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Lebron James Made 197 Kids Dreams Come True · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Derived from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Lebron James is heart
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Speaker 1: in the basketball court. It's well documented he's an NBA champion,
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Speaker 1: lock for the Hall of Fame one day, but his
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Speaker 1: heart off the court is far bigger. He opened a
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Speaker 1: school for underprivileged kids in Akron, Ohio, where he's from
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Speaker 1: a few years ago to help them get ahead start,
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Speaker 1: and promised to pay for their college tuition. Well, he
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Speaker 1: just put his money where his mouth is. Hundred ninety
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Speaker 1: seven juniors will be his I promised schools. First graduating
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Speaker 1: class made a trip to Kent State for what they
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Speaker 1: thought would be a routine college tour. Instead, they found
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Speaker 1: out they all had four years of guarantee college admission,
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Speaker 1: plus a year of free room and board, over eight
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Speaker 1: million in financial aid. For Lebron doing it feels even
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Speaker 1: better than a championship because he says, for me to
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Speaker 1: be able to be in a position to give these
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Speaker 1: kids options to decide what they want to do with
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Speaker 1: their future, it's probably the best thing I've ever done.
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Speaker 1: We've got that moment, the video of it up at
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Speaker 1: on earth Ryan dot com. That's direct from Hollywood