4-H Camp - Three Weeks Away!!

 The days are passing by, getting us closer and closer to the most fun week of the summer!  

CANN 4-H Camp (aka Cumberland, Amelia, Nelson, and Nottoway County 4-H Camp) is July 21 - July 25!

Teens from all four counties met together on Saturday, June 28 at the Nelson Center in Lovingston, VA to get to know each other and do a lot of planning for camp.  Our teen leaders play a crucial part in providing a fun, safe, and learning environment at Holiday Lake for our campers as they help 4-H agents, adult leaders, and camp staff in supervision (at all hours of the day), assisting (and sometimes teaching) the daily classes, and sharing an enthusiasm with the campers that makes camp an exciting and memorable experience.

We're proud of our teen leaders and look forward to a great week at Holiday Lake!

(Did we mention that we will be on our way to camp in exactly THREE weeks?!)

By the way, this is the place to find updates, pictures, and announcements about what we're up to at camp.  We will be making several blog updates each day so that you can keep up with and enjoy our week at Holiday Lake, so be sure and bookmark this page.  We will also post the link on the 4-H Facebook pages for each county.

                   

     

      

 Summer Camp 2025 is Coming!  Hurray!

We are always excited when spring arrives!  That means that summer is getting close and so is camp!
Our teen leaders are already working on their required training to help make this year's camp fun, safe, and enjoyable for all!

As last year, Cumberland, Amelia, Nelson, and Nottoway Counties will be camping together.  We had a great week last year and look forward to another this year. 

Our camping week is July 21 - 25 this year.

Registration is already open for campers.  There are a limited number of spaces available for camp, so don't wait too long to register.

Here's the contact information for our wonderful extension agents and the link for each county's registration.

Cumberland County 4-H
Linda Eanes
804-492-4390
leanes@vt.edu

Link to registration form for Cumberland County:  Cumberland County Camp Registration

Amelia County 4-H
L.K. Mondrey
804-561-2481
lkm4H22@vt.edu

Online registration for Amelia County:  https://tinyurl.com/2025Jr4-HCampAmelia

Erin Harris
434-263-7180
eem2790@vt.edu

Online registration for Nelson County:       www.tinyurl.com/NelsonCamp2025

Nottoway County 4-H
Terry Abston
434-645-9315
tabston@vt.edu

Online registration for Nottoway County:  https://tinyurl.com/2025NottowayJr4HCamp

Thursday Night Campfire, Candle Lighting, and Friday Morning Awards

 Traditionally, the last evening program of the week is a campfire, led by staff, where groups present fun and spirited songs and chants that represent the individual groups.

Following campfire, everyone participated in a candle lighting session to close out our week at Holiday Lake.  There were some tears and lots of hugs.  As candles were being lit, three senior teens from Nelson County and Cumberland County were recognized.

Senior teens and their 4-H agents

Candle Lighting Program, CANN Camp 2024

Friday morning, after our last breakfast at camp, flag raising, and packing, everyone met in the amphitheater for one last assembly.  A teen and camper were chosen by their peers and adult leaders to be awarded with Head, Heart, Hands, and Health awards, and Outstanding Teen, Outstanding CIT, and Blossoming Camper awards.  And finally, the group that showed the most spirit and accumulated the most spirit points this week was awarded!  The most senior teen leader of the winning group gets to keep the spirit stick and the campers in that group were all given ribbons.  

  Outstanding CIT, Outstanding Teen, and Blossoming Camper

Head, Heart, Hands, and Health Awards - teens and campers

The Sea Otters Win the Spirit Stick!  

We had a great week at camp this year and believe it or not, we're already thinking about next year's camp.  

Crazy Color Run Fun

 

Our Color Run was originally scheduled for Wednesday evening, but we had to postpone it due to the storm that rolled through.   Holiday Lake 4-H Camp was very colorful on Thursday evening as campers and teens became bright palettes of color as they passed the color stations on the Color Run course.  (Side note:  all campers and teens participated, but crossed arms in front let the "color tossers" know that they did not want any color on them.)  At the end of the course, a water feature/water fall was all set up to rinse off the color!  

 

All Kinds of Talent at 4-H Camp

 Thursday night, we enjoyed a fun-filled talent show by our teens and campers.  It takes a lot to stand in from of a large group and speak, much less sing, dance, and act!  A job well done to all!

  

  

  

  

  

  

    

  

    

Wednesday Evening Storm and An "Indoor" Campfire

 Yesterday evening, a fast moving rain storm moved across camp just at the time we were preparing for our Color Run.  Being the flexible group that we are, we changed our schedule, went to the amphitheater out of the rain, and enjoyed a campfire, known as an ampfire (because it's in the amphitheater).  Of course, we didn't have real fire...The energy for the ampfire came from a group of our teens.  The teen leaders led the campers in songs and performed a couple of hilarious skits.  A job very well done to our ampfire teens and thanks to staff member, Focaccia, for assisting our teens in preparing for the ampfire!

There was a lot of energy from our teens in the opening song of ampfire!

Wednesday Classes

 We just finished our second morning of classes.   Campers have been having fun and learning in so many different classes such as canoeing, archery, riflery, tie dye, leathercraft, campfire cooking, volleyball, soccer, high ropes course, swimming classes, and fishing (there are more).  Classes begin at 8:45 each day and conclude at 12:15.  Your camper will have a lot of fun experiences to share with you when they get home.

Barring any weather issues, the campers will spend the afternoon at the pool or playing field games.  This evening's programming is a much anticipated event:  The Color Run around camp (complete with water feature at the finish line) followed by our teen-led campfire.  

Happy Wednesday, everyone!