CampingMajor Program
Total Hours
Contributed.
Contacts
with Local Stakeholders.
Hours
of Multistate Efforts.
Total Number
of Volunteers Engaged.
Program Indicators
Number of Youth (5-18) engaged in 4-H Summer Camping. |
13023 |
Number of Volunteers (19+) engaged in 4-H Summer Camping. |
1811 |
Number of Youth (5-18) engaged in 4-H Specialty Camping Programming. |
7723 |
Number of Adults (19+) engaged in 4-H Specialty Camping Programming |
1013 |
Stories
4-H Camp : Positive Experiences That Last A Lifetime
A typical 4-day 4-H Camp session offers upwards of 70 hours of direct, uninterrupted contact between youth and their cabin leaders/counselors. Thats the equivalent of a family sitting down at the dinner table for 30 minutes, 160 days of the year. The interactions offered in a residential camp/group living setting are so important to youth, especially considering the increasing use of screen time and digital devices and lingering effects of the isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The t...
Reports
Stories Behind the Numbers
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