The Sassy Sams meet the first weekend of each month September through May. Our camping weekends are from Friday to Sunday morning, although many of us who are retired show up  on Wednsday or Thursday. We currently have 21 member rigs (although our By Laws permit us to have as many as 30). We quite often have 15 or more members present at a campout.    
    Our members live in Tampa, Spring Hill, Inverness, Ocala, Leesburg and areas in between.
    When we camp, we usually stay within a 75 mile radius of Homosassa Springs. We are a social, friendly group of people. We enjoy each other's company. We like to play lawn games, cards and dominos. We have Social Hours on Friday and Saturday afternoons, We each take a turn co-hosting a weekend campout. We often have Pot Luck suppers on Saturday night. Many folks carpool and go out to dinner at a local restaurant on Thursday or Friday night. If the women are not working on crafts for a volunteer project, they'll often head into town and shop,     During the holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) we have special dinners and programs and our Treasury provides the turkeys and hams,        
    We have a number of charities we support e.g., Florida Guide dogs for the Deaf, Ronald McDonald House, the Salvation Army Food Banks in Hernando and Citrus Counties, Toys for Tots, and the James Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa. Some of our members knitted chemo caps for the Cancer Center at Shands Hospital in Gainsville and slippers for the veterans at James Haley Veterans Hospital, and Metropolitan Ministries in Tampa.  
    Usually about 2/3 of our members attend the Florida State Samborees and some members attend out of state Samborees. We're very proud that in 2006, 2008, and again in 2009 we took First Place in the Theme Parade at the Fall Samboree. We were also voted Florida Chapter of the Year for 2009. Our Chapter was the first Chapter asked by the new State Director to provide entertainment at the 2009 Winter Samboree at Dunellon. The Sassy Sams are Charter Members of the Florida Society of Fuzzy Puckers.      
   We welcome you to come to a Campout and take a look at us. If you’re interested in joining, we ask that you attend three campouts (voting will take place on the third campout). For more information please call or e-mail our                         
               

 Brief History of the Sassy Sams  

Sassy Sam's first President Charles Stem received our charter on October 10, 1998.
 and he served until February 12, 1999.

Roland Sorel served as President from February 13, 1999 to December 31, 2000.

Frank Bunnell served as President from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002.

Jim Pant served as President from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004.

Rodney Carlson served as President from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2008.

Evelyn Jorgensen served as President from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010.

Chip Benvenuto was elected in 2010 and he stepped down in 2011.

Evelyn Jorgensen served as President from 2011 to December 2012

Gene Gullett will serve as President from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014.