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Chuck Luttrell received a phone call from a parent of a child with disabilities in 1968 with a plea to start a camp and a call to action that this population deserves the same recreational opportunities that other children enjoy. Through the grassroots efforts of parents, Chuck Luttrell, and other engaged citizens, the Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs Board started Camp Spearhead as a day camp at Paris Mountain State Park.
In 1990, Camp Spearhead acquired the use of the Civitan Camp in Cleveland, SC. This facility transformed Camp Spearhead from a day camp experience to an overnight experience and created the only residential therapeutic camp for individuals with severe disabilities in the Upstate.
Recognizing that all citizens deserve access to high quality recreation services, the Greenville County Recreation District partnered with the Disabilities Board in 1990 to provide both financial and staff assistance to Camp Spearhead.
In 2005, at the request of the Disabilities Board, the Greenville County Recreation District took over operational responsibility of the Camp Spearhead program. With help from the Recreation District, an advisory board consisting of Camp parents and other community stakeholders was created and incorporated as Camp Spearhead Inc. in 2006.
Naturaland Trust purchased the Civitan site in the fall of 2006 resulting in the need for Camp Spearhead to either relocate or discontinue.
The Greenville County Recreation District has developed plans to build a new camp facility and permanent home for Camp Spearhead at Pleasant Ridge Park. The total cost of this project is $10 million. Currently, we are within 2,089,300 million of reaching our goal.
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