Yards Get New Look As Lebron James’ Renovation Blitz Begins

LeBron James often tells kids in his mentoring program that if they work hard, good things will happen.This weekend, that’s coming true.Friday, the first batch of yard renovations got underway at the homes of some lucky students in James’ Wheels for Education mentoring program. Nine yards in Akron were scheduled for landscaping projects Friday and Saturday, to be followed next week by a home and yard renovation that will be featured on the TV show Rehab Addict.It’s all part of the Promise Project, an undertaking organized by the LeBron James Family Foundation with the help of an army of partners and volunteers.More than 90 signed up to work on the yard of a home on West Akron’s Storer Avenue where twins Jade and Melinda Moore live, both participants in the Wheels for Education program.