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The British invade 4-H camp

By Submitted by 4-H agent Kevin Irvin
Published: August 19, 2009

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More than 265 campers, teen counselors and adult volunteers from Amherst County attended summer 4-H Camp at Holliday Lake 4-H Center in Appomattox the week of July 27 to 31.

The camp theme was “the British Invasion,” about the British rock bands of the 1960s through the 1980s, and campers were organized into six groups: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Police, The Who, Def Leppard and The Yardbirds.

Teen leaders helped plan meals that fit the theme, along with activities and competitions between the groups. Campers attended classes each day, such as swimming, canoeing, archery, crafts, cooking, rifle safety, forestry, model rocketry, soccer, basketball, volleyball, climbing tower, theater arts and counselor-in-training.

Amherst County hosted Niina Seppala, a 4-H exchange student from Finland who, while staying with a host family near Richmond, specifically requested to camp with Amherst County 4-H at Holiday Lake.

People and groups who made donations of scholarship money: Madison Heights Baptist Church, Village Garden Club, Ms. Anna Visich, Episcopal Thrift Shop, Elon-Sinai Family and Community Education Club, Olive-Star Women’s Auxiliary, Ms. Jean Higginbotham, Mrs. Clarke Johnson, Amherst Association of FCE Clubs, Lowesville FCE Club, Colonial Agricultural Education Inc., Mr. Bailey Wilkins, Rose Chapel Baptist Church, Areva NP Inc. and Mt. Shiloh-Monroe FCE club.

The adult volunteers were Kathy McMillan, Ashley Carwile, Katie Chamberlin, Gina Barrow, Kati Viar, Clay Ashby, David Johnson and Sandy and Louis Goldman.

Teen leaders were Katie Goldman, Travis Floyd, Dakota Nixon, Tyler Creasy, Tyler Parr, Kelci Falls, Casey Johnson, Tiffany Campbell, Elizabeth Dawson, Jessica Procopio, Garrett Galloway, Brittni Coffey, Jonathan Whitt, Ben Payne, Jonathan McMillan, Robyn Lee, Parker Stinnett, Connor Irvin, Caleb Lowe, Nate Hudson, Brittany Mays, Whitney Morcom, Emmet Howard, Joshua Welfare, Daniel Tinsley, Conner Peters, Jason Whitt, Skyelar King, Brittany Brown, Alex Goldman, Jessica Lamb, Mackenzie Brooks, Monica Viar, Sarah Albert, Sarah Pentecost, Luke Turner, David Painter, and Andrew Webster. Teen Leaders of the Week were Mackenzie Brooks and Tyler Creasy.

The Beatles won the Spirit Stick Award, and group captain Mackenzie Brooks took home the Spirit Stick.

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