CampingMajor Program

20615

Total Hours

Contributed.

97058

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

8

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

9965

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

The number of youth who participated in overnight, 4-H summer camp(s) (PRACTICE)

5266

The number of youth who participated in day or overnight, 4-H environmental camps at your office, 4-H camp facility, or other location (PRACTICE)

5343

The number of youth who participated in day or overnight, 4-H non-environmental camps at your office, 4-H camp facility, or other location (i.e. project day camps, etc) (PRACTICE)

4231

Stories

Camp Teaches Lifelong Skills

Research has proven that youth benefit from positive relationships with caring adults. According to the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs, youth who have mentors typically have increased high school graduation rates, lower high school dropout rates, and healthier relationships and lifestyle choices. 4-H Camp provides campers aged 8-15 such opportunities to be mentored and nurtured by caring cabin leaders, class instructors, teen volunteers, and camp staff members in hopes that these po...

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Camp Teaches Lifelong Skills

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Camp at Home

    2020 – 2021 Success StoriesWhen the COVID-19 global pandemic forced Kentuckians into quarantine, youth and families began spending more time at home, minimizing opportunities for youth to engage in ty... Read More

  • Virtual 4-H Day Camps

    Due to the pandemic and the move to remote learning the University of Kentucky Campbell County Extension 4-H Youth Development program offered multiple virtual day camps over the summer months. Over 1... Read More

  • 4-H Camp in a Box

    The Targeted Life Skills model (Hendricks, 1998) has been an important guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating 4-H youth development programs. This model provides a holistic youth development ... Read More

  • 4-H Camp at Home

    4-H Camp is an important and big program in Henderson County and the 4-H program wanted to offer that camp experience at home to share with their family. All campers were provided with a healthy fruit... Read More

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