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Last week, many Rappahannock youngsters spent their first week of vacation at a cooperative day camp at the new Northern Virginia 4-H center in Harmony Hollow, just over the mountain in Warren County. They swam, sang, played soccer, tennis and basketball, tumbled, tried their hand at arts and crafts and went on nature hikes. They came home tired and tan and happy from spending the whole (lay in the fresh air after months and months of classroom work.

In many cases, the counselors were their parents, volunteering to teach different events in exchange for a chance for their children to enjoy camp activities. Other adults volunteered their special talents to add to the level of skill and entertainment. Assisting them, and making the whole experience work for everyone, were a group of specially-chosen teenagers from Wakefield and Rappahannock high schools. The junior counselors spent endless hours encouraging the children with patience and affection.

The results amazed even the camp’s tireless co-chairmen, Pali I)elevitt Allan and Birgitt Thornhill. The complicated coordination, transportation, planning and timing of events

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