Each year the state 4-H Food & Fitness Board hosts a fun-filled weekend for elementary-age 4-H Club members called Food & Fitness Camp.
The purpose of 4-H Food & Fitness Camp is to help young people learn basic nutrition, simple food preparation techniques and fun fitness activities they can do alone or with friends.
All of the lessons are created and conducted by members of the state 4-H Food & Fitness Board. These teens work all year to develop educational activities that reinforce the nutrition and fitness lessons the children learn in school and in the 4-H Club program.
Each year, the 4-H Food & Fitness Board creates the theme for the camp. This year, it was “Birthday Bash of the Century: Celebrating 100 years of 4-H.”
At the camp, participants attended food-preparation sessions where they made homemade ice cream, black bean salsa, chicken tortillas, fruit pizzas and no-bake peanut butter cookies. In the fitness session, 4-H’ers played salamander soccer, learned the dance “The Hustle,” played games with hula hoops and beach balls, and learned to rope a bull. They also “dodged the paparazzi” and enjoyed taking a swing at the 4-H Clover piñatas.
Additional educational sessions included table etiquette/manners, a visit to mypyramid.gov in the computer lab and fun carnival games related to healthy lifestyles. 4-H’ers made and decorated party hats to honor the 100th birthday of 4-H. In addition, they brought donations of school supplies, comics, books and art activities for hospitalized children at St. Jude’s in Memphis.
In order to participate in this awesome 4-H camp, you must contact your parish agent. Each parish can send a team of four campers and two adults. The camp is usually held in late February.
Contact information:
4-H Food & Fitness Board Advisors-
Lois Brister, Rapides Parish
Ada Palermo, Concordia Parish
Denise Holston, State 4-H Office
Scenes from 4-H Food and Fitness Camp 2008
 | | The 4-H Food & Fitness Board. |
 | | Fitness lessons are a big part of the camp. |
|  | | Preparing yummy recipes is fun! |
 | | We have fun playing lots of group games. |
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