Canter's Cave 4-H Camp/Elizabeth L. Evans Outdoors Education Center

Address: 1362 Caves Road, Jackson, OH 45640

Phone:(740) 286-4058

 

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2023 Camp Dates and Information

Camp Scholarship Application | Download PDF....Available as long as scholarship funds are still available.
**Please note...the form says scholarships are due on May 1st, but we will continute to accept scholarship applications as long as we have funds available.

To Register for Camp, Click on the Registration Information Below for the Grade the Camper is Completing...

2023 Camp Dates, Costs, Ages and Information

• Cloverbud Camp: June 29-30, $60 ($40 for additional youth/adults)    *REGISTRATION DUE JUNE 1ST
  • Cloverbud Informational Letter
  • Registration Link for Cloverbud Camp: go.osu.edu/Cloverbud22
  • Click Here to Complete Online Health Forms (go.osu.edu/CloverbudHF) (Online Health Form Needed for Camper and Child)
  • Click Here to Print and Return Required COVID Acknowledgement
    • Print the COVID Acknowledgement form or pick up a form at your County Extension Office and bring it with you to camp.
    • Pick up a COVID Acknowledgement form when you arrive at camp to attend with your child.
• Beginner (3rd, 4th & 5th) Grade Camp: June 12-15,  $165 ($175 non 4-H members)   *REGISTRATION DUE MAY 26TH
  • Beginner Camp Informational Letter
  • Registration Link for Beginner Camp.....go.osu.edu/beginnercamp
  • Click Here to Complete Online Health Forms (go.osu.edu/BeginnerHealthForm)
  • Click Here to Print and Return Required COVID Acknowledgement
    • Print the Covid Acknowledgement form or pick up a form and return to the Jackson County Extension Office (17 Standpipe Rd, Jackson, OH 45640) drop box at least 24 hours prior to camp. Drop Box is located to the right of the front door.
    • Print or pick up a form and scan and email to miller.11368@osu.edu with "COVID Form" in the subject line. A scanned copy with your phone camera is fine as long as it is clear and readable.
• Junior High (6th, 7th & 8th) Grade Camp: June 26-29,  $165 ($175 non 4-H members)   *REGISTRATION DUE JUNE 8TH
  • Junior High Camp Informational Letter
  • Registration Link for Junior High Camp...go.osu.edu/JrHighCamp
  • Click Here to Complete Online Health Forms (go.osu.edu/jrhighhealthform)
  • Click Here to Print and Return Required COVID Acknowledgement
    • Print the Covid Acknowledgement form or pick up a form and return to the Jackson County Extension Office (17 Standpipe Rd, Jackson, OH 45640) drop box at least 24 hours prior to camp. Drop Box is located to the right of the front door.
    • Print or pick up a form and scan and email to miller.11368@osu.edu with "COVID Form" in the subject line. A scanned copy with your phone camera is fine as long as it is clear and readable.
• Teen Camp: June 16-19, $170 ($180 non 4-H members)   *REGISTRATION DUE JUNE 13TH
  • Teen Camp Informational Letter
  • Registration Link for Southern Ohio Teen Camp...go.osu.edu/TeenCamp
  • Click Here to Complete Online Health Forms (go.osu.edu/TeenHealthForm)
  • Click Here to Print and Return Required COVID Acknowledgement
    • Print the Covid Acknowledgement form or pick up a form and return to the Jackson County Extension Office (17 Standpipe Rd, Jackson, OH 45640) drop box at least 24 hours prior to camp. Drop Box is located to the right of the front door.
    • Print or pick up a form and scan and email to miller.11368@osu.edu with "COVID Form" in the subject line. A scanned copy with your phone camera is fine as long as it is clear and readable.
• STEM Camp: June 19-21, 2023 (grades 5-7). More information found here. 
• State Special Needs Camp: June 9-11, 2023. Click Here For More Information.
• Ohio 4-H Junior Shooting Education Camp: June 23-25, ages 9-12...Click Here for More Information
• Ohio 4-H Senior Shooting Education Camp: July 9-14, ages 12-18...Click Here for More Information

Contact Maddie at the Extension Office for more information on these camps: 740-688-5032

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Objectives of 4-H Camping

1. To have educational, recreational, and social experiences in outdoor living away from home.
2. To provide opportunities to meet and learn to get along with other people by living together and participating in a camping experience.
3. To provide opportunities for youth to learn to take responsibility for their own decisions and actions.
4. To offer new experiences for youth by exploring new interests, or by exposing them to new approaches to old interests, such as nature, aquatics, music, and other life skills that cannot be provided as effectively outside of camp.
5. To teach youth about citizenship and the importance of being a responsible citizen.
6. To discover and provide opportunities for developing leadership skills.
7. To discover special talents among campers and teen leaders and provide opportunities for developing these talents.
8. To learn to meet individual and group responsibilities.
9. To enrich the ongoing 4-H club program and to involve youth in unit 4-H clubs.
10. To have fun.
11. To be inspired to practice better 4-H club membership.