Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Leadership Weekend!

 

Get ready...

For April showers,

Spring time flowers,

Start the cleaning,

Pack away the snow shovels,

And...

Alert...

The Groundhog. 

Forget...

The first...

Robin,

We've got...

A better...

And surer...

Sign that...

Spring...

Has...

Sprung,

Cause it's:

LEADERSHIP WEEKEND!

Yes,

Last...

Summer's...

Graduated...

Counselors in Training...

Have triumphantly...

Returned...

To 4-H Camp...

To start their next journey...



As Junior Counselors. 

With the guidance...

Of some of last year's...



Junior Counselors...



We had a wonderful weekend of training,

Community,

And team-building...



As we all get ready...

To work together...



To create some more 4-H Camp magic...






For Summer '25.

(Also,

The fact that it was like 80 degrees really didn't hurt.)

Monday, March 24, 2025

75th Anniversary Staff Retreat - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

 If you haven't heard, we're...CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF SUMMER!




Now you've definitely heard!


We've got a whole slate set for our year of celebration, but PRIME on the list of events is our Staff Reunion, being held here at 4-H Camp September 19th-21st.



Registration is now officially open for this reunion!


We hope all interested alumni will consider joining us for the weekend, or just the during day on Saturday, September 20th.  


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September 19th-21st, 2025 at L.G. Cook 4-H Camp – Stokes State Forest


You only turn 75 once!


From July 2025-July 2026, The New Jersey 4-H Camp will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary.

The year will feature monthly events (held both on site and remotely) including a Staff Reunion Retreat in September of 2025.


This event, hosted at L.G. Cook 4-H Camp in coordination with the 4-H Campfire Council, will be open to former NJ 4-H Camp summer staff from all eras. (The days of 4-H County Camp, Beemerville 4-H Camp, 21st century counselors - the works!) It is intended to be a weekend of reconnection, reminiscing, storytelling, and sharing what the many generations of 4-H Camp Staff all have in common - fond memories and continued care for our little summer home in the forest.


This will be an adults-only event (21+). We’ll have plenty of other options for family visits/open houses during the 75th Anniversary season!


There will also be options for spending the whole retreat at 4-H Camp, full weekend attendance with attendee-arranged off-site accommodations, or single day attendance on Saturday, September 20th.


Registration is open now!


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As we move toward Summer '25, we're excited to keep providing more details on ALL the ways you can be part of it as we celebrate 75 years of summer at 4-H Camp. 













Thursday, March 6, 2025

2025 London Edition






 

It's that time of year again, when the Camp Blog takes its annual trip across the ocean to find NEXT SUMMER'S new slate of wonderful international Camp Counselors!


Sasha joined me at the table! Which was extra fun because:


-----------------FIRING UP THE CAMP TIME MACHINE----------------------


This was Sasha one year ago, when we met in London and she joined the 4-H Camp family!



-------------------RETURNING TO PRESENT DAY--------------------

 And now Sasha's back, to help search out the next great batch of 4-H Camp counselors!




And guess what!?



Sure enough,


We found them!
Yes,
In ALL OF LONDON...
We were lucky enough...






To just happen to run into...







The six Camp Counselors...

Who were just destined...

To join the 4-H Camp team...




And be part...







Of all the...





Camp Magic...


That will be made in Summer 2025.