The The Growing up, I never went to Summer Camp, mainly because my parents couldn't afford it.

I remember asking one year if I could go but it got shut down quickly since my parents

could barely make ends meet. However, I was able to attend sports camps in the summer.

It was similar to your typical summer camps except you mainly focused on a specific sport. In my case it was basketball. It was just for one week out of the summer and you would do drills, play games, eat, make friends and just have a good time.

After graduating, my life took a turn in a direction I never expected.

I started coaching basketball at the high school level and teaching the fundamentals of the game to grade school children.

After a successful first year as a coach, I reached out to the community to see if a basketball summer camp would be something that they were interested in.

I was overwhelmed by the support that I got.

So before the end of the school year, I found a gym to rent out and I decided to host a basketball camp for kids from fourth grade

through tenth grade.

It would be first come, first serve, and when all the spots are filled, that would be the

end.

The camp would be Monday through Saturday and it would be a

sleepover camp as well. And to my absolute joy, every spot was filled within just a

couple of days. I couldn't wait to get started in this venture of mine.

When we were packing up our stuff on the last day of sign-ups, a very angry man entered the gym

screaming, saying, hey, where do you think you're going I'm sonning up my boy right now so hold on

I was immediately annoyed by this guy's tone but I still calmly said to the guy

sorry sir every spot's been filled I apologize. I wish I could take every kid. Well this guy wasn't having it. He started making a scene,

kicking over chairs.

I tried to get him to calm down so I could explain to him why I could only take a certain

number of kids, but he wouldn't stop his freak-out scene.

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