Boot Camp

The town of Jesup is a wonderful place; I work in a great school where both the students and the faculty care. There is not much the faculty wouldn’t do for the students or the town or vice-versa. We are blessed.

With that said, Jesup needs a recreational department. The school has tried to provide much of what a community recreational department does, but it has limited funds and limited facilities. Parents also step to the plate to provide their children with opportunities, community businesses have opened to try and provide chances for the community as well. Still our community is limited without a recreation department.

Our community is large enough and wealthy enough to support a rec department staff with a facility. The City Council would have to step forward and begin this process. It is important our city also cares for the young people as well.

There is no doubt a small group would fight the program because of the cost. Yet, think of the opportunities, a bike path or walking path could be made, a recreation center with a gymnasium, weight room, place to hit golf balls, places to play handball, volleyball , and a indoor track (very small) among other things.

As a community we must step up now. It would be better for our community’s population health wise as well. It is proven that people that exercise live longer, healthier and more productive lives. I doubt that this one post can do much, but if enough people read it, pass it on, and promote it, to paraphrase the movie “ Field of Dreams”, “If you build it, they will come.”