4-H Advisory | Fairfield County 4-H

Last Call for Fair Bench Sponsors

September 19, 2025 at 12:46pm by Aubry Fowler

Purchase a 175th Anniversary Fairfield County Fair Bench

We are down to our Final 2 Benches that need a sponsor!

Join the Fairfield County 4-H Junior Leaders & the Fairfield County Senior Fair Board as they celebrate the 175th Fairfield County Fair by purchasing an anniversary bench! Community members can purchase an 8-foot bench with custom plaque for $580 to be displayed on the Fairfield County Fairgrounds. Benches are made from recycled plastic bottle caps that 4-H clubs and community members collected. The cost of the bench includes the bench, shipping, assembly and a custom plaque. All benches purchased through this partnership would become the property of the Fairfield County Ag Society unless prior arrangements are made.

Orders can be placed online at: go.osu.edu/175bench! Hurry and order yours today as there are a limited number available! Questions? Contact OSU Extension at 740-653-5419.

Club Contest – Stock the Trailer during the Fairfield County Fair!

September 19, 2025 at 12:40pm by Aubry Fowler

The Fairfield County Junior Leaders are asking for your help with a Fairfield County Fair canned food drive!! Farm Credit Mid-America is challenging County Fairs all across the State to help fill local food pantries with their STOCK THE TRAILER, FILL THE PANTRY food drive. By participating in this event you will allow youth to compete for monetary prizes awarded by Farm Credit for those fairs bringing in the most pounds of canned food donated. Our goal is to collect 10,000 pounds of canned goods during the Fairfield County Fair. Clubs can drop off their items in the 4-H Display Barn and label with their club name. Junior Leaders will weigh food throughout the week to see which clubs, chapters or scout troops have the most. The top 5 groups by weight will receive a cash prize.

Items of Most Need Right Now: Canned Meat, Pasta Dishes, Fruit, Vegetables, and Soups. All food collected will be donated to Food Pantries across Fairfield County via the Fairfield County Hunger Collation. The collation includes 30-50 pantries from Pickerington to Sugar Grove and Lithopolis to Bremen.

Community Members can donate too: The Junior Leaders will be collecting your donations every day during the fair, there will be containers by the General Parking Area, Ed Sands Building, and the 4-H Display Barn. The contest ends on the last day of the Fairfield County Fair, October 11! Don’t want to shop?… send a monetary donation to the attention of the Fairfield County Junior Leaders 4-H Club c/o OSU Extension 831 College Avenue, Suite D, Lancaster, OH 43130. We will send our Junior Leaders out to shop for you. Your support helps our YOUTH give back!!

Show clothes/boots/belts/jackets – donations welcome for Showmen’s Closet (open during upcoming Skillathons)

August 28, 2025 at 4:14pm by Leslie Cooksey

The Fairfield County 4-H Advisory Committee is pleased to continue The Showmen’s Closet at the upcoming Skillathon events. Donations are currently being accepted to stock our closet. Junior Fair families can spend a lot of money buying new show clothes and boots each year as their children get bigger! To help one another out, we are asking for donations of jeans, show shirts, boots, belts, white jackets that are in good to new condition (no holes please). Items should be clean (including those boots!).

Items will be donated to the 4-H Advisory Committee. They will be available to families to take and/or make a donation to the Fairfield County Junior Fair Board (c/o the 4-H Advisory Committee) at the Junior Fair Skillathons on Saturday, September 6th and Sunday, September 21st. All proceeds will benefit Junior Fair Board events planned for the upcoming fair.

4-H Clubs – Get involved with the 4-H Craft and Vendor Show Silent Auction – prizes up for grabs!

June 25, 2025 at 12:11pmJuly 2, 2025 by Leslie Cooksey

The 4-H Advisory Committee Christmas in July Craft and Vendor Show is asking for your help with the silent auction this year. We are asking clubs to donate a basket of items (theme of your choice) for the auction. Clubs will receive 25% from the sale of their basket, Also the highest selling basket will receive an additional award. The show is on July 19 at the fairgrounds from 9-3. Baskets can be drop off at the Extension office by noon Friday July 18 or at the Ed Sands building between 10 – 6. We also like to challenge you to donate a toy to the Lancaster Fire Department Toy Drive. For more information Contact Cindy Gilfillen 740-590-8845 or Mark Sharp 740-503-5918

The highest selling basket donated by a 4-H Club will receive 35% of that sale back to their club!

