME-CHANGING 🏟😭 not only for IPS, but for all of our #IPROMISE Program students. Thank you 👏 #WeAreFamily
— LJ's Fam Foundation (@LJFamFoundation) May 10, 2019
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"I don't want you guys to think that the gym that we're putting up is just correlated behind sports. It's also another safe place for our kids. Another place where our faculty members and our teachers and everyone associated the place can still have hands on with our kids," James said, according to Fox 8 Cleveland's Darren Sweeney.
Opening in 2018 with the support of the LeBron James Family Foundation, the I Promise School currently supports third- and fourth-grade students with plans to expand to grades one to eight by 2022. As of April, 90 percent of its inaugural class had met or exceeded personal benchmarks for reading and math performance.