CampingMajor Program

29996

Total Hours

Contributed.

244044

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

12

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

22185

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

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)

10226

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)

7460

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

12378

Stories

4-H Camp Post Covid

4-H Camp4-H Camp provides an opportunity for youth to develop essential life skills that help them build character, develop a sense of independence, and become responsible individuals. There are many life lessons to be learned at camp from learning to respect others, money management, and responsibility for oneself. According to the American Camping Association, child development professionals recognize camping experiences as a valuable tool in helping children mature socially, emotionally, inte...

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4-H Camp Post Covid

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Camp Magic

    July 12-16, 2021 Nelson County 4-H welcomed 122 campers, 22 teens volunteers and 22 adult volunteers to an amazing week of 4-H Summer camp. Camp Magic are those unexplainable, non-tangible things that... Read More

  • 4-H Camp

    2021 4-H CampCOVID 19 pandemic took things from everyone around the country. For KY Youth it took away family, friends, proms, sports, travel, 4-H Camp and it moved other extension programs to Program... Read More

  • Camping during a Pandemic

    The greatest thing we can give youth is to teach them skills that will last for a lifetime, which is why parents have been sending their kids to 4-H summer camps for decades. 4-H was established on th... Read More

  • Back to Environmental Camp

    In 1997, the first 4-H Environmental Overnight Camp was planned and implemented with Mount Sterling Elementary School 4th grade classrooms. From that initial camp, the program has grown over the last ... Read More

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