Rise Above basketball camp

The Rise Above organization kicked off the work week with a sports clinic at the HUB sports center in Spokane Valley Monday afternoon. The event featured living basketball legends such as Lenny Wilkens, Dale Ellis and Ruthie Bolton.

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Mon., July 12, 2021

Two-time Olympian Ruthie Bolton coaches some of the participants in the Rise Above basketball camp at the Hub Sports Center Monday, July 12, 2021. The free camp was aimed at Native youth and paid for by donations.

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Jaci McCormack, left, places a beaded medallion around the neck of former NBA player and coach Lenny Wilkens Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Hub Sports Center at the end of the Rise Above basketball camp, which she organizes.

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Jaci McCormack, left, is hugged by actor Danny Glover after she placed a beaded medallion around his neck Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Hub Sports Center at the end of the Rise Above basketball camp, which she organizes. The mediallion is to thank Glover for his support of the camp program.

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Actor Danny Glover speaks to the students participating in the Rise Above basetball camp Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Hub Sports Center in Liberty Lake. He wears a mediallion given to him to thank him for his support of the camp program.

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Members of the band Portugal. The Man, Zachary Scott Carrothers, left, and Eric Howk. right, speak to the participants in the Rise Above basketball camp at the Hub Sports Center Monday, July 12, 2021. The musicians joined former sports stars who also appeared at the camp.

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Participants in the Rise Above basketball camp at the Hub Sports Center run agility drills Monday

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Former NBA player Dale Ellis walks among the participants of the Rise Above basketball camp Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Hub sports center in Liberty Lake. Among the coaches were Olympian Ruthie Bolton, Craig Ehlo and Lenny Wilkens.

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Jordan Fleck, left, age 6, and his brother Colton Fleck, participants of the Rise Above basketball camp, listen to their coach give instructions Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Hub sports center in Liberty Lake. Among the coaches were Olympian Ruthie Bolton, Craig Ehlo and Lenny Wilkens.

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Camp coach Donald Watts, left, talks with former NBA greats Dale Ellis and Charlie Sitton, right, at the Hub Sports Center in Liberty Lake Monday, July 12, 2021. Watts led the Rise Above basketball camp and the former NBA players came to coach and speak to the kids.

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Former NBA player and coach Lenny Wilkens speaks to participants in the the day of basketball Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Hub Sports Center at the end of the Rise Above basketball camp. Wilkens was among several NBA celebrities on hand for the camp, which was aimed at Native youth.

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Former NBA star Spencer Haywood speaks at the Rise Above basketball camp.

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Coach Donald Watts, center, organizes the activites for the campers at the Rise Above basetball camp Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Hub Sports Center in Liberty Lake. The program focuses on Native youth and is free for them to attend. Watts is the son of NBA great Donald “Slick” Watts.

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A camper at the Rise Above basetball camp, aimed at Native youth, participates in drills Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Hub Sports Center in Liberty Lake. The program focuses on Native youth and is free for them to attend.

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Former NBA player Craig Ehlo works with campers at the Rise Above basetball camp Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Hub Sports Center in Liberty Lake. The program focuses on Native youth and is free for them to attend.

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Jaci McCormack, left, watches as kids shoot baskets at the Rise Above basetball camp, which she organizes, Monday, July 12, 2021 at the Hub Sports Center in Liberty Lake. The program focuses on Native youth and is free for them to attend.

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