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MirORich said:
Huh?

The program starts in the third grade and they're 4-5 years in so the first class of kids are now in 7th grade. The have to meet certain school attendance and GPA requirements to graduate through the program. Being a specific race or ethnicity is not a pre-requisite though there are geographical and school district criteria, as it's not a program he established as a private citizen for all of Ohio or even all of NE Ohio.

It's a great foundation that he's set up and the type of long term philanthropic work that can be even more meaningful than single one time donations to a charity.
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How many kids are we talking about, sounds like he plans on sending numerous kids to college, that is amazing.
 
Lee said:
How many kids are we talking about, sounds like he plans on sending numerous kids to college, that is amazing.
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There are 1,100 kids currently in the program.

I think Chase has agreed to provide technology for the kids, but I have to imagine LeBron has some other companies lined up to help the foundation pay for all those scholarships.
 
spydy13 said:
There are 1,100 kids currently in the program.

I think Chase has agreed to provide technology for the kids, but I have to imagine LeBron has some other companies lined up to help the foundation pay for all those scholarships.
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if he does one of those lock in the funds now type deals, which he may, i think you can pay for college for about 20k a kid. Not sure if he is doing that, but that is an amazing amount of money.

Really quite cool. He can be over the top with some things for sure, like who builds a 40k square foot house in bath, lol, but he really does more for the community than any other person since Simon Perkins donated all of his land to start Akron.
 
spydy13 said:
I'm sorry. I gotta make nice with people because apparently I haven't reached the level that you or @The Oi or @Deezus have reached where I can say ridiculous shit with impunity.
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Hurry up and get there. You're dead to me otherwise.

The Human Q-Tip said:
Awesome episode.
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You probably liked it because disadvantaged black kids were being disappointed.

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Lee said:
if he does one of those lock in the funds now type deals, which he may, i think you can pay for college for about 20k a kid. Not sure if he is doing that, but that is an amazing amount of money.

Really quite cool. He can be over the top with some things for sure, like who builds a 40k square foot house in bath, lol, but he really does more for the community than any other person since Simon Perkins donated all of his land to start Akron.
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Have to think Gilbert might potentially be a financial backer.
 
Bob_The_Cat said:
Have to think Gilbert might potentially be a financial backer.
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From what I've heard lbj is going to do a lot of advertising and promoting for University of Akron who in return is going to cover the majority or all of the "cost" for the scholarships. Not sure how accurate that is though.
 
I don't care if LeBron sends all of Summit county to college.

Win a freakin' championship for the city of Cleveland.
 
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