“Last year, the Jaguars donated a bunch of shirts,” Adler said. “This year, with the camp in Jacksonville, they would be funding the entire thing.”

The program’s directors also look to increase participation from volunteers, recruiting from 4th and 1’s strong alumni network.

“Now that we have a significant pool of alumni, we are starting to integrate the alumni into our programming for the summer,” Roberts said. “We’re bringing our alumni back, and they are now helping to lead some of the writing courses, they’re helping to provide our current 4th and 1 student athletes with tasks such as crafting a resume, so we’re now cultivating futures within the program among the student athletes who can return and help the younger generation.”

Because 4th in 1 is such a new program, the directors and volunteers will be the first to admit that the past couple years have been a gradual learning experience, with each new year’s success surpassing the last.

“I feel like the camp is really growing and developing and becoming better as we all grow and develop and become better,” Chum said. “At the very end, we focus on, from here, what are you going to do? How are you going to stay in touch with your mentors? What are you going to commit yourself to in the year ahead?”

—Staff writer Samantha Lin can be reached at samanthalin@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @linsamnity.

—Staff writer Kelley Guinn McArtor can be reached at kelleyguinnmcartor@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @KGMCrimson.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

CORRECTION: Feb. 9

An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the year in which high school student Kyle Walczak attended youth football camp 4th and 1. In fact, Walczak went to the camp in the summer of 2011, not the summer of 2012.