Florida Eagle Sams Chapter of Florida Good Sams Camping Club

“We are a chapter of the Good Sams Camping Club and in our state of Florida, there are approximately 50 chapters.  Our chapter (which consists of approximately 42 people) has a monthly weekend campout and then we meet twice a year with a big rally for the Florida Good Sam Club where there usually over 800 people in attendance. We dedicated one of our monthly campouts to stuffing Boggy Creek Bears this year. One lady stitched all 94 bears and our 16 members present brought Poly-fil, ribbon, needle & thread and stuffed, stitched up back and put a ribbon on them. We hope to do even more next year. They were delivered to the camp that in turn welcomes each camper during the summer and their families during the fall with a bear and an afghan on each bed that they take home. This past summer alone there were 1,079 campers. Since its inception in 1996, the camp has reached 80,000 children and families.

This is just such a heartwarming camp for children with serious illnesses like cancer, epilepsy, heart, hemophilia, etc. who would not be able to go to a regular camp, but at Boggy Creek they have doctors and nurses there from the disease category of those camping that week. Besides the fun and experiencing things they thought they never could do, they are able to bond with kids just like them who have the same scars, etc. and can share their problems and realize they are not alone in dealing with the disease they have.” shared Peggy Brown.