The following email was sent to all 4-H families on 3/16/2020. Please see our website for the updated/running list of postponed or canceled events.
To our 4-H Families:
Last week was quite a week with changes coming quickly and this week looks to be no different. Thank you for your patience with your county 4-H staff, the state 4-H office and OSU Extension. I know you have many questions:
- When can we have club meetings?
- Will there be summer camp?
- Should we invest in projects?
- What about fair?
The answer is at this point, we just don’t know. It is all changing rapidly. But what we do know for sure is that we’re committed to doing our part to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. We also know that when we choose to act together, we can have incredible positive impacts.
The actions we’ve taken so far are in alignment with necessary precautions recommended by the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Ohio Department of Health. These are in place to help keep us all from getting, or unintentionally spreading, this virus.
To help clarify, we are asking that ALL 4-H events, programs, and activities scheduled between now and April 1st be held virtually, postponed, or canceled.
For our livestock project members and families, Ohio 4-H and the Ohio Department of Agriculture discussed some changes for this year that will help mitigate the effects the coronavirus is having on holding in-person programming. For livestock quality assurance (QA) for the 2020 year only:
- QA must still be completed before the opening day of exhibition. This means if you are exhibiting at State Fair, the June 1 deadline is no longer applicable. Our July 1st deadline is still in effect for 2020. We will adjust this as needed as things change. Currently, we have a PQA scheduled for April 24th and a general QA for May 26th.
- Youth livestock exhibitors (8-18) may opt to take the online YQCA certification.
- Youth who decide to do the online option can go to the following website to take the age-appropriate on-line module for $12: https://yqca.learngrow.io/Account/Login
- Youth will need their 4HOnline login and password or they can create their own login and password. Our preference is you use your 4HOnline login information because then it updates directly into the system.
In the coming days, we’ll post updates on our social media pages (Facebook and Blog) and website. We’ll also include links to resources that you and your children can use. And we’ll do what we can to keep you updated as we learn new information.
Please remember if you have not enrolled yourself, enrollments are due by April 1st! Please go to http://oh.4honline.com to enroll. If you need help, please go to http://go.osu.edu/enrollmenthelp for assistance. Currently, our office is still open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please call at 937-378-6716 if you need help.
We are keeping an updated running list of any cancellations on our website here: https://brown.osu.edu/news/covid-19-updatescancellations-brown-county
We are also updating information on our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/BrownCo4H/ and trying to post all relevant information on our blog: https://u.osu.edu/browncounty/
Organizational advisers, I hope to send out an additional email today with information for you. Please be on the lookout for that email.
Yours in 4-H!
Christy
Christy D. Clary
Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development
OSU Extension, Brown County
http://brown.osu.edu 937-378-6716