4-H Legacy Breakfast; Celebrate the Present, Look Forward to the Future!

Come enjoy a flippin good time!

If you’ve been around Fairfield County very long, you realize the Saturday before the Fair – affectionately known as move-in day – might be the most hectic day exhibitors and their families experience during that week. If you’re one of those who agree and get up the next morning after all the exhibits are settled in and find yourself in need of an opportunity to relax and unwind, be sure to attend the 4-H breakfast!

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The 4-H Legacy Breakfast; a Celebration of the Present and the Future!

If you’ve been involved in the Fairfield County Fair very long, you realize that the Saturday before the Fair – affectionately known as move-in day – might be the most hectic day exhibitors and their families experience during that week. If you’re one of those who agree and get up the next morning after all the exhibits are settled in and find yourself in need of an opportunity to relax and unwind, be sure to attend the 4-H Legacy Breakfast! Continue reading

Thanks for Making the 2016 Legacy Dinner a Huge Success

The 2016 Fairfield County 4-H Endowment Dinner & Auction has come and gone and now that all the expenses have been paid Board treasurer Michael Michael reports we were able to boost our 4-H Endowment fund balance by $22,500.

Many thanks to all those who supported this annual fund raising effort! It could not happen without Continue reading

It’s not too late to get involved in the Legacy Dinner and Auction

We are just days away from the Fairfield County 4-H Endowment Dinner! As you know, this is the ONE and ONLY major fundraiser for the Fairfield County 4-H Endowment and it’s not too late to purchase your tickets for the event. However, since we must have our final ticket count this week in order to prepare plenty of delicious “locally sourced” food for our guests, we ask that you call or email us with your reservations from this point on!! Simply Continue reading

New Fair Manager to be Announced at Legacy Dinner Event

For the first time in 20 plus years, the Fairfield County Fair will have a new manager beginning next year. While we all know the Fairfield County Fair is known as the last and the best fair in Ohio, we don’t often realize our Fairgrounds is a hub for many weekend shows, festivals, reunions and a variety of other activities. With long time Fair Manager Dave Benson having announced his retirement, the Agricultural Society’s Board of Directors has been on a search for a new manager in recent months.

Now, the search is over and the Directors will announce Continue reading

Join Us, and Help Leave a Legacy!

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The Fairfield County 4-H Youth Development program strives to teach leadership, citizenship and life skills to approximately 1,500 4-H club members each year. While most of these young people participate in the traditional 4-H club experiences, an additional 1,000 youth are exposed to 4-H work through school enrichment programs. And children who are not yet 4-H age can participate in a non-competing, activity based curriculum known as the Cloverbud program. In addition, the 4-H Youth Development program also creates training and leadership opportunities for more than 280 4-H advisors in our County.

While dollars to support the 4-H Youth Development program are received cooperatively through Federal, State and County funding, several years ago friends and former 4-Hers met to begin what is now known as the Fairfield County 4-H Endowment. The mission of this Endowment and the Continue reading

Save the date – June 9 – for the Legacy Dinner!

Welcome to the Fairfield County 4-H Endowment blog page! Many have asked, “What’s the 4-H Endowment, and how can I participate?

It’s our intent that this blog site can serve as not only an explanation of what the Fairfield County 4-H Endowment is and why it was created, but also what we are doing and how you might be involved. Subscribers can look forward to receiving occasional emails from us with a link to the latest update of what we are doing.

With that thought in mind, please save the date of Thursday, June the 9th when Doug and Cheryl Majors and their family will host the 2016 Fairfield County 4-H Endowment Legacy Dinner.

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