Published: June 28, 2009 12:59 am      

Cabin dedicated at Camp Mar-Mac

FARMINGTON — When a father of a member of the Mannington 4-H Club dropped his child off at Camp Mar-Mac three years ago, he noticed the cabins were in need of repair.

That got the ball rolling toward a project that came to fruition Saturday with the dedication of a new 20-bed cabin at Camp Mar-Mac, which will begin getting some use today as the Mannington 4-H Club convenes for a week-long session at the facility.

“The cabin is amazing,” said Lacey Cyphers, a junior at North Marion High School who took part in the dedication Saturday afternoon. “It’s so much fun to look at all the hard work we’ve put into it and what we’ll get out of it.”

The Mannington Marriott, as the one-room cabin with 10 bunk beds and two ceiling fans has been dubbed, brings the number of beds at the camp to 140.

Not only that, but the handicapped-accessible cabin, which has been assigned for girls 13 years old and older, will be available to be used by all other groups that utilize the camp.

“I think it’s wonderful that the parents and the 4-H members and leaders of the Mannington 4-H Club were able to build a new cabin that will benefit not only the members of their club but members of the community and the county itself,” said Tina Cowger, West Virginia University extension agent who oversees 4-H clubs and youth development for the county. “We have about 120 4-H members in the county and all of those will benefit, not just the 20-plus kids in their Mannington club.”



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