Are you planning vacations and summer activities for summer 2024? Please add these 4-H camp dates to your family calendar.

Counselor Camp Applications Due: March 1 https://go.osu.edu/washcampcounselor

2024 Camping Dates:

• Junior Camp                        June 24 – 28       Youth who have completed grades 3, 4, 5
• Cloverbud Day Camp        July 1                      Youth ages 5 – 8 who have completed Kindergarten
• Beginner Camp                   July 2-3                  Youth who have completed 2nd grade and through the age of 10
• Senior Camp                         July 22-26             Youth who have completed grades 6, 7, 8, 9

Thank you to everyone that helped to work a lemon-shake shift or donate items for the Hervida Lemon-shake Stand at the recent Sternwheel Festival. The camp board has reported a profit of over $6000 to apply toward Hervida’s Camp operating budget.

Thanks!

Our Washington County 4-H Camps have been awesome. Here is a picture from Junior Camp, Cloverbud Camp, and Beginner Camp. Senior Camp will be held July 17-21.

The Marietta Community Foundation provided a $25,000 grant to fund the majority of a chip and seal project at Hervida 4-H Camp. Other donors have come along side Hervida to fully complete the project so all of the Hervida roads will be resurfaced. This will make Hervida and the facilities more accessible for all campers!

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 26-30 (Registration Due-May 26)
• Cloverbud Camp: ages 5-8, July 5 (Registration Due-June 5)
• Beginner Camp: 2^nd grade- 10 years old, July 6-7 (Registration Due-June 5)
• Senior Camp: Grades 6-9, July 17-21 (Registration Due-June 16)

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 2022:

• 97% said they made a new friend at camp
• 94% said they will recommend camp to their friends
• 97% 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