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Hoop.Camp offers basketball activities that include All-star drop in basketball, Drop in All-Star Basketball, Drop-in All-Star Basketball, a basketball camp, and a unified basketball extravaganza. The program is described as a “unified” basketball extravaganza where special needs athletes and “unified” athletes (those without special needs) take part together. For younger and smaller athletes, activities use 8-foot baskets, and the coach to athlete ratio is 1:4.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Ongoing drop-in All-Star Basketball options on Monday evenings and Thursday evenings, plus scheduled basketball camp dates during spring and summer
Hoop.Camp was created in 1994 and has served people of all ages with special needs, mental and cognitive impairment since that time. In 1996, Hoop.Camp pioneered the “unified” concept by inviting those without special needs to register and attend as unified partners. The program is described as a unified event where athletes without special needs participate with special needs campers, and it notes that its oldest athlete was 73 years old and that one special needs athlete could dunk a basketball.
Hoop.Camp states that it was designed as an event for adults and children with a wide range of special needs and that it caters to both special needs athletes and unified athletes of all ages and abilities. The mission statement says that Hoop.Camp prohibits discrimination in its programs, camps, and activities on the basis of race, national origin, color, creed, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preference, and affirms a commitment to equal opportunities and equal access to events for all. The organization notes that it offers camp free of charge to those who need financial assistance or cannot afford to pay.
Hoop.Camp is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, is 100% volunteer based, and has no paid staff, with no coaches, directors, or staff receiving compensation. Over 30,000 volunteer hours have been logged since Hoop.Camp began, and nineteen Boy Scouts have used Hoop.Camp as their Eagle service project and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Many Hoop.Camp athletes have competed in Special Olympic sporting events internationally, and many have won gold medals in Special Olympic participation. Hoop.Camp reports that it was featured by Local News 8.
Camp Director and Founder Steve Garrity is a graduate of Aloha High School and holds a business degree from the University of Alaska in Anchorage. He attended Idaho State University for three years, where he played basketball and received All Big Sky honors before transferring to the University of Alaska, and after graduation he played professional basketball for a short time in Europe and in the United States. He is self-employed as the owner of Waterhouse Motors, a full service auto dealership, and serves as the basketball director at Sunset Athletic Club, where he runs a basketball academy training athletes of all ages. Steve Garrity runs an annual basketball camp in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for college and professional basketball players and is the director of the USA International Basketball Exchange, which brings basketball players from around the world to train in Beaverton, Oregon. The leadership team also lists Hayes Garrity as a contact.
Last updated March 27, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Ongoing drop-in All-Star Basketball options on Monday evenings and Thursday evenings, plus scheduled basketball camp dates during spring and summer
Hoop.Camp was created in 1994 and has served people of all ages with special needs, mental and cognitive impairment since that time. In 1996, Hoop.Camp pioneered the “unified” concept by inviting those without special needs to register and attend as unified partners. The program is described as a unified event where athletes without special needs participate with special needs campers, and it notes that its oldest athlete was 73 years old and that one special needs athlete could dunk a basketball.
Hoop.Camp states that it was designed as an event for adults and children with a wide range of special needs and that it caters to both special needs athletes and unified athletes of all ages and abilities. The mission statement says that Hoop.Camp prohibits discrimination in its programs, camps, and activities on the basis of race, national origin, color, creed, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preference, and affirms a commitment to equal opportunities and equal access to events for all. The organization notes that it offers camp free of charge to those who need financial assistance or cannot afford to pay.
Hoop.Camp is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, is 100% volunteer based, and has no paid staff, with no coaches, directors, or staff receiving compensation. Over 30,000 volunteer hours have been logged since Hoop.Camp began, and nineteen Boy Scouts have used Hoop.Camp as their Eagle service project and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Many Hoop.Camp athletes have competed in Special Olympic sporting events internationally, and many have won gold medals in Special Olympic participation. Hoop.Camp reports that it was featured by Local News 8.
Camp Director and Founder Steve Garrity is a graduate of Aloha High School and holds a business degree from the University of Alaska in Anchorage. He attended Idaho State University for three years, where he played basketball and received All Big Sky honors before transferring to the University of Alaska, and after graduation he played professional basketball for a short time in Europe and in the United States. He is self-employed as the owner of Waterhouse Motors, a full service auto dealership, and serves as the basketball director at Sunset Athletic Club, where he runs a basketball academy training athletes of all ages. Steve Garrity runs an annual basketball camp in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for college and professional basketball players and is the director of the USA International Basketball Exchange, which brings basketball players from around the world to train in Beaverton, Oregon. The leadership team also lists Hayes Garrity as a contact.
Last updated March 27, 2026.
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