Help is needed for Bay Oaks gym facility
We members of Bay Oaks Recreational Campus and citizens of Fort Myers Beach need help.
Attention Condos, Hotels, HOAs, etc. Our gym facility at Bay Oaks needs donations or reasonably priced commercial grade gym equipment. After many, many years of budget restraints, upgrades to the Bay Oaks Recreational Campus Gym are the last priority for consideration.
We seniors prefer to stay active and healthy. Many members take advantage of the various classes given at BORC, Beach Elementary School and Chapel by the Sea, and warm up on the machines. But, because of the broken or outdated equipment, we’d be forced to consider joining Hammerhead Gym.
More and more health insurance policies now pay for you to stay healthy. But when we contacted the owner of Hammerhead Gym, the only major facility on Estero Island, a couple of BORC members were told after many months of consideration that health insurance company payments for a gym membership were not accepted. Everyone knows to leave the island for another gym facility just is too much of a hardship, time wise, emotionally and financially. It’s pretty sad when many of our senior members are struggling on much lower or fixed incomes that are ready, willing and able to take an active part in their health.
We desire not to be forced off the island to join one of many, if not most of the other gym facilities in Lee County who do accept payments from health insurance companies. Instead of paying them out of their own pocket, please consider donating or possibly discussing options available by calling Randy at Bay Oaks at 765-5071 or email at randy@fortmyersbeachfl.gov.
The seniors of Fort Myers Beach thank you!
Michael & Stacia Leone
Fort Myers Beach