4-H enrollment season is here! Registration for the Clermont County 4-H program is due by March 15.

While youth can join 4-H anytime throughout the year, in order to be eligible to exhibit at the Clermont County Fair, members must enroll by March 15, 2023.  It’s important to note that club advisors may have established an earlier date for club purposes.

Click the link below to access the  enrollment database.   We recommend bookmarking this page for easier access.

4-H Online 2.0

RETURNING Families will use the email address that is on file with the Extension office and the password previously created for 4-H Online.  If you don’t remember your password, you can choose “reset password” on the home page of 4-H Online.  If you are not sure which email address you use, please contact the office or your club advisor.  If you have been in 4-H before, please do NOT create a new profile.

Returning Member Enrollment Help Video

Step-by-Step Instruction Guide for Returning Members

Step-by-Step Instruction Guide for Returning Volunteers

NEW families, those who have not previously been involved with 4-H, will need to create a new profile following the instructions below.

New Member Enrollment Help Video

Step-by-Step Instruction Guide for New Members

If you are looking for a new project or still trying to decide what to take, check out the “What’s your 4-H?” Quiz!

If you have questions, please contact the Extension Office at 513-732-7070.

Looking for a fun, family friendly activity to support our youth? Come join Friends of the Fair for their annual quarter auction on Saturday October 29th at 2:00pm in the 4-H Hall. All proceeds from the auction will benefit Friends 0f the Fair

Bidding paddles are $1, and admission is free.

Since 2008, Friends of the Fair has aided in improving the fairgrounds for the youth of Clermont County.

For more information please contact Jan Schoellman or visit the Facebook event page HERE

Clermont County 4-H Cloverbuds are invited to Cloverbud Show & Tell on Tuesday, July 26, at 10:00 a.m. in the 4-H Hall.  Cloverbuds are encouraged to bring an item to share with a small group of Cloverbuds and Jr. Fair Royalty.  The item should be something that the Cloverbud made or learned about at a club meeting or as part of their participation in the Cloverbud program.  Animals are not permitted as part of Cloverbud Show and Tell, regardless of size.

Following Show & Tell, we invite Cloverbuds to participate in various activities centered around the 4 H’s, Head, Heart, Hands, Health.

To help us have an accurate count of participants, please register your Cloverbud at the link below.

Cloverbud Show & Tell Registration

Junior Fair exhibitors are eligible to earn premiums for completion of their 4-H projects.  Each project exhibited at the Clermont County Fair is worth $2, with each member earning a maximum of $6.  Head Advisors should complete and return the premium form to the Extension Office by Monday of fair week (July 25).

Junior Fair Premium Form

All members who participate in clothing and textiles project judging are invited to the 4-H Style Revue.  The 4-H Style Revue is a recognition ceremony where members model their constructed projects and project placings and state fair delegates are announced.  The 4-H Style Revue will be held on Saturday, July 23 at 1:00 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Building, located on the Clermont County Fairgrounds.  Participants should wear their constructed garment along with any other items to complete your total look.  Be sure to bring extra clothes, as garments will be collected immediately following the 4-H Style Revue to exhibit in the 4-H Hall during fair week.

Winners’ Circle is a recognition ceremony for members who participated in General Project Judging (except clothing and textiles projects, those awards are announced during the 4-H Style Revue).  Project placings and state fair delegates will be announced.  The Winners’ Circle ceremony will be held immediately following the 4-H Style Revue on Saturday, July 24 at 2:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Building.

We invite all club members and their families to attend the 4-H Style Revue and Winners’ Circle!

General project check-in will be held on Thursday, July 21 from 3:00 -7:00 p.m. in the 4-H Hall.  All members who participated in general project judging as well as any member who completed an advisor review for their general project, is invited to exhibit his/her project in the 4-H Hall during fair week.  As a reminder, members are required to have a project on display to be eligible for a fair pass and to receive fair premiums.

Clubs who created flower displays for the Club Flower Display Contest, must also check-in their flower displays from 3:00-7:00 p.m. in the 4-H Hall on Thursday, July 21.  Clubs will select the location for their display on a first-come, first-served basis.  Awards will be presented on Thursday, July 28, during the Skillathon and Outstanding Exhibitor Awards Ceremony.

All projects must be removed from the 4-H Hall on Saturday, July 30, 8:00-9:00 p.m. Flower displays must be removed from the grounds by 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 1.  There will not be a project pick-up on Sunday.

Grant’s Farm & Greenhouses  is donating all of the annual flowers you need to create your fair planters for the Club Flower Display Contest. Feel free to stop by the farm (5552 Bucktown Rd.) or the garden center (2115 S.R. 131) any time during business hours to pick out any annuals you need (flats, 6-packs, 4″pots, or 11″ baskets)! Just tell the cashier at checkout that it’s for 4-H.

Club Flower Display Container Contest
Flower Container Drop-Off: Thursday, July 21, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., 4-H Hall
Award Presentation: Thursday, July 28, at 7:00 p.m. during the Skillathon Awards Ceremony

General Rules:

1. Clubs are responsible for taking care of their flower displays throughout the week.
2. Plants must be planted inside the container. It is recommended that packing peanuts or an empty milk jug be placed in the bottom of the container then filled with soil to reduce weight.
3. Containers must be easily moved. Containers will be displayed at the entryway of buildings and barns around the fairgrounds.
4. Flower containers should be the work of club members.
5. The club name must be visibly displayed on the flower container.
6. The fair theme should be incorporated into the overall design.
7. Flower containers must be turned in to the Extension Office between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, before fair.
8. Flower displays will be judged on originality/creativity, overall design and incorporation of the fair theme. Awards will be given for first to fifth place as well as individual honors for the Most Creative, Most Colorful and Best 4-H Design. Designs turned in late will not be judged.

Thank you to the Grant Family for their generosity and support of the Clermont County 4-H Program!