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. MORE "OFF THE COURT"
SCHOOL AND
TEAMMATES
It's worth going to an Akron
St.V. game just to see their shoes. In a recent game
against Cardinal Mooney, the whole team was sporting
new pairs of NIKE's, with the school colors and name
stitched on the shoe..
HIS TIME
Staying true to
his word, he hasn't forgotten friends and family.
Check the Cavs schedule and if you see an off-day,
he's probably going to be at an Akron U. , Walsh U. or St. V.
basketball game. If it's at St.V., you'll see
him hanging around, joking with old classmates
afterward.
AND
NOBODY KNOWS
A source in the family told us this one. The
newspapers can't even keep up with stories like these
. . .
They were in
Minneapolis. They saw a family, an obvious
foster family, with LeBron gear on at the mall.
Unbelievably, they also noticed them at the
Timberwolves game that night during warmups . . . the
only fan in the arena with a LeBron jersey on.
The elementary aged boy was even told by friends not
to bother wearing it to the game.
But Randy spotted the
family, talked for a while, then noticed them moving
to the upper deck for their seats. Randy sent
someone up to get the family and sat them near the
court. Afterward they spent time with LeBron,
including pictures and autographs.
Remember how incredible
LeBron's timing is? It just so happened the
boy's father had lost his job that very same day.
The experience just turned the whole day around. And a
little boy had the most memorable night of his young
life.
CHRISTMAS
2003
The
Sunday before Christmas, Cavs rookie LeBron James made
a surprise visit to the Ed Davis Community Center in
Akron and handed out hooded sweatshirts along with $50
gift cards from KB Toys for more than 100 children who
play in the Tiny Tots basketball league in the
community center.
THANKSGIVING
2003
LeBron joined
his former Akron St. Vincent - St. Mary teammates in
giving away turkeys for the Akron community.
SEPT.
8, 2003
School-based Phys Ed
In an effort to help get kids more active and to
offset the reduction in school-based Physical
Education programs, LeBron
James and Nike teamed up to launch a new PE
program called PE2GO.
The program was launched at
the Margaret Park Elementary School and will extend to
five cities in it's inaugural year.
PE2GO is designed to provide
schools, hard hit by budget cuts, with equipment and
curriculum for classroom teachers to give kids the
exercise they need. LeBron James and other dignitaries
distributed two truck loads of Nike equipment to 4th
& 5th grade students and took kids through PE2GO
classes.
At
the McDonald's All-Star Game, according to Marla
Ridenour of the Akron Beacon Journal . . .
James
also seems to have an ability to relate to people that
could make him a crowd favorite, even when he's making
more money in a month than a fan will earn in a
lifetime. James was sitting on the bench with 11:51 to
go, looking over his shoulder at a friend in the
stands, when a young man in the front row talking on
his cell phone apparently came up with the idea to get
James to say hello to whomever was on the other
end. James took the phone and chatted for a
few seconds, then politely handed it back.
"He wanted me
to talk to his kid because he couldn't be at the
game," James said. "I told him I hoped he
was watching me on TV and he said he was."
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