Zach White of the West Virginia Extension (WVU) office in New Cumberland and 24 volunteers oversaw more than 80 campers, ranging in age from 5 to 17 during this summer’s 4-H camp.

Fifty-six students age 9 and older stayed overnight in the park’s group cabins. Twenty-five children ages 5-8, nicknamed Cloverleaves, participated in dayside activities with guardians dropping them off and picking them up daily during the four days.

Daily, campers would shower and prepare for the day’s adventure, which would include breakfast and tribal meetings before their initial class of the day at 10 a.m.

Following completion of their earlier classwork, students enjoyed lunch, completed more tribal obligations before heading down via a Hancock County Schools’ bus to the pool, where they spent the afternoon before dinner and reflecting on the day’s activities before some evening recreation and lights out at 11 p.m.

Connor Wade, 10, of New Manchester takes a leap off the springboard Tuesday afternoon while enjoying pool time at Tomlinson Run State Park, where he was attending the West Virginia Extension’s annual 4H camp. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)

Most of the classes involved hands-on activities like food preservation, learning to make spa products like sugar scrubs, line dancing, art and drama.

White informed that the WVA Extension will hold its 4-H STEM camp July 25-27 for pre-registered middle and high school-aged students headed to grades 5-12 with activities centering around science, engineering, coding and biology.

Zechariah Strnisa, 10, of Chester does a backflip off the springboard Tuesday afternoon at the Tomlinson Run State Park pool. Strnisa’s mother, Lexus, was volunteering as a counselor for the West Virginia Extension’s annual 4-H camp held through Thursday at the park. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)

Equipped with most of the modern conveniences, Tomlinson Run State Park is perhaps the tri-state area’s nicest public swimming pool. The swimming pool facilities boasts not only a pool ramp for easy access, plenty of space for sunbathers to lay out poolside as well as poolside canopies to provide select areas of shade. The majority of youth attending a West Virginia Extension annual 4-H camp were too old for the kiddie pool, which is only available for children age 5 and younger. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)

From left, 4H campers Amari Gegas-Heinz, 11, and Atlas Giglio, 10, both of Weirton settle Tuesday afternoon poolside at Tomlinson Run State Park before heading to the water with their fellow campers. The West Virginia Extension held its annual 4-H camp for ages 5-17 at the park four days this week. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)