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—An unlikely friendship has blossomed over coffee and dominoes at Main Street Coffee House on the Independence Square, where two men meet several times a week for more than just a game.
: Special Olympics friendship blooms over coffee and dominoes in Independence
Michael Lunsford and Mike Lowry sit down to play a unique version of dominoes that uses numbers instead of dots. But their weekly meetings represent something much deeper than passing time – they’re about building meaningful connections.
“I do community integration with Michael… one of his goals is learning numbers and how they relate to each other and so we’re playing a dominoes game with numbers rather than dots,” Lowry said.
The pair is connected through Special Olympics and The Dream Works in Kansas City. Their golf team goes by the name M&M, a playful nod to their shared first names…