(Our brand-new program, 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens held its second -and first FULL- session last week! Let's now take a trip down to see all the happenings and goings on at 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens:)
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4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens had its first full session last week!
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On Monday we greeted a brand new batch of campers
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All was going great!
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…Until a mysterious Secret Agent sent the whole camp on a Scavenger Hunt Mission!
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Once we returned from the strange interruption
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We were able to have our Morning Meeting in peace - where each morning the camp helps build our 4-H Clover up
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Leaf by leaf as we present what our 4-H’s:
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Head
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Heart
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Hands
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and Health
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Mean to us as a cabin and as a community.
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Throughout the days we also had a lot of fun in our Cabin Activity Times…
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We have our creative Bamboo Forest Time everyday
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…even if its not always at the Bamboo Grove…
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And where we try new things like painting and potting plants
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Field Games
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Hiking in Helyar Woods
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Or hunting for Big Foot depending on who you ask
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and making some Eco-Art.
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Each day we also explored our interests with different Rutgers University experts
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Starting off with Alex the Rutgers Gardens Student Farm Manager
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who led the camp on a tour of the Student Farm
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And Caitlin, the Rutgers Gardens Superintendent
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who toured us through the Rain Garden and Pollinator Garden
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where we got to learn about how and why rain gardens work, and the importance of pollinators
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Wednesday we had a team of Rutgers Wildlife biologists come in
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Who guided us through
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some hands-on learning on bats,
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And taught us about echolocation
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And Thursday we had RU Dietetics come in to talk about nutrition and our favorite veggies!
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On our last day
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we took a camp- wide walk up to the Cook’s Market Farmers Market
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where we used our vouchers to pick out some of our own fruits and veggies to bring home.
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But those are just the highlights of our week!
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After all we learned…
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We got ready to…
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Compete in an epic battle of…
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Predator Versus Prey!
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And following a hard fought few rounds…
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We settled in for our closing ceremonies
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where we took a few reflective moments
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to recognize the community we created together this week…
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…at 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens.
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