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YMCA Challenger Program Gets Special Experience at Training Camp

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An experience even the most mature of Chiefs fans would envy.

On Tuesday, the Chiefs hosted the members of the Kansas City Metro YMCA Challenger Football League, a standalone organized flag football team for kids with special needs or disabilities.

Starting from ages 5 and up, the Challenger Football League grants kids and young adults with physical, developmental and intellectual disabilities the opportunity to be active in sports, social and recreational activities.

In their fourth year attending training camp practices in St. Joseph, Shannon Milbourn, coach of the KC Metro YMCA Challenger League said their yearly camp visits inspire many of the young adults to remain physically active despite their abilities.