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How this basketball camp boosts confidence

Jessica Holloway encourages Hudson Friday, June 28, 2019, as he makes his way through a basketball dribbling course during the "Bounce Out The Stigma" basketball camp for special needs youths at the North Hall Community Center and Park gymnasium. - photo by Scott Rogers

06292019 CAMP 1.jpg — Jessica Holloway encourages Hudson Friday, June 28, 2019, as he makes his way through a basketball dribbling course during the "Bounce Out The Stigma" basketball camp for special needs youths at the North Hall Community Center and Park gymnasium. - photo by Scott Rogers

A basketball camp at the North Hall Community Center this week helped kids with special needs find confidence through sports, and the program’s founder hopes to expand the camp next year.Mike Simmel, a New Jersey native, founded Bounce Out the Stigma and travels around the country for the basketball camps.