Success Story4-H Camp Record
4-H Camp Record
Author: Lloyd Saylor
Planning Unit: Butler County CES
Major Program: Camping
Plan of Work: 4-H Leadership
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
4-H Camp is one of KY Extension's Signature programs. 2022 was a banner year for Butler Co. 4-H Camping, with 141 campers, teens and adults. Thirty more than our previous record. Almost 40 went on at least a 50% scholarship. With a year off for COVID in 2020, and a year at 50% maximum capacity, we were uncertain about this year. We had lost a few leaders who moved, or their children aged out. We recruited additional adults, and trained our teen leaders extra closely. The "Teen Leader" at 16 years old may have missed a year of camp and a training year of being a CIT. We specifically increased training in order to compensate for that lack of experience. One thing that really helped our participation was day camps held during Christmas break, fall break, and 4 weeks of the summer. Additionally during the COVID pandemic, even when the office was closed, we put out various kits and grab bags. These were to maintain and build our relationship with our community. It worked. I tell people, we didn't take 141 to camp, we recruited, trained and developed a relationship with 27 adult and teen volunteers who took those youth to camp.
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