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Basketball Smiles Camp 2023 Reaches its 12,000 Camper Milestone
Since 1999 more than 12,000 boys and girls have participated in week-long basketball camps in the under-served neighborhoods in The...
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Basketball Smiles Camp Returns for 24th Year
Article in The Tribune by Senior Sports Reporter Brent Stubbs. Patty Johnson, the long-time coach of the Lions at HO Nash Junior High...
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Lace 'Em Up and Put Shoes on Their Feet Initiative Begins
Basketball Smiles 2022 Camp was the start of our Lace 'Em Up and Put Shoes on Their Feet Initiative where we identified in-need campers...
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Michael Came to Camp in Shower Shoes
Michael grew up in one of the most impoverished and dangerous neighborhoods in Nassau, The Bahamas. When he first attended Basketball...
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Basketball Smiles Camp 2022: You Should Have Seen Their Smiles!
After a two-year COVID travel restriction which made 2021 and 2022 camps impossible, Basketball Smiles returned to Nassau. Coach Sam...
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Supporting Children amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
In 2020 and 2021 the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic shut down the world. But even though we couldn't have camp, Basketball Smiles shipped...
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Basketball Smiles Changes Shashonna Smith's Life
Coach Sam was observing a group of campers doing drills in 2018 when two arms bear-hugged him from behind. He looked around, and there...
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Hurricane Dorian School Readiness Initiative 2019
Basketball Smiles raised more than $13,000 in emergency funds to help 60 displaced boys and girls get school supplies, personal hygiene...
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Coach Sam Nichols sees 20 Years of Success at Basketball Smiles
KTAB-TV Big Country interviews Coach Sam Nichols upon return from the 20th Anniversary of Basketball Smiles in Nassau, The Bahamas. "We...
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Encouraged by Basketball Smiles, Alex Goes to School
Six-year-old Alex attended his first Basketball Smiles camp in 2011. Because of his family's financial conditions and home situation,...
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Academic Initiative Programs to Combat Sex Trafficking
There are vans that troll the neighborhoods around schools in the poorest parts of The Bahamas where innocent boys and girls are enticed...
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Ingredients For A Successful Practice
Hoop Thoughts by Texas A&M Coach Bob Starkey reposted Coach Sam Nichol's thoughts on Ingredients For A Successful Practice. From Coach...
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