Every year the Ohio 4-H Foundation awards grant dollars to 4-H professionals across the state to support them in developing unique, enriching program opportunities for youth. In 2024, thanks to support from an Ohio 4-H Foundation grant and donors to The Dorothy Lewis, Freda and Roy Barnhart and Mary and Frank Jenkins 4-H Fund, Ohio 4-H Adaptive Adventures Camp was offered again. Held at Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp in Jackson County, this camp is specifically designed for campers who have unique needs that cannot be accommodated at a typical 4-H camp.
For many youth members, 4-H camp is their favorite time of the year, but for youth with varying medical, physical, and emotional 
needs, the traditional camp experience can be challenging. Ohio 4-H Adaptive Adventures Camp ensures that 4-H is for everyone by giving youth and their caregivers a true camp experience while meeting their needs and letting them set their own pace for fun and success.
The theme for last year’s camp, “Marching to the Beat,” gave campers the opportunity to get outside, find activities they enjoy, and realize what makes them special, unique, and valued. Thirteen campers and nineteen family members attended the 2024 camp where they participated in environmental science and water safety education, practiced archery skills, rode horses, attended campfires, made crafts, and engaged in music movement sessions.
Canter's Cave 4-H Camp serves as the perfect location for this event thanks to the numerous modifications that have been made to facilities throughout the years, ensuring camp is as 
accessible as possible for campers.
This includes wheelchair accessible team-building elements, motorized paddleboats so campers can explore Engle Lake, ramps over various steps to give campers freedom of movement around the facility, and a newly constructed even-entry bridge over the creek at camp. For the first time, campers and their families explored the world beyond camp with Ohio 4-H Adaptive Adventures Camp staff and volunteers during their Fall Reunion at McDonald's Greenhouse and Corn Maze.
Ohio 4-H Adaptive Adventures Camp is designed with unique needs of these 
young people in mind and is tailored to them to ensure they have an enriching, fun experience. This camp gives youth a chance to try new things in a safe environment while building relationships and developing decision-making and self-reliability skills.
Visit the Ohio 4-H Adaptive Adventures Camp webpage for more information or details regarding how to register.
You can support future Ohio 4-H Foundation grant opportunities by making a gift to the Ohio 4-H Foundation fund today.