January 17-19, 2025

Participants and Trained Volunteers need to Register through Your Local 4-H Extension Office

Click Here  -  Food Frenzy Brochure

Youth ages 9-18 have the opportunity to learn and practice food safety and cooking skills. Campers will explore different cooking techniques and work with professionals in the food service industry. Whether you're new to the kitchen or looking into careers in the industry, this is the camp for you!

Adult volunteers needed to supervise and help with behind the scene projects.

Transportation to this event is not provided.

 

• Workshops
  • Grill Masters
  • Grandma's Baking
  • Quick 'n' Easy Eats
  • Flavortown
  • Pizza Palooza
  • And More!
• Packing List
  • Warm Clothes
  • Socks and underwear
  • Winter Coat, hat and gloves
  • Shoes
  • Boots (in case of snow)
  • Gloves
  • Pajamas
  • Hat
  • Scarf
  • Sleeping bag or
  • Twin Size Sheets with Blanket
  • Pillow, pillow case
  • Towel and wash cloth
  • Soap, shampoo, & deodorant
  • Toothbrush & tooth paste
  • Medications
  • Flashlight
  • Waterbottle
  • Specific information coming soon

  
  

• Important Times

  Check-In: Friday, January 17 at 5:45-6:30 PM in the Small Dining Hall
  

  Parent Meeting: Sunday, January 19 at 11:00 AM in the Conference Room
  

  Check-Out: Sunday, January 19 at 12:15 PM in the Small Dining Hall

• Tentative Schedule

  Friday

  5:45-6:30PM   Check-in/Arrival

  6:30-7:15PM   Welcome & Get-to-know-You Games/teambuilding

  7:15-8:10PM   Food Safey/Knife Skills

  8:10-8:55PM   Kitchen Tour/Snack

  8:55-9:50PM   Food Safety/Food Prep

  9:50- 10:30PM   Prepare for Bed/Lights Out

  
  
  

  Saturday

  7:00AM   Wake-Up

  7:30-8:15AM   Light Breakfast

  8:15-9:45AM   Healthy Eating/My Plate

  9:45-9:55AM   Prep For Class Roataions

  9:55-10:55AM   Class 1

  11:00-12:00NOON   Class 2

  12:05-PM   Lunch Line Up

  12:10-12:55PM   Lunch

  12:55-1:05PM   Prep For Class Rotations

  1:05-2:05PM   Class 3

  2:10-3:10PM   Class 4

  3:15-4:15PM   Class 5

  4:20-5:20PM   Free Time

  5:30-6:30PM   Dinner

  6:40-7:30PM   Trivial Per-Soup

  7:30-8:45PM   Food Frenzy Part 1

  8:45-9:45PM   Free Time

  9:50-10:30PM   Prepare For Bed/Lights Out

  
  
  

  Sunday

  7:20AM   Wake-Up

  7:45-8:30AM   Breakfast

  8:30-9:05AM   Return to Cabins to Clean and Pack

  9:10AM   Assemble in Dining Hall

  9:15AM   Food Frenzy Begins

  11:00AM   Parent Meeting

  11:30AM   Food Frenzy Presentations

  12NOON   Food Frenzy Expo

  12:15PM   Closing Announcements and Check Out

• Cost & Refund Policy

  Cost: includes all lodging, meals, snacks, and activities.

  Camper: Participants (ages 9-18): $125

  Teen and Adult Volunteers: $25

  Registration & Refund Deadline: January 3, 2025

  *$50 returned check fee

Learn to carve your own decoy or sharpen your carving skills!

Beginners Welcome! Carving experience not needed.

Instruction and Kits provided by carver Ed Morrison.

Cost

Only $375.00!!
Covers all programming and instructor fees, decoy kit, meals and lodging. WHAT A DEAL!

