Located about three miles from Grafton, Camp Towles is nestled in the woods along the Tygart River.

More than 65 campers are attending 4-H camp this year an increase of about 15 kids from last year.

"The leaders that we have have done a great job at recruiting new members and getting the word out and providing them with activities through out the year and keeping them invested in the program," says Camp Director Daryle Maher.

Ten-year-old Bethany Daetwyler is a fairly new camper.

It is her second year in the Delaware tribe.

Last year she made a fleece blanket and took photographs during a nature walk.

This year she'll get to learn something new.

"I signed up for some folk dancing and I get to decorate flip flops," says Daetwyler.

The council circle will be filled with campers all different ages, from 4th grade to high school.

Kameron Freeman has been to camp seven years in a row.

"I just have so much fun and meet so many new people every time and make many new friends," says Freeman.

The idea of 4-H began in the early 20th century when adults wanted to teach kids practical hands-on skills such as how to canoe, something they wouldn't normally learn at school.

Camp is not free and in hard economic times camp leaders want to make sure that any kid who wants to come to camp has that opportunity.

"If somebody calls into the office and says they'd really like to go to camp, or my children would really like to go but we can't afford it. The leaders will scholarship those children and we have done that for 3 or 4 children at this camp," says Maher.