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LAKE GENEVA, IL (July 12, 2006) – The charity golf outing to help fund camping scholarships at Covenant Harbor Bible Camp and Retreat Center has been renamed the Antwan Williams Memorial Golf for Kids, in honor of the much-loved counselor who died in a tragic automobile accident in May. <\/p>\n

The 13th annual golf outing event will take place September 29 at Hawks View Golf Course in Lake Geneva. Interested individuals can register by visiting the camp\u2019s website at Covenant Harbor<\/a> and selecting the \u201cspecial events\u201d link.<\/p>\n

Williams, who hailed from Gary, Indiana, first came to camp on a Golf for Kids scholarship because his family could not afford to send him. Following his death, other counselors and campers immediately began leaving online tributes at his \u201cMySpace\u201d Internet account. To read the original online news story, please see Antwan Williams.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt that it was appropriate to name the outing for Antwan,\u201d says Jim Steere, adding that the family gave permission for the fundraiser to be named in his honor. \u201cHe meant a great deal to the kids and his fellow counselors. He was an example of how important these scholarships are.\u201d<\/p>\n

His camping experience set him on a path to attend Covenant Bible College-Strathmore – he graduated shortly before he was killed in the accident. Williams had planned on returning to the school to serve as dean of men.<\/p>\n

Steere\u2019s wife, O\u2019Ann, who is a counselor, has helped the Covenant Harbor staff grieve the loss of Williams. \u201cWe have seven staff members who were just devastated,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Staff members have been changed as they have worked through the experience of William\u2019s death, Steere explains. \u201cThere\u2019s this heightened sense that how you live your life now really makes a lot of difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Staff members also developed \u201ca pretty keen sense that we are frail, we can die young,\u201d Steere says. \u201cIt was a reality check.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Ann taught the counselors how to explain the loss to returning campers. \u201cYou never want to say, \u2018God wanted to take him home.\u2019 \u201d Steere says. \u201cThat would scare children. They would wonder, \u2018What about me?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Camper Katie Beavers recently responded to the online news story of William\u2019s death by writing to the Readers Share<\/em> forum on the Covenant website. \u201cAntwan, you were always my favorite male counselor at Covenant Harbor,\u201d Beavers writes. \u201cI wasn’t gonna go to camp this year, but after hearing this, I really want to. I really wish you could have been here this year. Rest in peace. I miss you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, a record 120 golfers raised $28,000 in scholarships. The camp awards between $45,000 and $50,000 a year in scholarships, says Steere. The difference between what is raised at the outing and what is given is covered by other donations.<\/p>\n

Steere tells the story of one mother who did not come from a Covenant background. She was so excited with the positive impact the camp had on her children, who had been going through a rough time, that she donated $25,000. Many of the scholarships are awarded to students who do not come from Covenant backgrounds, as was the case with Williams.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/p>\n

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