Unified Basketball, Dunking, Community

We are lucky at Special Olympics Massachusetts. So many great people. So many great communities.Our Greater Lawrence Basketball League in one such example. This league has all the key ingredients of an inclusive and amazing Special Olympics Community: Great athletes, incredible volunteer coaches, an engaged school-based host group (Brooks School in North Andover) and of course... the only unified slam-dunk contest in the world!Brooks School student-athlete Ethan Gabert-Doyon made this video highlighting all the action!

We are lucky at Special Olympics Massachusetts. So many great people. So many great communities.Our Greater Lawrence Basketball League in one such example. This league has all the key ingredients of an inclusive and amazing Special Olympics Community: Great athletes, incredible volunteer coaches, an engaged school-based host group (Brooks School in North Andover) and of course... the only unified slam-dunk contest in the world!Brooks School student-athlete Ethan Gabert-Doyon made this video highlighting all the action!

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