Tentative 2026 4-H Calendar (Subject to change)

December

• 12/06 Ohio 4-H Horse Show Judges Clinic – State
• 12/13 Ohio Military Kids Winter Wonderland – State
• 12/21 Shelby County Camp Counselor Meeting (2:00-5:00 pm)
• 12/21 Shelby County Junior Fair Board Meeting
• 12/23-12/31 Extension Office Closed

January 2026

• 1/1 -1/3 Office Closed: New Year’s Day
• 1/1 Market Beef (Steers/Market Heifers) Possession Deadline
• 1/5 Junior Fair Suggestion Forms Due
• 1/9 Market Beef (Steers/Market Heifers) Registrations Due
• 1/11 Market Beef (Steers/Market Heifers) Tag/Weigh In (12:00-1:30 pm)
• 1/_ Junior Fair Livestock Sale Committee Meeting (7:30 pm)
• TBA DNA/EID kits due for Ohio State Fair Market Beef – State
• 1/14-18 Ohio Fair Managers Association 2026 https://ohiofairs.org/register/
• 1/17 Ohio Fair Manager’s Association – Junior Fair Day – State
• 1/18 Shelby County Camp Counselor Meeting (2:00-5:00 pm)
• 1/18 Annual Junior Fair Board Rule Change Meeting (6:00 pm)
• 1/18 Market Beef (Steers/Market Heifers) Tag/Weigh In (12:00-1:30 pm)
• 1/19 Office Closed: MLK Day
• 1/21 Senior Fair Board Meeting (7:00 pm)
• 1/25 Makeup date – Market Beef (Steers/Market Heifers) Tag/Weigh In (12:00-1:30 pm)
• TBD State Horse Advisor Training – State
• TBD MXC registrations due by noon – State

February 

• 2/1 4-H Online Re-Enrollment Deadline (Returning Members)
• 2/1 County Deadline for Ohio Achievement Record Submission
• 2/7 CARTEENS (9:00 am -12:00 pm)
• 2/15 Volunteer Background Check Screenings Due – State
• TBA Annual 4-H Volunteer Training (10:00 AM)
• 2/15 Ohio 4-H Scholarship Deadline – State
• 2/15 Shelby County Camp Counselor Meeting (2:00-5:00 pm)
• 2/15 Annual Junior Fair Board Rule Change Meeting (6:00 pm)
• 2/18 Senior Fair Board Meeting (7:00 pm)
• 2/20 Ohio 4-H Conference Registration Due – State
• 2/20-2/22 Winter Shooting Sports Training Workshop – State
• 2/28-3/01 Making eXtreme Counselors (MXC) Workshop – State

March

• 3/7 Horseapalooza (clinic) and Horse Communications Contest – State
• TBA Quality Assurance at Fairgrounds (7:00 pm)
• 3/1 Horse Communications Contest – State
• 3/2-3/8 Ohio 4-H Week – State
• 3/8: Ohio 4-H Conference- State
• TBA Russia Quality Assurance (8:00 pm)
• 3/15 Shelby County Camp Counselor Meeting (2:00-5:00 pm)
• 3/15 Shelby County Junior Fair Board Meeting
• 3/15-3/21 Ohio 4-H Week – State
• 3/21 Ohio 4-H Conference – State
• 3/24-3/29 Citizenship Washington Focus – State
• 3/25-3/29 Ignite by 4-H – State
• TBD Ohio Youth Poultry Clinic (Columbus, OH) – State
• TBD Ohio Youth Poultry Clinic (Wooster, OH) – State

April

• 2/4 CARTEENS (9:00 am -12:00 pm)
• TBA Junior Fair Livestock Sale Committee Meeting (7:30 pm)
• 4/10-4/15 National 4-H Conference – State
• 4/13 Ohio Youth Institute – State
• 4/18 Dairy Palooza – State
• 4/18-4/19 Forestry and Wildlife Conservation Camp  – State
• 4/19 Shelby County Camp Counselor Meeting (2:00-5:00 pm)
• 4/19 Senior Fair Board Meeting (7:00 pm)
• 4/19-4/30 Global Immersion Project (Greece) – State
• 4/24-4/26 Spring Shooting Sports Instructor Workshop – State

May

• 5/1 4-H Online Enrollment Deadline (New Members)
• TBA Forestry Wildlife Conservation Camp
• 5/3 Market Goat & Market Lamb Tag In/Optional Weigh In (12:00-2:00 pm)
• 5/3 Feeder Calf Tag Pick Up & Vaccination Paperwork Check (1:00-2:00 pm)
• 5/3 Swine Tags (12:00-2:00 pm)
• 5/15 Swine & Feeder Calf ID Photos Due on FairEntry
• 5/15 4-H Event Youth Assistant Applications Due  – State
• 5/17 Shelby County Camp Counselor Meeting (2:00-5:00 pm)
• 5/17 Junior Fair Board Meeting (6:00 pm)
• 5/20 Senior Fair Board Meeting (7:00 pm)
• 5/25 4-H Office Closed: Memorial Day

June

• 6/1 Junior Fair Entries Due in FairEntry
• 6/1 Quality Assurance Deadline
• 6/1 Horse IDs and Vaccination Records Due in FairEntry
• 6/01-6/05 State 4-H Leadership Camp 
• 6/03-6/06 Shelby County 4-H Camp
• 6/05-6/07 Adaptive Adventures Camp
• 6/09 State Achievement Awards Banquet
• 6/11-6/13 Spark EXPO
• 6/12-6/14 Shooting Sports Camp – Junior
• 6/20 Rabbit Tattooing (8:00-10:00 am)
• 6/21-6/27 National Shooting Sports Championships
• 6/29-7/1 STEM Camp at Canters Cave
• TBD Cloverbud Engineering Adventure
• TBD Poultry Judging and Avian Bowl Contests
• TBD Space Adventure Camp

July

• 7/12-7/17 Shooting Sports Camp – Senior
• 7/18-7/21 Sea Camp
• 7/14-8/8 Ohio 4-H Livestock Skillathons
• 7/20-7/24 Shelby County Fair Pre-Fair Judging
• 7/26–8/1 Shelby County Fair
• 7/29-8/9 Ohio State Fair
• TDB OSU State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest

August

• 8/02 Ohio 4-H Food Challenge
• 8/29 Horse Groom and Clean State Event
• TBD Ohio 4-H Poultry Judging and Avian Bowl

September

• 9/11-9/12 Horse Competitive Tail Ride
• 9/22-9/24 Farm Science Review
• 9/27-10/01 National 4-H Dairy Conference
• TBD Urban Immersion Project (Washington, DC)

October

• 10/02-10/04 Fall Shooting Sports Instructor Workshop
• 10/04-10/10 National 4-H Week
• TBD Celebration of Youth