Club Community Service Opportunity: Toy Drive

June 2, 2025 at 2:19pm by Leslie Cooksey

4 Legged Friends 4-H Club is challenging all 4-H Clubs to collect new unwrapped toys to donate to the Lancaster Firefighters Toys for Kids Toy Drive! Club members should work together to collect some of their favorite toys especially games and puzzles to donate to the drive. All items can be dropped off at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 19th from 9am-3pm between the Ed Sands & AAA Buildings! Use your ‘Hands for Larger Service’ to help children in our community while competing against your fellow 4-H Clubs. Who is up to the challenge?!

Vendors Needed – Christmas in July Craft & Vendor Show – July 19, 2025

June 2, 2025 at 2:01pm by Leslie Cooksey

The Fairfield County 4-H Advisory Committee hosts a craft & vendor show each July to help raise funds for the Fairfield County 4-H Program. Vendors pay for their booth space which directly benefits the Fairfield County 4-H Program. The Advisory Committee hosts countywide fundraisers in order to keep dues at a low cost for members who participate in the program.

Vendors of all types are welcome to apply – for more information contact Cindy at cag8845@gmail.com or complete an application

Spring Cleaning? Donate show boots, belts, shirts, jeans, jackets to the Showmen’s Closet

June 2, 2025 at 1:56pm by Leslie Cooksey

The Fairfield County 4-H Advisory Committee is pleased to continue The Showmen’s Closet this year. Donations are currently being accepted to stock our closet. Junior Fair families can spend a lot of money buying new show clothes and boots each year as their children get bigger! To help one another out, we are asking for donations of jeans, show shirts, boots, belts, white jackets that are in good to new condition (no holes please). Items should be clean (including those boots!).

Items will be donated to the 4-H Advisory Committee. They will be available for families for free or by donation back to the 4-H Advisory Committee at each Skillathon event in September. Any proceeds will benefit Fairfield County 4-H events planned and sponsored by the 4-H Advisory Committee.

The Showmen’s Closet continues for 2025

April 24, 2025 at 1:58pm by Leslie Cooksey

Items will be donated to the 4-H Advisory Committee. They will be available for families to purchase by donation back to the 4-H Advisory Committee at each Skillathon event in September. All proceeds will benefit Fairfield County 4-H events planned and sponsored by the 4-H Advisory Committee.

Lancaster Greenhouse Fundraiser – May 2-4, 2025

April 9, 2025 at 9:23am by Aubry Fowler

Come support the Fairfield County 4-H Advisory Committee by shopping at the Lancaster Greenhouse and Nursery, May 2-4, 2025! Hours for this sale are Friday, May 2nd from 9am-7pm, Saturday, May 3 from 9am-6pm, and Sunday, May 4 from 11am-5pm.

Read on for More Details….

In Store Sales:
- Distribute the coupon above to all family and friends. A whole page of coupons can be found here: Lancaster Greenhouse 05.2025
- Group supporters will shop as a “normal customer” on the above dates listed. If we happen to have any current in-store sales and promotions taking place, they will be able to take advantage of those just like a typical customer.
- At time of checkout, customers will give a copy of the attached coupon to our cashier so we know they are associated with your group and 15% of their transaction will be donated back to your group (not the customer).
- Absolutely no coupons can be distributed at the store location

This is a fundraising event for the 4-H Advisory Committee. The 4-H Advisory Committee supports county 4-H programming for all youth members and adult volunteers including, but not limited to: Awards and banquets, Trips and scholarships, Printing costs, Special programming costs, and more! Please share this post with family members and friends!

4-H Day Youth Volunteers – share your projects 4-Hers!

February 7, 2025 at 10:50am by Leslie Cooksey

4-H Day is coming up on Saturday, March 1st from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the AAA Building at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds. We could not host this “open house” and 4-H kickoff event without the help of our 4-H volunteers, youth, and families. Here is what we need and are looking for:

Kids of all ages who want to show off their projects. All projects welcome – bring animals, project books, awards, displays, etc. Setup will begin at 12:00 p.m. and those kids who would like to have a display should contact 4-H Day Chairs, Jessica Scott and Bethany Miller, at fairfield.4hday23@gmail.com to let them know what they plan to bring.
- Pens and cages will be available IF we know that they are bring an animal. If they bring an animal, they are responsible for feed, water, bedding, and cleaning up after their animal.
- We will be limiting project displays to ONE per project so please let Jessica and Bethany know what you’d like to bring (i.e. we will not have 3 different members bring 3 pet rabbits!)
Adults (advisors….and parents are also welcome) to help with registration, answering general 4-H questions and club placement/check-out. Clubs looking to add members are strongly encouraged to attend and recruit at 4-H Day.

This is a great way for kids to engage in public speaking and add something to their Junior Achievement or Ohio 4-H Achievement Forms (4-H promotion/awareness at its finest!)