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The Best Week of the Year: 4-H Summer Camp

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     4-H Summer Camp.  I consider camp to be my number one favorite event that I volunteer for in the 4-H program.  It is the one place where one can feel accepted.  You could say that one may experience more love in one week of 4-H Summer Camp compared to normal life.  You build a strong bond with the campers and the staffers.  A bond similar to the bond of a family.  You watch these youth grow up into amazing adults, and you possibly had a positive influence on their life.  Camp gives you an escape from normal life dramas.  No connection to the world.  No cell service.  No internet.  It is just you and your camp family.  Yes there is drama, what family does not have drama?  It still makes camp the best week of the year.  I missed camp last year.  It was a very tough decision.  I choose to go to New York and Canada instead.  I did not realize how much I would be missed until my facebook profile exploded with messages of many campers and staffers missing me.  This year I returned to