With the drastic increase in our 4-H Camp attendance, we struggled with finding enough Junior Counselors. We just did not have enough campers aging up into JC age. To help alleviate this need, we started recruiting sophomores with the Honors Society sponsor at one of our local high schools. We figured if we could get 1-2 years of camp from these teens we would be doing good. At first, that’s how it worked. Most went one year to satisfy their service hour’s requirement with a handful returning for a second year. The last couple of years however, we are seeing more of a long term commitment from these teens. Last year, we had five of these teens attend camp for the third year, after they graduated. So far for next year, we have already had three commit to a fourth year, which will be their first as adult counselors, and three for a third year (again after graduation). The contact teacher credits us with the new trend. She says we have been able to change the culture of just getting service hours to one of having a long term relationship with the campers and a way to make a difference through community service.