We OPENED the HOUSE for 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens!

 (If you weren't able to make our OPEN HOUSE due to rain or any other reasons, NO WORRIES!

You can still learn more about 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens and sign up for our new day camp program here!

You can also help us prepare for the summer by donating from our Amazon wish list!)

So, the thing about Rain or Shine events is...

Sometimes it's only the first option.

However,

A little rain-

(Well, a lot.

It was a lot of rain.)

However,

A lot of rain...

Couldn't stop us...

From celebrating...

And...

Showing off...

Our new expansion...

Of the New Jersey 4-H Camp program.

It was a blast...

To welcome folks...

To our new...

Rutgers Gardens home...

And to get in...

A good... 

"Dry" run...

Of some of our...

Rain Day activities.

Thanks to all those who helped furnish our shed with supplies! (And you can still help here!)

Thanks to ALL the campers and families who ventured out on a rainy Saturday morning, and thanks to all the Camp Staff volunteers for bringing the fun.

This event made us even MORE excited (like we weren't excited enough already) to launch our 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens Program this July.

There's still plenty of time to sign-up, and plenty of time to spread the word!

Help STUFF THE SHED For 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens!

Swing on by Saturday for our 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens Open House!

In addition to giving a preview of this brand-new 4-H Camp program, we'll also be running our STUFF THE SHED campaign to help get all the supplies needed for our very first summer at Rutgers Gardens.

If you can't make the Open House but want to help STUFF THE SHED anyway, no worries! We've got a online registry, and you can just send your donation our way! (As a thank-you, any STUFF THE SHED donations will get you an invite to our Lantern BBQ.)

So, we'll HOPE to see you on Saturday!

But if not, you can still help us jumpstart this expansion of the 4-H Camp program!

Make Some New Friends at 4-H Camp!

 It's the middle of May and we're only 48 days away from campers showing up for Summer 2023!

We thought we'd celebrate by sharing a brand-new video highlighting some of the friendships made last summer at 4-H Camp:

More good news! You don't even have to wait the 48 days to start making new camp friends - you can join us THIS SATURDAY for our Open House at Rutgers Gardens. Join in!

The Open House will feature info and tours for our brand-new 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens, as well as meet and greets with our summer staff and other "looking-forward-to-summer-at-4-H-Camp-fun."

We'll hope to see you there!

Our LANTERN BBQ is Back!

 

After a three year hiatus, our summer-kick-off-celebrate-the-start-of-another-season-at-4-H-Camp-party is back!

Sunday, July 2nd, from 2:30-5:30 we'll be holding our Lantern BBQ. It is open to all members of our Lantern Family (who have referred new campers for '23) and other donors and supporters of 4-H Camp. Invites will be going out early next week!

The Lantern BBQ is held the day before our first day of Camp for Summer '23 - campers attending who are signed up for Session #1 can stay for Sunday Early-Drop Off and get their summer at camp started a few hours early.

If you'd like to join, and haven't yet referred a new camper, we've still got a few spots available for females campers in Sessions #1 and #3!

You can also refer a brand-new camper to our brand-new program, 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens!

OR, you can log on to your Camp Brain account and donate $25 to our campership program!

OR, you can just reach out to us at the Camp Office and we'll find a way you can help support 4-H Camp and attend our Lantern BBQ!

Summer '23 at 4-H Camp is now less than two months away - and that's certainly something to celebrate.