Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center

Worth knowing

• Eight heated two-story cabins hold up to 26 each, for 208 beds, each with two bathrooms and two showers.
• Meals are family style in the dining hall and the kitchen handles vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and most allergy requests.
• Meeting options are a multi-purpose conference room, a recreation hall, two classrooms and an outdoor picnic shelter with wi-fi and AV.
• A 2020 NC 4-H page quoted $350 per night for a cabin sleeping up to 24 on a rental-only basis, which conflicts with the 26-per-cabin figure on the center's own page.
• No current rate sheet was found on the center's pages.

What the operator states

Sleeps

Eight heated cabins, each holding up to 26 people, total 208 beds (retreats page). A 2020 NC 4-H rental page says its rental cabins sleep up to 24 in bunk beds.

Largest single building

Sleeps 26

Bathrooms

Each cabin has 2 bathrooms and 2 showers

Sleeping setup

Bunks

Kitchen

2020 rental page says cabin rentals are self-contained with no meals provided; no guest kitchen described

Meals and dining

Dining hall with family-style meals for overnight school groups and summer camp; vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and most allergy needs handled on request

Meeting space

Large multi-purpose conference room (Wagoner Building), recreation hall, two indoor classrooms and an open-air picnic shelter; tables, chairs, wi-fi and most AV on request

Outdoors

Lake (canoes shown on NC 4-H page); team building, ground initiatives and a high ropes course can be added through Soaring Through Spaces; camp that the operator says the American Camp Association accredits

Season

Not stated; summer camp, school groups and retreats all mentioned

Group rules

2020 NC 4-H rental page: rentals need one week's notice and are booked by phone. Retreats can be religious, family or corporate.

Price

Cabins sleeping up to 24: $350 per night (rental-only, no meals or programs) (2020-10-28 (NC 4-H rental page; older than the center's own pages, so confirm); confirm before you rely on it)

Ask before you book

Built from what the operator's page left open when we checked.

1. Is your stated capacity the permitted occupancy, or a count of every bed and sofa?
2. Can a church bus or coach reach the building, and how many cars fit?
3. Which rooms and bathrooms work for a wheelchair or walker?
4. Are pets allowed?
5. Is alcohol allowed on the property?
6. What is the minimum stay?

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