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Computers are now part of every
4-H camp, ranking right up there in popularity with horseback riding, eanoeing, and swimming. At this summers sessions, kids had to be literally pulled away from the room fill! °f Apples supplied by Potomac Edison. The computers let the kids play games, compose music, create art which came off the printer in vivid color, design posters for dunking booth contests and womanless beauty pageants, and write the camp newspaper. And in the process of having fun, the kids became computer literate.
“Camping is a traditional program that teaches survival skills. But the skills children need today for survival are different from what they were a half-century ago,” Mr. Dooley explained. “We have to reflect that change in our philosophy and attitude. We’re preparing today’s youth fo. all our tomorrows. We’re dedicated to that.”
The fourth C is Camp Fantastic, •the camp for children fighting a lifethreatening disease. Now on its sixth year at the center. Camp Fantastic depends heavily on the hours donated by 4-H volunteers who serve as junior leaders. Their presence is what makes Fantastic different - and better, the campers all say - from* other summer camps for youthful cancer patients. Camp Fantastic is the heart of the 4-H clover. “It’s the reaching out to children with special needs that’s called for by that heart,” Mr. Dooley said.
Tom and Sheila Baker, a Winchester couple whose daughter died of cancer, came to Mr. Dooley with an idea for a special camp at the 4-H Education Center in the foothills above Front Royal. It was to be a magical week when youngsters with cancer would have a chance to do everything that every kid does during
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