Throughout the year we offer many exciting programs for you and your family. Click on the links to the left to find out more!
June 29th - July 2nd, 2010
The Lindley G. Cook 4-H Youth Center for Outdoor Education and the NJ4H Department Science and Technology Program Committee invite you to the overnight science camp program this summer at the state 4-H camp. The program begins Tuesday, June 30th and ends with a science fair on Friday, July 2nd. Parents are invited to attend the workshop demonstrations.
The cost of the program is $200.00 per child. This year we are offering a brand new side to S.E.T camp and that is the day program option. The day option cost $150 per child.
Children, 5th – 8th graders, will be spending four days at camp for hands on learning experiences in one of the S.E.T initiative subject areas. Each camper will chose one workshop topic to explore, and will have six sessions in that topic area. Each session will last approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.
Registration and sign up for workshops will be online. Please follow the link provided for registration, and select SET camp. Please make sure to select SET camp when making choices. Children will be fully registered when we recieve payment, health form and participation agreement.
For details about our summer camp program, please visit the summer camp links.
(Themes will be decided at the Winter Reunion)
SET Camp: June 29th - July 2nd
Session One: July 4 – July 10
Session Two: July 11 – July 17
Session Three: July 18 – July 24
Session Four: July 25 – July 31
Session Five: August 1 – August 7
Session Six: August 8 – August 14
Teambuilding: This training is for adult facilitators who are interested in working with youth groups in the area of leadership development and team building. Those candidates who successfully complete this full day training will be eligible to use, at no charge, the portable elements at the 4-H Camp when they are part of a rental group over the next calendar year. (The certification is good for two years) If you elect to participate in this training, it is a full day training and you will be unable to take the Orienteering or GPS Course.
Orienteering: Brush up on your map and compass skills and learn how to lead your students using one of the two orienteering courses that L.G. Cook 4-H Camp has available, the beginner “poem” course and the more challenging “advanced” course.
GPS: Your students have mastered the map and compass and are ready to use advanced technology as their guide? Then GPS may be for them. The advanced orienteering course at L.G. Cook 4-H Camp is also set up to be used as a GPS course offering a safe location, with natural boundaries, to learn how to properly use GPS units and find set locations with them.
Program Begins at 10 am.
If you are interested in this program for your group or personal development, please fill out the registration form in PDF format and mail it back to camp by April 1st .
Registration is limited so interested parties are encouraged to register as early as possible.
The New Jersey 4-H Shooting Sports Program in cooperation with the New York 4-H Shooting Sports Program is hosting this workshop to certify or re-certify volunteer leaders as 4-H Shooting Sports Instructors. The workshop will feature training in a number of disciplines: Archery, Coordinator, Shotgun, Muzzle loading and Rifle. Adults will be certified to teach the discipline to youth participants in a formal 4-H Shooting Sports Program as well as in a camp situation. Each state maintains it’s own standards for certification which may exceed those established by the National Committee. Participants will be able to complete requirements in only one discipline. All equipment will be supplied. To learn more about the training, visit the NJ4-H Shooting Sports Website .
A second training will be held in Early June. If interested, please contact the camp director.
Come join us on May 21st, 22nd and 23rd for an outdoor educational experience for the whole family. This program is a joint effort by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Get Moving Get Healthy Program, the NJ 4-H Shooting Sports Program and L. G. Cook 4-H Camp and is in the spirit of the “ Get Outdoors, It’s Yours” National Campaign Initiative to promote, address and instill in the general public a basic understanding of environmental conservation, safety and fun in the out of doors.
Expert instructors begin each class with the basics, providing hands-on experience and encouraging participants to ask questions. The variety of experiences includes wildlife, forestry, orienteering skills, hiking, natural arts, outdoor cooking, kayaking, canoeing, firearm safety, fishing, and much, much more. We hope you can join us.
Visit the Becoming an Outdoor Family Page for details or download a brochure today.
March 27th, 2010 The focus of these weekend will be to get the camp ready for the summer. Projects will include the cleaning up of cabins, the dining hall and opening buildings. We also will set up the waterfront and do trail maintenance. Lunch is provided, so please RSVP with the Program Director.
May 15th, 2010
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Labor day Weekend 2010
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Saturday October 9th ,2010 
Saturday October 16th, 2010
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
The focus of these weekend will be winterizing the summer facilities and splitting Firewood. Many of the projects will include moving food stocks, putting up storm windows, taking down the Waterfront and cleaning out the boat house.We will be clearing, splitting and stacking wood for the winter. Lunch is provided, so please RSVP with the Program Director.
October 23rd 5 pm - 8 pm. FREE EVENT!
Last Saturday of October.Event participants have the opportunity pick pumpkins from the camp’s temporary pumpkin patch, paint pumpkins, visit the face painting station, visit the Haunted House, go on a Hay ride, take a walk to the Story Telling station enjoy free snacks and cider at the Welcome Center, and talk to staff about what 4-H Camp has to offer.
Activities will run from 5 pm to 8pm. Another exciting portion of the evening, for many participants, is the Hay ride which takes participants on a ride through the dark camp woods. For more information call (973) 948-3550 or email.
January 1st -3rd 2010
Lindley G. Cook 4-H camp is proud to present it’s annual Summer Camp Reunion. Campers and Counselors will lodge in heated cabins and participate in may fun winter activities, including snow tubing. This will be an opportunity to celebrate the great times of summer camp while making new memories! Space will be limited, so sign up soon! Register before 9/1 and receive a discount. Cost after 9/1 is $150.00. Click here to download a registration form