The Henrico County office of Virginia Cooperative Extension is accepting registrations for the 2024 Henrico Junior 4-H Camp, which will be held from July 29 through Aug. 2 at the Jamestown 4-H Educational Center, near Williamsburg.
Open to boys and girls ages 9 through 13, the residential camp provides a fun, safe environment to learn, make friends and discover the outdoors through such activities as swimming, archery, canoeing, basketball, volleyball, forestry, shooting education, campfires, crafts, marine science, skits and more.
The $365 cost to attend includes meals and lodging for five days and four nights, programs, class materials and a camp T-shirt. Transportation is not provided. Scholarship assistance may be available. Registrations are accepted online. Space is limited.
The Jamestown 4-H Educational Center offers woods and open spaces along the James River as well as amenities that include air-conditioned lodges and cabins, archery and rifle ranges, a swimming pool, a river pier and an aquatics resource center.
Accredited by the American Camp Association, the camp is supervised by adult and teen counselors and a staff that includes lifeguards, recreational leaders, a dietician and a medical attendant. For information about volunteering as a parent, contact Laila Ampy-Thomas at [email protected] or Kendra Young at [email protected]. For more information about the camp, call (804) 501-5160 or go to henrico.us/extension.
