Subgroup A- Champaign Country Club (prender1, puetz2)

Introduction:  Champaign Country Club is a private country club founded in 1904.  This country club was founded around the game of golf.  It also has a swimming pool, clubhouse with a fitness center, and tennis courts. In order to become a member of Champaign Country club, you need to be invited and have to pay membership dues every month. Above is the country club's mission statement, which describes its dedication to providing leisure and recreation opportunities to its members.

Background: Members of the Champaign Golf Club founded Champaign Country Club in 1904.  These members met with civic leaders to devise a plan to found a country club.  Since its founding in 1904, Champaign Country Club has flourished.  It has undergone renovations to improve the golf course, clubhouse, tennis courts, and its pool. Located in Champaign, IL, its purpose is to serve its 300 elite members in multiple leisure and recreational activities. In order to serve the needs of the members, the club offers an 18 hole championship golf course, tennis courts and a swimming pool both with private lessons, a fitness center, as well as a 37,000 square foot clubhouse used for banquets and dining facilities to accommodate various events. Members are also offered the opportunity to visit seven additional Central Illinois Clubs. In order to keep the club up and running, the members of Champaign Country Club pay monthly dues.

Employment Opportunities: Beside employment for servers, bartenders, grounds crew, and general club maintenance, there are opportunities for employment within the field of recreation and leisure. One example is a Golf Professional. The job's duties include developing and promoting all golf programs within the club, organizing lessons and tournaments, and being in charge of the golf shop. The club also requires a general manager to oversee the club's offerings and programs in the field of recreation. Their goal is to ensure the members are happy and provided with different types of leisure activities.

Employment Requirements: For certain positions, including servers, bartenders, and lifeguards, there is an application available online at Champaign Country Club Employment. For more professional and office positions, one must bring resume and apply in person. The club employs one Golf Professional. In order to become a head Golf Professional there are certain requirements you need to fulfill. One of the requirements to becoming a Golf Professional is averaging a 76 in two rounds of golf. Some Golf Professionals are able to get their foot in the door by being the assistant professional at the club first. Also, it helps knowing other Golf Professionals because they can help you find a job too. Champaign Country Club employs many people to help carry out leisure activities. However, most of these jobs are not geared toward professional leisure service.

Trends & Issues: With the current state of the economy, it may be difficult for some current members to sustain membership within such a prestigious club. Additionally, membership to the Champaign Country Club is by invitation only because accommodations are limited to a certain number of people. High membership dues and the strict invitation policy excludes many people from enjoying what the club has to offer. People are turning to more public options for leisure and recreation to avoid the high costs that accompany private membership organizations like the Champaign Country Club. As a result, many country clubs are lowering their membership dues to deal with the issues of decreases in membership and participation.

Leisure and Benefits: Champaign Country Club's definition of leisure is to provide its elite members and their families with relaxing and therapeutic recreational activities that include but are not limited to: golf, tennis, and swimming. The club also stresses improvement within these fields by providing lessons and assistance to its members. Additionally, the dining hall is used for a variety of events including wedding receptions and other banquets. In 2010, the club extended its banquet hall to host the American Heart Association's Heart Ball. Not only does the club offer leisure opportunities to its members, but it also extends its services and facilities to organizations hosting events for the community.

Summary: Upon our investigation of the Champaign Country Club through its website, www.champaigncountryclub.com, we discovered various employment opportunities as well as what the club offers to its members. Although they offer a variety of leisure and recreational activities, one can only become a member through invitation only, which is detrimental to some members of the community who cannot afford the high membership fees. There are some employment opportunities regarding leisure service delivery within the club; tennis and swim instructors deliver leisure service through improving the skills of its members. One can also become a Golf Professional; however, a con to this job is that there is only one position available for this club and one must work their way up to become the head professional. A pro to careers within this aspect of leisure service delivery would be doing something you enjoy, while helping the members enjoy their leisure time as well. Within the leisure delivery system, the Champaign Country Club is considered a Private Membership organization. As a private membership organization they are able to not only provide recreational and social activities to members, but also provide community recreation, such as the Heart Ball sponsored by the American Heart Association. Because Champaign Country Club is a private membership organization, it puts limitations on who can enjoy their leisure and recreational activities. It is a privilege to be a member of Champaign Country club, and not everyone is able to afford to be a part of it. Although they provide an extensive network of leisure opportunities, we feel that the limitations they put on membership overshadow the overall goal of leisure delivery, which we think is making leisure available to all members of the community.

Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority

Subgroup B: Assignment 2 (pturne6, nhaywo2, awalker2, aordone2, kwulfso2)

(Founder Evangelist Mattie P. Dawson)

www.elogemeadolphi.org

(Intro & Background) Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority, Berakah Chapter, is a Christian sorority here at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  This sorority was established in 1987, with many chapters across the nation, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Berakah Chapter which was established in 1995. According to www.elogemeadolphi.org, the goal of the sorority is “to promote unity, teach spiritual discipline, and prepare young women to operate effectively in the body of Christ.”  As you can tell, this is not your average sorority, rather a combination of sisterhood, academics, and Christian values. The picture to the left is Mattie P. Dawson, one of the sororities founding members. According to www.elogemeadolphi.org, Dawson was accompanied by Denise R. Haynes and Judy Hendricks when founding the Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority.  

