Craig County Junior 4-H Camp was recently held at the W. E. Skelton 4-H Educational & Conference Center at Smith Mountain Lake during the week of June 3 -7, 2019. A total of 42 Craig 4-H’ers attended camp and enjoyed sharing the week with campers from Patrick and Pulaski Counties. They attended classes, met new friends and learned new skills.
Campers were also able to enjoy new classes such as Advanced Sports, Airplanes and Rocketry, Beginning Sports, Campfire Cooking, Fish Taxidermy, and Multi-Media/Tech World, as well as old favorites like Archery, Arts and Crafts, Basic Horsemanship, Canoeing, Climbing, Fishing, Kayaking, Outdoor Adventures, Performing Arts, Polar Bear Swim, Riflery, Small Animal Science, Swimming, and Tie-Dye to name a few.
There was something for everyone at 4-H Camp. Some of the special events included Carnival Night, Cool Sunglasses Lunch, Super Hero and Princess Day, Crazy Hat Lunch, Pajama Breakfast, and Big & Crazy Hair Lunch, Talent Show, Neon Dance Party, and Drive-In Movie added a lot of fun activities.
Emily Ross, 4-H Adult Volunteer, provided supervision for the camp again this summer. “We cannot thank Emily enough for her support during this week. We would not have been able to have 4-H Camp this summer without her leadership. We were also very fortunate to have a hard-working group of Craig Teen Leaders – Morgan Beane, Shelby Devinney, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Abigayle Price, Jessie Reed, Hunter Ashley, Dylan Crawford, Gabriel Devinney, Bryce Drake, Haiden Huffman, Dalton Henderson, Chris Lafon, and Cameron Shell,” Submitted by Andy Allen, Craig County Extension Agent. “Each of these trained teens did a wonderful job working with their assigned campers and making sure our camp ran smoothly.”
Most of the 4-H’ers at camp were able to attend because of the generosity of the following individuals and businesses to the Junior 4-H Camp Scholarship Fund. Craig County Extension staff and Craig 4-H’ers would like to thank the following companies and individuals for making Junior 4-H Camp a reality for the local youth. Donors include:
- Adams Construction Co.
- Mr. & Mrs. Ron Baker
- Mr. & Mrs. George Canode
- Charlton Associates
- Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative
- Craig County Farm Bureau
- Craig County Farm Bureau Women
- Craig County Health & Dental Center
- Craig Healing Springs Christian Church
- Crawford Oil Company
- Crossroads Christian Church
- D&S Septic
- Farmers & Merchants Bank of Craig County
- Forever Green Lawn Care
- Mr. & Mrs. Lanier Frantz
- Guthrie Insurance Inc.
- Betty Hughes
- Blair & Erica Jones
- Market Street Pharmacy
- Maywood Garden Club
- New Castle Christian Church
- New Castle Garden Club
- New Castle United Methodist Church
- Paitsel Funeral Home
- Red Rock Farm
- St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
- Sisson & Ryan Quarry, LLC
- Deborah D. Snead
- Strauch Fiber Equipment
- Thorvin Inc.
- Tickle Disposal Inc.
- Tickle Oil & Propane
- Nadine C. Allen Excellence Fund
- Frist Foundation
- Arthur Taubman Scholarship Fund
- Virginia Tech Foundation (Thurman Fund)
- Ned and Rosalyn Lester Youth Leadership Development Endowment
A successful camping experience for the youth would not be possible without the generosity of:
- Craig County School Board for their donation of two school buses.
- Mrs. Kirstann Edwards and Mr. Sput Jones for driving the buses with our campers and their luggage to and from camp.
- The Farmers & Merchants Bank of Craig County for their additional support of paying the bus drivers’ fees.
A heartfelt thanks and appreciation go to each of these supporters of our camping program.
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Submitted by Andy Allen, Craig County Extension Agent
