4-H Camping

Save the Date: Sea Camp at Kelly’s Island 4H Camp for 4H members age 14-17 by Jan 1 2026!

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Sea Camp Info:

  • Dates: July 20-24, 2026 (arrival and departure times to be determined).  Full time attendance is required.
  • Location: Kelleys Island 4-H Camp
  • What: Through partnerships of Ohio State University Extension and organizations that offer aquatic education and water recreation, Ohio 4-H Sea Camp at Kelleys Island has offered hundreds of young people the opportunity to learn about aquatic science and experience a variety of recreational watersports on Lake Erie. Ohio 4-H Sea Camp offers teenage youth an introduction to the Great Lakes through hands-on experiences in a variety of aquatic-based programs.
  • Who: Teens 14-17 years of age as of January 1, 2026.
  • What do they do? Participants will gain an understanding of safety applied to watercraft, sun and open water recreation. Participants will explore a variety of potential career opportunities through learning from professionals in aquatic science, natural resources, and watersports. Participants will gain lifelong skills fostered through educational and recreational water-based activities, while developing lasting friendships and comradery with peers.
  • Cost: Cost per camper is approximately $450. Any camper who is enrolled in 4-H can attend for a discounted rate of $400/camper.
  • Website: go.osu.edu/SeaCamp

Staff/Counselor Information:

  • Must be 18+ years of age by January 1, 2026
  • No prior counseling experience is required, but previous 4-H camping and counseling experience is helpful to be selected.
  • Submit application by April 15, 2026 (will be available at go.osu.edu/SeaCamp)
  • Phone interviews start the week of April 20
  • Successfully complete/pass background check.
  • Attend mandatory staff training on July 19, 2026 at Kelleys Island 4-H Camp.
  • Attend additional training opportunities offered virtually during spring and early summer months.

Camp Counselor 2026 Application available

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If you are interested in being a camp counselor complete the application by November 17th at 4:30 pm. The application can be found at the link below. As a camp counselor you attend trainings and workdays to learn skills to help you prepare for a leadership role at camp.  You help develop the camp theme and plan the camp schedule and activities.  The camp counselor program is open to any 4-H member 15 years old as of January 1st. We need a minimum of 14 camp counselors to plan an overnight camp, so we need YOU!!!

https://go.osu.edu/2026campcounselor

This is not the application for Counselor-in-Training (CIT). That is a separate application that will be emailed to the youth that completed Older-in-Training (OYIT) in 2025.

Cloverbud Day Camp Recap 2025

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Cloverbud Day Camp has come and gone. All who attended had lots of fun visiting the fairgrounds for the day! Our theme this year was “A Day At The Beach” The youth got to experience what 4-H Camp is like while also doing beach themed activities!

The whole day was planned by our Older Youth in Training and Junior Leaders. They all did a great job!

Our rotations this year included making a picture frame with seashells, making a dolphin themed craft, playing camp games, playing with water guns, and having recreation with parachutes!

A big thank you to our adult staff, camp counselors and older youth that all came out to help this day run smoothly.

URGENT: Cloverbud Day Camp

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Attention all!

 

This message is about Cloverbud Day Camp on June 16th.

 

Camp was moved to June this year to accommodate to availability in Camp Hervida’s schedule. Due to this we have taken a huge hit for registrations for this camp.

Due to the low amount of youth registered, we must move this camp from our original planned location (Camp Hervida) to the Morgan County Fairgrounds. Reserving Camp Hervida can be costly, we only have registration for 9 kids to attend Cloverbud Day Camp this year so it will have to be moved to a new location.

 

Please note we are still accepting registrations for this camp until June 9th and it will now be at the Morgan County Fairgrounds.

 

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Cloverbud Day Camp 2025

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Encourage your Cloverbud members to join the Older Youth in-Training and Junior Leader members for Cloverbud Day Camp on June 16th at Camp Hervida from 9 am to 3 pm.  The camp theme is “A day at the Beach”.  The camp fee is $30.00.

Cloverbud Day Camp packets are available to be picked up at the extension office for those who are interested. Registration is limited to the first 30 kids!

 

Payment options:  Cash or check to the extension office. The fee for the day and all completed health forms are due June 9th!
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Call the office at 740-962-4854 or email whisman.30@osu.edu with any questions

Shooting Sports Camps 2025

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There is an opportunity for 4-H members to attend a Shooting Sports Camp at Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp. Here is a link to the State 4-H website to learn more about the twoo different camps.

https://ohio4h.org/families/members/events-opportunties/shooting-sports/4-h-shooting-ed-camp

The 4-H Advisory Committee is offering scholarships for the camps. The first step to getting a scholarship is to complete and submit Scholarship Application form by April 18th. It is a fillable PDF but it needs to be submitted via a hardcopy to our office. Everyone that submits an application will be notified about whether or not they received the scholarship in time to meet the registration deadlines. Below is the link to the application.

https://morgan.osu.edu/news/ohio-4-h-junior-shooting-sports-camp

 

SAVE the DATE

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Aloha 4-H Members

4-H Members (no Cloverbuds) to age 13 as January 1st save the date and join camp counselor and counselors in training for a Luau at Camp Hervida July 14-18, 2025