Girl Campers Registration 2020 Chesterfield 4-H Summer Camp
Date and time
Location
Jamestown 4-H Educational Center
3751 4-H Club Road Williamsburg, Va 23185Description
Please email coatesje@chesterfield.gov for questions and registration regarding this camp.
4-H Junior Camp is a residential, week-long summer camp program available to Chesterfield County residents ages 9-13.(Please see below for age guidelines.) Camp is held every year at the Jamestown 4-H Educational Center in Williamsburg, VA.
4-H camp provides youth countless opportunities for learning more about themselves, their peers, and the natural world around them. Days are filled with camp classes (archery, kayaking, sailing, robotics, videography, marine science, challenge course, woodworking, arts and crafts, and much more!), unstructured recreation and swim time, flag ceremonies, evening programs and campfires. Our main focus during camp is to help youth develop independence, self-esteem, confidence, interpersonal skills, and other life skills.
Please note that the Chesterfield County Extension Office is in charge of planning for and processing registration for our week of 4-H Junior camp. Jamestown 4-H Center is just the facility we use during the week for camp programming. Registration and/or questions regarding Chesterfield 4-H Camp should be directed to the Chesterfield Extension office at 804-751-4401, not the Jamestown 4-H Center.
Cost & Payment:
The cost to attend camp is $300.00 per camper. This is due at the time of registration. However, we cannot accept online payment for camp fees. Thus, once you register you will need to bring in the $300.00 payment to our office at: Chesterfield County Cooperative Extension Office, 9501 Lori Rd., Chesterfield 23832
NO CASH will be accepted. Please make checks or money orders payable to "Treasurer of Virginia Tech"
Please NOTE: There is NO transportation to and from camp, parents MUST drop off and pick up campers @ the Jamestown 4-H Center.
Payments must be received within 2 weeks of your registration date or your spot in camp will be released to the waitlist.
There will be a $50.00 fee for all returned checks.
No Roommate Requests:
We are no longer taking roommate requests. This is being done for a number of reasons. Inevitably, each year we are unable to accommodate everyone’s request which leads to disparity and disappointment. Often requests come in that are conflicting and make for awkward situations. When requests can be accommodated it sometimes creates situations where all but one or two of the campers knows each other well and those one or two kids end up feeling left out and alienated despite staff’s best efforts to integrate the room. Summer camp is a place for kids to get out of their comfort zone and interact with new people in a fun low pressure environment. Summer camp is a place for new experiences. Campers may miss out on meeting a new lifelong friend that they would not otherwise have made had it not been for them meeting them for the first time at camp in their cabin. Please allow your kids to get the full experience of camp and all the glorious benefits that come will it that will follow them for a lifetime.
Cancellation and Refund Policy:
Cancellations made prior to May 9, 2020 will result in a refund of payment made minus a processing fee of $50.00 Cancellations made after May 10, 2020 will result in a non-refund. All cancellations request must be made in writting. Please allow 8 weeks to process refund.
Age requirements for attending camp:
A camper is any youth that is 9-13 years old
Counselor-in-Training (CIT) must turn 13 by January 1, 2020
Teen Camp Counselors must be at least 14 by January 1, 2020
A child that will turn nine before September 30, 2020 can attend camp as a camper (Thus, some 8 year olds can attend camp, as long as they will turn nine before September 30, 2020)
Youth that turn 13 on or before January 1, 2020 can select if they would like to attend camp as a CIT or camper. (CITs will take a special leadership class during camp to better prepare them for applying to become a Teen Counselor in the future.) CIT REGISTRATION HAS A DIFFERENT LINK. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THAT LINK.
Youth that turn 13 after January 1, 2020 must attend camp as a camper. They cannot serve as a CIT.
Youth that turn 14 on or before January 1, 2020 cannot attend camp as a camper – they must have applied in advance for a Teen Counselor position and applications usually come out each fall around the start of the school year.