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 |
14940 |
Number of Volunteers (19+) engaged in 4-H Summer Camping |
2091 |
Number of Youth (5-18) engaged in 4-H Specialty Camping (Environmental, etc.) Programming |
9521 |
Number of Adults (19+) engaged in 4-H Specialty Camping (Environmental, etc.) Programming |
1741 |
Stories
4-H Camp
A 4-day 4-H Camp session offers upwards of 72 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, 144 days of the year. The interactions offered in a residential camp/group living setting is so important to youth. The time we spend with youth in the camp setting offers opportunities for those youth to feel a sense of belonging, to have meaningful conversations with caring adults...
Reports
Stories Behind the Numbers
- Acting Associate Dean & Director — Craig Wood, Ph.D.
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