Special Information

Family camp, an annual event at Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center in Appomattox, Virginia. Family camp offers the chance for family members to bond with each other while at the same time experiencing their own level of independence in a safe environment. Participants (youth and adults) take three classes a day, one of which is specifically designated as a family activity. Classes offered include swimming, theatre arts, nature, canoeing, forestry, archery, and more. Afternoons and evenings are filled with special activities such as hikes, canoe trips, and campfires.

Family camp offers a variety of activities for all ages. Lodging is separated by family, with one family in each rustic cabin or bunkhouse room. Space is limited to 25 families. Registration is now underway and will continue until all spots are full. To receive registration information, please call your local Extension Office or Levi Callahan of Holiday Lake 4-H Center at (434) 248-5444.

If you wish to receive information on our next Flintlock Rifle Workshop CLICK HERE! 

Learn how to build your own custom Flintlock Rifle!
Rifle building experience not needed.
Instruction and kits provided by Rifle builder Jimmy Blanks.
Meals and lodging provided as part of this package.

Cost: 

Rifle - $2,000.00

This covers all programming fees, instruction and use of tools, the rifle kit, meals, and lodging.

Overnight camp for campers age 12-16 with an interest in exploring the outdoors. This camp provides an opportunity to learn and have fun with peers in a natural setting. Hands-on classes such as wildlife ecology, survival skills, archery or edible insects are taught by quality instructors that will provide a memorable experience.

Want to be a more successful bow hunter? Looking for expert instruction? Then this is the workshop for you!

Cost :$100

Covers meals Friday Dinner-Sunday Lunch, lodging and all instruction. Participants are required to bring their own archery equipment, hunting clothing, treestand with a TMA approved full body harness or ground blind. Proficiency with archery equipment out to 25 yards is required.

For ages 15 and up.

Beginners Welcome! Experience not required.

Cost:

$75.00
Prices includes all instructor fees, materials, and lunch.

Registration Deadline: TBD

For more information contact Heather Benninghove at 434-248-5444 or email heathern@vt.edu

Come and join us for a fun night of painting and enjoying some of the tasty treats that we have to offer. Feel free to also bring your own or some to share!

Beginners Welcome! Experience not required.

Cost:$40.00

Prices includes all instructor fees, materials, and dessert.

 Registration Deadline: TBD

 For more information contact Jordyn Loyd at 434-248-5444 or email jordyn@vt.edu

A unique camp open to campers ages 12 to 16 with an interest and/or experience with firearms. Participants will receive 4 days of instruction related to their chosen discipline and consisting of such topics as Shooting Safety Education, Shooting Fundamentals and Theory, and Marksmanship Instruction, and each will have the opportunity to participate in one or more competitive shoots. All instructors are certified through 4-H, VDWR, NRA, NAA and other National Organizations.

This program is sponsored by: Virginia Cooperative Extension, NRA Foundation, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, and Virginia Shooting Sports Association

Courses Offered

Beginning Swimming - (8 day course) Open to ages 4 to 12. Designed to teach youth water familiarization and basic swimming strokes. (course enrollment fee covers child and one attending parent.)
Water Babies - (4 day course) Open to ages 1 through 4. Designed to orient children to the water. Parents must participate in the water with their child.
Family Water Aerobics: (1-day) Open to all ages. *Participants must be able to touch the bottom of the the 3 foot section of the pool.

Participants must pre-register to attend classes and full payment will be due at the time of registration. Registrations received without payment will be rejected. Classes are held to a maximum of 10 students per class and registrations are taken on a first come first served basis. Course cost is $55 per child and $35 per water baby and is non-refundable. Refunds will NOT be issued for cancellations due to inclement weather. In the event of known inclement weather the instructional staff will make every attempt to contact parents via phone at least one hour prior to the beginning of classes

All parents are encouraged to share in the fun by “getting in” and participating with their children. You will both benefit from the experience! In-water parental participation is required for all children who are less than three feet and six inches tall.

 A team effort to serve the training needs of more volunteers throughout the Holiday Lake 4-H Center Service District.

Cost: $65