Day Camps Offer Opportunities for the Future

Kids are often bored at the end of the summer and during fall break and parents are looking for educational opportunities to engage them in before returning to school.   Over 70 youth participated in one or more of the following five day camps offered in July and October 2023:  Fashion Design, DIY Décor, Horticulture, Let’s Talk Pumpkins, and Fall Steam Ahead.  All day camps included a healthy snack and lunch and were provided free of charge to the community. 

Activities included:  learning about the color wheel and fashion design, creating a tie-dyed t-shirt, creating a dessert dish garden, sun safety, making crafts, all about pumpkins, building a pumpkin brush bot, a mini pumpkin volcano, a harvest fruit battery playing games and making healthy snacks.

As a result of the day camps, participants joined 4-H and participated in classes and other 4-H activities held during the school year.  Youth also gained an awareness of careers in the food and fashion industry as well as Horticulture and Science, Engineering and Technology.