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Marion County

4-H summer camp

The 4-H summer camp program serves Audrain, Clark, Knox, Marion, Ralls, Pike, Lewis and Scotland counties.

Impact

4-H camps have a greater impact than most people may imagine — camp does develop life skills in youth, and we have proof!

  • Well over 1,000 youth and teens attend 4-H camps in Missouri each year.
  • Extension 4-H specialists and the families they serve consider 4-H camp experiences a high-priority program. 4-H campers ages 10–13 and their parents were surveyed in 2005 and again in 2006 to determine the effectiveness of Missouri 4-H camps in developing life skills in youth, and the results showed that:
    • 72.6% of youth and 84.3% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that 4-H camp improves skills in learning to learn
    • 82.4% of youth and 80.1% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that 4-H camp improves self-responsibility skills

Because of camp

Video promo from the American Camp Association

Learn how the camp experience changing lives is one of the most powerful benefits of camp. Camp, and the experiences of camp, defines us even as adults. Camp has touched many lives, introduced people to new passions, and broadened horizons.