Fostering hope: How Mike Simmel's Bounce Out the Stigma summer camp uses basketball to empower children with disabilities - Gainesville Times

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Fostering hope: How Mike Simmel's Bounce Out the Stigma summer camp uses basketball to empower children with disabilities

Mike Simmel poses for a photo with a camper at his Bounce Out the Stigma basketball camp on June 29, 2018 at the North Hall Rec Center in Gainesville. - photo by For The Times

MikeSimmel — Mike Simmel poses for a photo with a camper at his Bounce Out the Stigma basketball camp on June 29, 2018 at the North Hall Rec Center in Gainesville. - photo by For The Times

Mike Simmel’s passion for helping children with disabilities began when he was just a kid himself.

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