Youth who attend 4-H Camp acquire vital leadership skills, learn responsibility, and gain social interaction skills as well as gaining an understanding of nature and our environment.  They also develop life skills and just have fun and experience social interaction with kids their own age.

The community supports the program monetarily by providing donations for camp scholarships. The local District Board subsidized $138.00 towards every camper’s registration fee which was half of the total camp fee and $300 was donated by a local individual to allow youth to attend camp who wouldn’t have otherwise. Their experiences and memories made at camp would not have been possible without the generosity of the community.

Ninety-six youth and eight teen leaders and counselors in training attended 4-H Camp and of that number, several attended for the first time.  Campers made new friends because they participated in classes with campers from other counties, learned new skills, and accomplished goals at camp. Campers also learned responsibility at camp by taking care of themselves and their belongings and cleaned up after themselves at 4-H Camp.

 A parent and camper attended a parent/camper orientation prior to leaving for camp to discuss camp rules and procedures. Two volunteers performed the lice checks. Nine adult leaders and seven teen leaders attended a leader orientation leadership training to prepare them to serve as effective leaders at camp. Most of the adults and teens have pledged to return to camp as leaders next year. 

Two leaders are seriously contemplating trying out for camp staff next year.  Two adult leaders and two teen leaders planned a 4-H Camp in a Day Camp that was offered last July.  The camp was filled in three days and there is an extensive waiting list.  Parents watched their kids Sally Down the Alley which was marked out by masking tape in our back meeting room and several parents commented that this was the best event their child had attended all year.  Several participants from the Camp in a Day Camp attended 4-H Camp for the first time.