Sports Club Fast Facts

Sports Club is Committed to the Highest Level of Professionalism

All Collier County Staff member's children attend sports camp half price during the school year.
We never turn a family away. 26 % of our families get some kind of financial aid.
Sports CLUB maintains a 15:1 staff/student ratio which exceeds the state required 25:1 ratio.
Sports CLUB is the largest after school provider in Collier County.
Sports CLUB has provided quality after school care in Collier County since 1999.
Sports CLUB administrators Lane Beatty and Bill Carufe are former Physical Education teachers who combine for over 40 years of teaching experience.
Sports CLUB after school sites have a full time 40 hour per week director.
Every site director had a Florida DCF directors credential or is in director credential training.
Although the State of Florida requires a staff the child ratio of 25:1, Sports CLUB strives to maintain well above the minimum by maintaining a 15:1 ratio. All Sports CLUB employees are state and federal background checked before they are hired.
All directors attend at least two staff meeting/training session per week.
Sports CLUB employs more than eighty staff members.
Sports CLUB is open every weekday during the entire year except Christmas, New Years, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day. There are many days where we are the only program in the county open to help families who need childcare.
Sports CLUB uses the Pro Care check in system for attendance and billing to ensure the safety of each child and accurate billing for each family.
Sports CLUB is committed to using cutting edge technology and on-going staff development to ensure the high level of staff professionalism.
Sports CLUB maintains an inventory of top quality equipment and games at all sites as well as offering a wide variety of activities.

Sports Club is a Partner with Local Schools Community Organizations

Sports CLUB has made $750 donations to various schools for teacher luncheons and staff shirts.
Purchased items for Vineyards ( paper shredder, playground equip, refrigerator for custodians)
$400 to Estates Elementary for 5th grade class gift
Supply Pelican Marsh Elementary with all their tether balls. Supply all sites with new basketball nets.
Supply snack for the NP after school "shark club" as well as snack for the BCE "bobcat club". Additionally we let the club members with perfect attendance attend sports club for free on Fridays. These clubs are after school academic programs.
Donate "two free weeks" of sports camp to various PTO raffles
Host two "parents night out" each year.
Hole sponsor for various golf tournament fundraisers high school athletics teams.
Provide snack to school FCAT programs and split our floor space with the teachers during snack.
Provide child care service for free at fall open houses and PTO meetings at Pelican Marsh, Big Cypress and Tommie Barfield.
Hosted Christmas fundraising event on a Saturday for needy families that raised over $2000.
Partnered up with Joy of Giving to help provide Christmas presents to over 1000 children at all schools in Collier County.