Rockcastle County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024





4052 - Camping
4052.1) 57

Number of Youth (5-18) engaged in 4-H Summer Camping
4052.11) 7

Number of Volunteers (19+) engaged in 4-H Summer Camping
4052.12) 32

Number of Youth (5-18) engaged in 4-H Specialty Camping (Environmental, etc.) Programming
4052.14) 9

Number of Adults (19+) engaged in 4-H Specialty Camping (Environmental, etc.) Programming


Success Stories

Growing Leaders at 4-H Camp

Author: Alyssa Cox

Major Program: Camping

Growing Leaders at 4-H Camp

A typical 4-day 4-H Camp session offers upwards of 80 hours of direct, uninterrupted contact between youth and their cabin leaders/counselors. That’s 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 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 conversatio

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