There was an electrifying excitement in the air this past Tuesday as the summer campers arrived at Eagle Creek for the start of Summer Camp.
The camp at Eagle Creek Golf and Country Club is sponsored by the members who contribute funds and volunteer during the three week period. The camp runs from 10:30 to 1:30 for three weeks - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and began on June 9th.
Campers are from Parkside Elementary School in Naples. It is free for the campers! Each camper receives a backpack to carry bathing suits etc., a hat, camp shirts and a water bottle the first day of camp.
Parkside School, a title one school, is a new school located beside Lely High School. The students are fifth grade students who will attend Manatee Middle School next year and there are a few fourth grade students who will be returning to Parkside next year. The students are bussed from the school to Eagle Creek and back to the school. The school provides two counselors in training.
Once at Eagle Creek Golf and Country Club, the 22 students are divided into two groups, the Eagles and the Bullfrogs. While one group has their hour of tennis instructions, the other group has golf instructions - then they switch. The instructors at Eagle Creek are professionals in tennis and golf. 
At 12:30 everyone comes back to the deck on the tennis center for lunch, followed by swimming, a favorite part of the day.
The members at Eagle Creek help with the golf instructions. lunches and swimming. There are 12 non swimmers and volunteers have stepped forward to teach swimming. It is the goal of the members of Eagle Creek Golf and Country Club to have all of the campers become swimmers by the end of camp.
It is a very happy time for the members of the community and the campers. Everyone at Eagle Creek hopes the campers have fun and many years down the road will remember what they have learned from their experience.
Photos courtesy of Microsoft Clip Art and Christine O'Shea
Information supplied by Sally Lam - Eagle Creek Golf and Country Club
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THis sounds like so much fun....I haven't golfed since last year, and can't say I miss it...he hee!