                              

www.elogemeadolphi.org

 (Membership Requirements)  According to www.elogemeadolphi.org, the membership requirements are: “must be saved according to the Holy Scriptures… must be in good standings at an accredited institution… must have and maintain a minimum GPA of a 2.5… can not belong to another sorority or other little sister… must pay module fee/annual membership dues… must complete a profile, interview and cornerstone module process.” Each member of the sorority must abide by these rules in order to maintain their membership. When it comes to becoming a memeber, according to the  www.elogeadolphi.org, anyone who meets the requirements, goes through an interview and willing to fulfill their obligations can join. In the above picture, found at www.elogemeadolphi.org, these are The Daughters of Issachar chapter and the newest to join the Elogeme Adolphi family. This picture fits into the membership section, because these women have pledged to fulfill and maintain the membership requirements of the sorority. 

www.elogemeadolphi.org

(Employment Opportunities)
Elogeme Adolphi allows employment opportunities in the sense of Networking. With in Sorority family, you meet and create strong ties with lots of amazing people. Events are always being held with current members along with older and more established members, in order to socialize and meet. Within this network, job opportunities may be available for members.  Also, within the organization for each chapter, members my hold positions such a Chapter President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.  They also have employment opportunities held at the national level such as, National Advisor, Coordinator, Secretary, Regional Coordinator/Trainer, Public Relations, Assistant Public Relations, Financial Officer, National Planner, National historian/inread-outreach Coordinator, and the Purple Had Brigade Liason. Pictured to the left, is a sorority member set up for recruiting new members.

www.elogemeadolphi

(Trends & Issues) One of the major events that the Elogeme sorority members participate in is their annual national summit.  These National meetings are held yearly and chapters from different universities from all across the country attend each year.  Some of these universities include Illinois state university, Northern Illinois, University of Illinois, Bethune Cookman (Florida), and Southern University (Louisiana).  These meetings help these young women not only to grow spiritually, but socially and mentally as well.  This year's summit will be held from July 21-24 at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. This information was obtained from the sorority’s website, www.elogemeaadolphi.org. In the photograph above, these are sisters pictured at the 2009 summit.





Foot Washing Ceremony
www.elogemeadolphi.org

 (Leisure & Benefits) According to a member of Elogeme Adolphi, the women of the sorority engage in a ceremony called foot washing.  Foot washing is a ceremony that was performed in the bible between Jesus and his Disciples where the master washes the feet of the servant to send the message that you should do on to another what he did unto them.  I believe that for the women of Elogeme, the foot washing ceremony is a form of spiritual and therapeutic recreation.

                                                                   www.elogemeadolphi.org
(Summary) Through the help of a sorority sister and the national website, www.elogemeadolphi.org, we were able to obtain and learn a lot of valuable information about the Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority. While this may be a relatively young sorority, it is a sorority that is growing quickly, with new chapters joining each year. While, this sorority requires a lot of commitment and work from its members, many of the members do not feel as though it is work. Rather, the members want to fulfill the requirements and commit themselves to their religion and the sisterhood. Overall, our group obtained a better understanding of what the sorority stands for, accomplishes and how members feel that their membership fulfills leisure.

Leisure-nhaywo2

This is a picture of me lifting weights.  I perform this daily because I use it as a form of leisure as well as a way to relieve stress.  I also use it as a way to relax my mind.  Although this may not be the most exciting form of leisure, it is very beneficial for the mind body and soul.  This is also a very constructive and positive form of leisure.

Leisure- awalker2

This is a picture of me and my mom at an Illinois basketball game.  To me this is leisure because we both love and basketball and enjoy going to games and cheering on the Illini.  However, I don't think that leisure has to be spectating a sport or playing a sport; as long I have a good time with either family or friends, it's leisure.  I think that any activity that provides an escape from the day to day stresses of work, school, etc. is leisure. 

Leisure - kwulfso2

Leisure time to me is doing something for pure enjoyment, whether it be a hobby, sport, watching a sport, spending time with people, or anything fun.  This is a picture of my best friend Priscilla and I at the first Illini football game this past season.  It was fun for me to go because I could spend time with my friend, watch my boyfriend play, eat nachos, and because I like to watch football!

Leisure -aordone2

Leisure to me is anything that is stress, carefree, and pleasurable to a person. Leisure time should be fun, relaxing, and enjoyable, and most of all worry free, time to get away from work and obligation and just enjoy oneself. I'm my free time I like to do fun things and have a good with my friends and family. My picture is of my cousin and I swimming at the pool, acting goofy, and simply having a good time.