Washington County Camp Slideshow & Podcast

Here is a slide show of all our camp pictures!

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Washington County June 4-June 8

Gau-Gau is one of the many fun sports at 4-H camp!--4-H camper
That dance was really fun!!--4-H camper
I love to dance every night in Russell Hall. -- 4-H camper
Sam really loves arts and crafts. -- 4-H camper
These are the winners of the 80's dance and they look awesome!--4-H camper
The winners for the 80's costume contest! They look great!--4-H camper

I'd like to come back next year for CNN. I like it because you use computers, cameras, and recorders. -- Dylan

We like everything about camp. From games to classes to food to dances and swimming. Camp is really fun!!--4-H campers

My favorite part of camp is the classes. CNN, when in Rome, model rocketry, lego mindstorm, and archery are some of my favorites. -- 4-H camper

My favorite party of camp is gau-gau. It's a sport where you try to get people out by hitting them in the legs with a ball. You also try not to go out of the circle. My favorite thing about 4-H camp is the tetherball. It's where you try to get the ball around the pole on the other perosons side.-- 4-H campers

My favorite thing is hanging out with my friends Kaitlyn, Summer, Heather and Taylor. My favorite teen counselor is Annie. I like all our big counselors. I really liked the 80's dance. --4-H camper

Washington County June 4-June 8

This takes place at the clogging show. This is Ethan and Luke goofing off!! These are the blue boys counselors. -- Briana, Krisinda, and Casey

Gau-Gau Rocks!!!! -- Abby and Kelsey

This is Conrad and Luke, holding a stick in amazement. In outdoor treasures. This picture is our favorite because they are studying moss on the stick. --Paige, Amanda, and Emma

We love 4-H camp. CNN is our favorite class. CNN stands for Camp News Network and it is also called broadcast journalism. We take pictures, make a podcast, and also write this blog. The image above is a group picture of this year's CNN group second class. Freddy and Ian

This week of 4-H camp was the bomb because everybody is like family. We all stick together. --Krisinda

My favorite part about camp is the dances and playing gau-gau. All year I look forward to camp because it is so much fun. All the staff are cool and fun to hang out with. I love to see all my friends again. -- Abby

I think camp was so fun!-Casey

I love camp because we make new friends and see old ones from the years before. -- 4-H camper

At 4-H camp I mostly play tetherball. Paige Counts, Megan Buchannan, Tori, and Michaela Lloyd are all tetherball queens! One time we won a game 10-1. -- Briana

My week at 4-H camp has been the best. I'm going to tell you about those things. My favorite thing is tetherball, the dances, and the classes.--Paige Counts

I've had a great time at camp. I have met new friends and I am coming back to camp next year! Camp is one week filled with fun classes like CNN, archery, and challenge in the woods. It also has fun games like gau-gau.--Emma

Washington County June 4-June 8

Ziplining is probably the best class because you will be in the air ziplining. I think it would be awesome. -- Virgie The 70's costume contest winners really look like we were in the 70's. -- Ashton

My favorite thing that I did at camp was tetherball. It was so much fun to meet people who liked tetherball as much as I do. --Ashton

My favorite part about camp was tetherball. Most of my friends really liked it, but unfortunately I twisted my wrist while playing. However, I am still having a fabulous time!-- Samuel
I love this picture because the two kids are sooo cute! --4-H camper

They're so cute together!--4-H camper
My favorite thing of camp was CNN. We went to the barn and took some pictures of horses. --4-H camper

My favorite part of camp was the dances. It was so cool seeing everybody dressed up in their "funky" clothes. --4-H camper

My favorite part about 4-H camp is the classes because they are fun and exciting. --4-H campers

The dance has been one of the most fun things at camp. All the songs have been great. -- 4-H camper

I LOVED the theme this year. I liked the theme because I love things from the past dacades. You can always find me buying leg warmers or platform shoes and anything that interests me! --Emily

My favorite thing at camp is CNN because it is fun! -- 4-H camper

My favorite thing about being a teen counselor was becoming a role model for all the campers. Sometimes it's difficult, but when the campers are having fun it always makes me smile!-- Annie

Summer Camp Broadcast Journalism

In the very near future, this space will host special blog posts created by 4-H campers here at the 4-H Center. The camping season starts June 4 with Washington County, and for the duration of the summer each week's Broadcast Journalism class will document camp activities in pictures and words. Along with a weekly podcast, they will be posting here as well. Watch closely for posts authored by "4H Campers" to see what they're up to!

Weber City Elementary

Congratulations to Weber City Elementary's 6th grade class on their graduation to middle school. The sixth graders visited the 4-H Center this week for a morning of teambuilding and leadership development.

Over 60 students visited us, and were led through activities like "Electric Fence," "Minefield," "The Human Knot," and "Magic Carpet."

All of the groups did very well, and the rain held off long enough for us to finish all of our activities and head inside for lunch.

2007 State Camp Staff Training

On May 16, this year's 4-H Center camp staff traveled to the W.E. Skelton 4-H Center to join camp staffers from all across Virginia in an annual training event.

Our small, but dedicated and enthusiastic group was joined by over a hundred other camp enthusiasts for a three day event. Over the course of the event, they learned new songs, made new friends, and honed their camp skills.

This special camp training event saw attendees from the Airfield 4-H Center, Holiday Lake 4-H Center, Northern Virginia 4-H Center, Jamestown 4-H Center, and the Skelton 4-H Center.

The Southwest 4-H Center staff took a lead role in several areas, including a "How-To" Workshop on rainy day activities, the New Attendee Workshop, and a flag lowering program.

On Thursday, staff members spent a whole day going through intensive training sessions in their specific curriculum areas. There were sessions on Natural Resource Education for our nature instructor, a low ropes session, outdoor living skills, a special session for Administrative Assistants and Camp Coordinators, and more. There was even a hands-on session exclusively about games and gameplay at camp.

The Southwest 4-H Center was well represented, and once again proved that we have one of the most enthusiastic and dedicated camp staffs in all of Virginia. With their hard work this summer should prove to be one of the best!