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Buddy Day, 2012

Brasheria Burden looks for Mexico with toy binoculars. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent

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Brasheria Burden looks for Mexico with toy binoculars. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent

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  • Jessica Diego enjoys her ice cream bar snack. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Brasheria Burden looks for Mexico with toy binoculars. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Taffy Miltz and her buddy Leyhia Martinez. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Mariah Flores and big buddy Meredith Latham share a smile after finishing their bug jar. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Jeanne Taylor pushes Mowenta Etienne on the swing. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Brasheria Burden looks for Mexico with toy binoculars. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Donna Flavin and Bryan Delgado work on a bug jar. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Marie Junis knows the answer to how many flaps per minutes as the crow flies. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Courtney Cochrane from the National Park Service helps with 'Birding Olympics.' Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Jessica Diego enjoys her ice cream bar snack. Hideaway Beach Club hosted Buddy Day for the 20th year on Wednesday, bringing second graders from Immokalee for a day at the beach. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent

For the second graders from the Guadalupe Center, it was a chance to see a side of Southwest Florida they don’t get to experience, far away from their everyday lives. For their “big buddies,” the same was true, with the added satisfaction of bringing the light of enjoyment to a child’s eyes.

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