Success Story4-H Summer Camp During COVID 19



4-H Summer Camp During COVID 19

Author: Toni Humble

Planning Unit: Wayne County CES

Major Program: Camping

Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work

Outcome: Initial Outcome

4-H Camp has been a growing!  Several of the adult leaders of the program now were once campers when they were younger.  They have a strong desire to help young people have an enjoyable camping experiences like they had when they were younger.  The camping program is important because it allows youth to learn new skills while participating in activities and taking on new challenges while in a group living environment.  The youth develop positive values, self-esteem, and responsibility.  The camping program allows teenagers and adults to develop and enhance their leadership skills and develop positive youth-adult partnerships. 

Campers participate in archery, rifle, climbing, swimming, canoe and kayak, arts, outdoor living, caving, and sports classes.  They are giving opportunities to learn new skills in these classes as well as to advance the skills that they already possess. Although camp was at 50% capacity, the campers that attended learned valuable skills.

At the conclusion of camp, the campers filled out a follow-up survey on the impact of 4-H camp.  Ninety-one percent (91%) indicated that they want to go to camp next year.  Over seventy-five percent of the campers indicated that because of camp they 

  • Have made friends 
  • Able to spend multiple nights away from home,
  • Able to make decisions on their own,
  • Able to work with people different from them, and
  • More confident to try new things.

Several of the youth indicated that because of camp they have acquired new skills..  These skills include kayaking skills, building a fire, making new friends and getting along with others, and less fear of heights.  Some of the older campers said that their communication skills were better because of helping younger campers.






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