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. 

Camp 1 will be held at Camp Tamarancho Boy Scout Camp, central Marin County, Fairfax CA. Located in the heart of beautiful Marin County, this scenic year-round camp property is located just two miles uphill from Sir Francis Drake Blvd outside Fairfax village. Camp Tamarancho has over 412 acres of grassy meadows, oak- and madrone-covered knolls, and redwood-forest canyons along Fairfax Ridge with amazing views of the North Bay stretching from Mt. Tamalpais to Mt. Diablo. Click or copy the site address below for more information about the camp location.

• https://www.boyscouts-marin.org/camping-programs-and-facilities/camp-tamarancho/4057

Camp 2 will be held at The Mendocino Woodlands. Located within traditional Pomo territory near the village site Bu’ldam, Mendocino Woodlands National Historic Landmark State Park is a year-round group camping facility and environmental education center nestled in the heart of the Redwood Forest, just Northeast of the town of Mendocino. Click or copy the site address below for more information about the camp location. 

Parents to drop off Staffers and Campers but we will bus everyone back to the 4-H office on Friday.

• https://www.mendocinowoodlands.org/

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

Camp Dates & Chaperone Registration Deadline

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 be covering each chaperone's camp enrollment fee.

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

• Step 1: Complete this online chaperone registration Survey                 If a 4-H volunteer in a club skip steps 2 thru 4
  
• Step 2: Enroll in 4-H at https://4h.zsuite.org/ (If not a 4-H leader in another club) Instructions for new leaders at Zsuite Registration Information
  Additional help can be found at https://cesonoma.ucanr.edu/4H/Enroll/

• Step 3: Get fingerprinted link for the form to give Ameriprints is on the instructions for new leaders. Please make an appointment at: http://www.ameriprints.com/ or 707-588-9866

• Step 4: Take the online courses to complete your leader training.
  CA 4-H Learning Center website
  Access Code/Key: "Sonoma" (Case Sensitive)                                   

  Scroll to New or Returning Volunteer Course-select language-Select Enroll/View Course; create account; sign in; or select forgot password.

• 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:

• 4-H Office-Shelley Ferina 707 565-2836 or Shelley.Ferina@sonoma-county.org or 4-H Desk 707 565-2681