Tompkins County Youth Services Summer Camp Guide

HOMESTEADING AND THE LOST ARTS

Camp Quick Facts
Type of camp Day camp
Contact information Kathy Jett
(607)272-2292 ext. 143
klj47@cornell.edu
Website:http://www.ccetompkins.org
Scholarships Available
For information about:
  • Camp accreditation
  • Supervision before and after camp
  • Services for children with disabilities
please contact this camp.

Youth ages 10 - 16 years old will experience what it takes to develop a homestead, including building shelter, gardening, cooking over a fire, and arts such as primitive pottery, metal forging/branding, weaving, log drum making, natural dying, gourd containers and walking sticks. Try a little of everything and do more of what peaks your interest. Experience what daily life was like many, many years ago. Program will be held at 4-H Acres, 418 Lower Creak Road, Ithaca.

Program Information

Ages: 10 to 16

Schedule: July 30 - August 2, August 20 – 23; 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Fees: $200 - $275/4 day session. Our program fees are on a sliding scale, payment made above the minimum tuition fee go into our scholarship fund. This fund allows children to attend our programs that otherwise could not without financial assistance.