The Lee County Medical Society is sending five Lee County children to the Florida Camp for Children and Youth with Diabetes (FCCYD) this summer through the McCourt Scholarship Fund. Two are from Lehigh Acres.

The McCourt Scholarship Fund was named in honor of the first endocrinologist in Lee County, Dr. Jerome McCourt, and his family. McCourt’s family and colleagues established a fund that has since been administrated by the Lee County Medical Society, and Lee County physicians personally contribute each year to the scholarship fund.

The fund is designed to defray the expenses of sending a child or teen to diabetic camp each summer. To date, the Medical Society has sponsored more than 90 children and teens with scholarships totaling more than $30,000.

The FCCYD is a nonprofit organization that helps children and teens learn in a fun environment about how to manage and deal with their diabetes. For more information on the camp, call 352-334-1323.

Established in 1927, the Lee County Medical Society (LCMS) represents every medical specialty in Lee County through its 600 members. The LCMS provides the community with a referral service, grievance committee, speaker’s bureau and a Web site to be used as a resource to find a physician. To its members, the LCMS provides support and advocacy including advocacy for medical and health laws and continuing medical education.

Physicians eligible for membership include doctors of medicine or osteopathy who have satisfactorily completed an internship and/or residency program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association. Membership in the association is voluntary and requires physicians to undergo a credential screening process, which includes verification of a physician’s medical education background.

For more information about the LCMS, call 239-936-1645 or visit www.lcmsfl.org.