Camps

2025 Camp Dates Announced

Are you planning vacations and summer activities for summer 2025? Please add these 4-H camp dates to your family calendar.

Counselor Camp Applications Due: February 28 https://go.osu.edu/washcampcounselor

2025 Camping Dates:

  • Junior Camp                        June 23 – 27       Youth who have completed grades 3, 4, 5
  • Cloverbud Day Camp        June 30                      Youth ages 5 – 8 who have completed Kindergarten
  • Beginner Camp                   July 1-2                  Youth who have completed 2nd grade and through the age of 10
  • Senior Camp                         July 7-11             Youth who have completed grades 6, 7, 8, 9 (Note this date is earlier than usual)

Camp Hervida Dinner & Fundraiser – Nov 9

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Doors open 5:30 p.m., Dinner 6:00 p.m., Drawing 7:00 p.m. – Churchtown K of C Hall, SR 676

$40 ticket (dinner and drawings for cash prizes) – Contact a board member or the Extension Office to purchase a ticket.

Your club can provide a community service to our county-owned 4-H camp facility by being workers, donating an item to the silent auction and/or providing desserts at the Building Fund Drawing & Silent Auction on Saturday, November 11. This year’s proceeds will go toward operating expenses & kitchen improvements.

Workers are needed to clear tables and clean up the kitchen from 6:00 p.m. until finished. Another work crew is needed to tear down tables and chairs at the end of the fund raiser from 9 p.m. until finished. 4-H club members, parents and advisors who are signed up to work receive a free meal and do not need to purchase a $40 ticket.

An item for the silent auction can be made or solicited from a business by your club. Various kinds of gift baskets, gift certificates, novelties, tools, decorations, etc. are appropriate. Items can be dropped off at the Extension Office before Saturday or at the K of C Hall on Saturday by 4 p.m.

A total of 30 desserts are needed to help keep the meal costs down. Your club could provide one or more pies or cakes. Desserts can be dropped off at the Extension Office before Saturday or at the K of C Hall on Saturday by 4 p.m.

To contribute as a community service project for your club, please contact Jane at 740-568-8044. Thank you for your kind consideration.

Apply for a Trip in 2025

Interested in traveling in 2025 or want to experience a fun camp? Now is the time to apply for a scholarship so you can make it happen! Applications are due October 10, 2024.

2025 Trip Awards

  • Buckeye Leadership Workshop – Recreation Unlimited, Ashley, OH. March. Age 16 or high school sophomore.
  • State 4-H Leadership Camp – 4-H Camp Ohio, early June. Must be age 15 as of Jan 1st.
  • 4-H Citizenship-Washington Focus – National 4-H Center, Washington DC. June/July. Must be age 14 as of Jan 1st.
  • 4-H Forestry Wildlife Camp – Forestry & wildlife education, fishing, hiking, tree climbing. Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp. Weekend in April. Ages 12-18
  • 4-H Sea Camp – Kelley’s Island, July, Must be ages 15-17
  • Ohio 4-H Sr. Shooting Education Camp – Canters Cave 4-H Camp, Jackson, OH. July. Must be ages 12 – 18.
  • Ohio 4-H Jr. Shooting Education Camp – Canters Cave 4-H Camp, Jackson, OH. July. Must be age 9 – 12.
  • Space Adventure Camp – Marietta College. June. Youth ages 11-13 and/or grades 5 – 7.

You can find the application here: https://washington.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/washington-county-4-h-forms

Choose the application that works best for you: pdf, fillable pdf, or Word doc

Senior Camp Wraps-up!

Our final summer camp wrapped up last week. Look at all of these smiling faces! We also have some lost and found items that will be kept at the Extension Office until August 9 and will then be donated to charity.

Summer Camp Report

4-H Summer Camps are moving right along. We have 3 camps down and 1 to go! Senior Camp will be July 22-26.

Here are the groups pictures from Junior, Cloverbud, and Beginner Camps

Camp Lost and Found

Are you missing some items from Junior Camp, Cloverbud Camp, or Beginner Camp? Check out the items below that are available at the OSU Extension Office from 8 am – 4 pm. After August 5 the items will be donated to charity.

It’s Time for 4-H Camp!!!!!!!!

Washington County 4-H is excited to announce the summer camp lineup and host camps for youth Kindergarten thru ninth grade. OSU Extension will be offering four camps this year, including a day camp, one overnight day camp, and two multi-day overnight camps. The camps will all be held at Camp Hervida near Waterford. Here is the summer lineup for the dates and camp specific information.

  •  Junior Camp: grades 3-5, June 24-28 (Registration Due-May 31)
  • Cloverbud Camp: ages 5-8, July 1 (Registration Due-June 3)
  • Beginner Camp: 2nd grade- 10 years old, July 2-3 (Registration Due-June 3)
  • Senior Camp: Grades 6-9, July 22-26 (Registration Due-June 14)

Registration costs will cover lodging, meals, daily canteen, evening snack, class and program supplies for the campers. The camp staff and camp counselors are looking forward to a fun and exciting 4-H camping season! Camp t-shirts will be available at additional cost.

Here’s what Ohio 4-H Campers had to say after their camping experiences in 2023:

  • 95% indicated that they had someone to look up to at camp
  • 97% said they made a new friend at camp
  • 94% indicated that they learned something new
  • 94% said they will recommend camp to their friends
  • 98% want to return to camp next year

For more information about the 4-H camping program or enrollment, please contact the Washington County Ohio State University Extension office at (740) 376-7431, or download a registration form from https://go.osu.edu/hervida

Camp scholarship applications are available here: Camp Scholarship Application – 2024

Eastern Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Camp

Eastern Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Camp

June 28-30 – Ages 9-13

This camp will be held at Zion Retreat & RV Park, Flushing, OH. All shooting classes are taught by certified Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Instructors.

Registration & Camp Fee are due by: June 3, 2024 or until spaces are filled (Max 45 campers)
Camp Fee: $150.00
Camp fee after June 3rd is $160.00 (may not receive t-shirt)
No registration accepted after June 17

Disciplines:

  • Basic Archery
  • Advanced Archery
  • Basic Rifle .22 Rimfire
  • Basic Shotgun
  • Basic Pistol

Question: Contact OSU Extension, Noble County – 740-732-5681

Registration Form: 2024 SS Camp Registration Form (002)

Spark EXPO registration is fast approaching!

From June 12-15, teens at the Spark EXPO will learn about agriculture and related STEAM fields from industry experts, and faculty and staff of the Ohio State College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES).

Spark EXPO is open to all Ohio students who have completed the eighth grade or ninth grade at the conclusion of the 2023-2024 school year. Participants do not need to be enrolled in the 4-H program.

As part of Spark EXPO, students visit Ohio State’s Columbus and Wooster campuses and learn from Ohio State students, teachers, scientists, and researchers. Students explore careers, hear from Ohio 4-H alumni who share their career stories, and learn about the college and career-readiness program: Ohio 4-H Pathways to the Future.

The deadline to register is April 17, and details are at go.osu.edu/4hsparkexpo.

The event includes on-campus accommodations, meals, program materials, and transportation. Supervision is provided by adult program staff.