2024 camP INFO
Summer fun
is coming!
Save the date! August 4-8, 2024
Darrell Fenner 4-H Camp at Loon Lake
We’re assembling a team of great camp counselors and will begin planning the fun very soon. Please check back for updates and camper registration.
SUMMER CAMP:
The spirit of the Four H’s
Here are just a few of the reasons how 4-H summer camp embodies the four pillars of the 4-H program, and why camp is a worthwhile investment in our youth:
Camp offers educational workshops for growth and development. In 2022, some of our workshops included First Aid; pioneering skills; mindfulness; and fiction writing. A number of activities challenged campers with problem-solving, like deciphering codes and finding natural elements to create art. Every evening, counselors led their cabin mates in “reflections,” to be self-aware, practice gratitude, and to allow campers to express their thoughts, critique, what they experienced and what they learned.
Through activities like campfires, canoeing, dancing and skits, summer camp creates a safe and fun space for kids to relax, forget their troubles, let loose and allow their spirit to shine. Throughout the course of camp, we see the shyest kids overcome social anxieties and come out of their shells to express with joy and confidence; we see the most rigid and stoic kids get goofy, dance and sing; we see extroverted kids share their self-confidence and step up to encourage and help others; We see unlikely groups of varying age coalesce and form strong teams. In EVERY kid, we see them grow and become more self-aware.
Campers put their hands to work sharing in responsiblities like washing dishes, sweeping floors and cleaning bathrooms. They apply their imagination and creativity assembling handmade crafts and artwork. Campers help each other out in the spirit of service and take pride in leaving the camp facility looking better than how they found it. At Lewis & Clark County summer camp, we see to it that our kids put their hands to use and remain engaged and active.
Campers enjoy nutritional meals and healthy snacks throughout camp to keep their energy up. We limit the availability of junk food and candy. They get lots of physical exercise through swimming, running, dancing and movement. Mentally and emotionally, campers get healthy doses of confidence-building, teamwork, wellness, challenge, social growth, expression and joy.
Scenes from Lewis & Clark County 4-H Camp, 2017-2022
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