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# Send LINK to your Contract

### Fund your Contract with LINK

Let’s now send LINK to our `TransferUSDCBasic.sol` contract so that our contract can pay CCIP's usage fees. 

1. Go to MetaMask, click the “Tokens” tab
2. Then click on the LINK token

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/uPrhznmbVLYILY79IyfC" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

3. Click the "Send" button:

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/lnNkbELsfKnAQ08nwadl" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

4. Paste in the deployed address of your `TransferUSDCBasic.sol:`

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/72dRsW1VPj3msKopCJsJ" alt=""><figcaption><p>Copy your deployed contract's address</p></figcaption></figure></div>

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/VFvn0JMklMH6QUHsFKco" alt=""><figcaption><p>Put your deployed contract address here</p></figcaption></figure></div>

5. Enter `3` LINK
6. Click the "Next" button

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/4hQMcnc6lNoBP7hoJxQW" alt=""><figcaption><p>Sending LINK to your smart contract</p></figcaption></figure></div>

7. Click the "Confirm" button:

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/BkHjXARWcNDykMPsIp5U" alt=""><figcaption><p>Confirm the transaction</p></figcaption></figure></div>

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### Check LINK Balance in Remix

Check the LINK balance in our `TransferUSDCBasic.sol` contract. Go back to Remix and your `TransferUSDCBasic.sol` contract.

1. Copy your deployed contract's address
2. Paste the address into the `balancesOf` function and click the `balancesOf` button
3. Underneath you will see `linkBalance: 3000000000000000000` which is `3` LINK  &#x20;

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/UOCRTfzWtOlCTEqGQVk5" alt=""><figcaption><p>LINK balance in your smart contract </p></figcaption></figure></div>

Now you are ready to do a Cross-Chain token transfer using CCIP!&#x20;