Sonoma County 4-H Chaperone Application 2023

Sonoma County 4-H Summer Camp provides an outdoor setting for group living where young people gain a deeper understanding of their relationships to their fellow human and the natural environment. The core of the Sonoma County 4-H camp education program is to empower young people to share as partners in decision making, camp planning and implementation, and camp leadership on a day-to-day basis. Campers take part in all the classic summer camp activities- hiking, arts and crafts, skits and songs around the campfire. Camp is run by teens, called "staffers," who start meeting in the fall to organize all the aspects of camp- everything from the food to the themes for the events. There is one teen staffer to every five youth (called campers). There are, of course, adult chaperones there as well (one for every ten campers) and a nurse on staff.

Our camp will be held at Hopland Research and Extension Center located at 4050 University Rd, Hopland, CA 95449. For more information on the site please look at their web site https://hrec.ucanr.edu/

Given the different accommodations we will need you to bring a cot for you to sleep on.

Camp Dates & Chaperone Registration Deadline

	Camp Dates	Registration Deadline
Camp 1	July 09 -July 15, 2023	Saturday, July 1, 2023, 4:00pm
Camp 2	July 16 - July 22, 2023	Saturday, July 1, 2023, 4:00pm

Camp 1: staffers arrive on the 9th, campers on the 10th.

Camp 2: staffers arrive on the 16th, campers on the 17th.

Chaperone Eligibility

Chaperones must be 21 years of age and complete the enrollment process required to be a 4-H Leader which includes fingerprinting.

They must complete First Aid and CPR training.

Fees

4-H enrollment fee of $33.00. Camp will pay for chaperone's enrollment fee.

Registration Instructions (all steps must be completed by the deadline)

Step 1: Complete this online chaperone registration Suvery
If a 4-H leader in another club skip steps 2 thru 4
Step 2: If a not 4-H leader in another club Enroll in 4-H at http://ca.4honline.com
Instructions for new leaders at https://ucanr.edu/sites/SoCo/files/265513.pdf
Additional help can be found at https://cesonoma.ucanr.edu/4H/Enroll/
Step 3: Go to live scan and get fingerprinted link for the form to give them is on the instructions for new leaders.
Step 4: Take the approximately 2 hour long online courses to complete your leader training. Instructions are on the instruction for new leaders
Step 5: First Aid and CPR training are required to be a Chaperone. Please visit the web site https://ucanr.edu/sites/safety/files/95934.pdf to complete a FREE training program. You must complete both First Aid and CPR pages and take both tests. You do not need to spend money to buy the certificate just print out your test results and sign them and mail or email them to the 4-H office.

Need help contact:

Nicole Gersley, Camp Registrar at sonomacounty4hcamp@gmail.com or
Michelle Nozzari, 4-H Office Aide at Michelle.Nozzari@sonoma-county.org