4-H Camping Program
Camp is an opportunity to make new friends, learn, and have fun in a safe environment while surrounded by caring adults. Campers learn life skills such as independence, responsibility, and sharing.
A study of Virginia 4-H camping conducted in 2002 with 11,000 youth campers ages 9 to 13 from across the state found that 4-H camp participation helped youth to learn to:
- Make new friends,
- Develop new skills, and
- Become more independent and able to take care of themselves.
Shenandoah County 4-H offers a summer and a winter 4-H residential camp at the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center and Summer 4-H Day Camps are also conducted in cooperation with local town parks. Additional 4-H speciality camps are available at 4-H Centers and other locations around the state.
There are leadership opportunities available for teens to be trained to serve as 4-H Camp Counselors for all of the Shenandoah County 4-H Camps.
The Culpeper-Shenandoah-Rappahannock-Clarke-Warren 4-H Camp is for Shenandoah County youth ages 9-13. This is a resident camp, held at the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center in Front Royal, which is an American Camping Association Accredited Camp. Campers do not have to be 4-H members to enroll. Camp activities include swimming, canoeing, crafts, performing arts, riflery, archery, games, and campfire programs. Campers are supervised by trained 4-H Teen Camp Counselors, adult 4-H volunteers and the 4-H Center Summer Resident Camp staff.
HOLD THE DATE FOR 2025 - June 8-12, 2025
All programs are open to all Shenandoah County youth – 4-H membership is not required.
4-H Winter Camp is held at the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center in Front Royal. For ages 9-13.