Fundraising

Sponsor a NEW Junior Fair Board Member!

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We are excited to have 7 new members joining the Junior Fair Board this year! Congrats to Julia Barber, Ryan Buchwalter, Braeden Neff, Chelsea Steitz, Taylen Thompson, Brianna Downey, and Izabel Peters. Collectively, 30 teens serve as members of the Junior Fair Board along side 3 Junior Advisors. When a new member joins the board, it is an honor to receive the legendary red jacket along with other items to start their JFB experience! We are looking for individuals, organizations, and businesses to sponsor a “new Junior Fair Board Member” at $100. This sponsorship covers their new red JFB jacket, t-shirt, and other supplies needed to start out their first year! If you are interested in sponsoring a new JFB member, please contact a current member, advisor, or 4-H Educator, Leslie Cooksey at cooksey.25@osu.edu.

There are 4 remaining sponsorship opportunities for this year. Help us color in the remaining red jackets and be a sponsor today! Sponsors will be recognized in the Junior Fair Book and announced at Junior Fair shows during fair week.

The Showmen’s Closet continues for 2025

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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 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.

Save the Date! 4-H Legacy Dinner: June 12th at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds

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The 2025 4-H Legacy Dinner will be held Thursday, June 12th at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds. Invitations will be mailed to past attendees in early May. All are welcome to attend! Contact the Extension Office for more information.

Ticket Information: $75 per person with meal catered by Da Que. RSVP due May 31st. Event will feature a live and silent auction with proceeds benefiting the Fairfield County 4-H Program. Additional sponsorship opportunities are also available.

 

Call for Live Auction/Silent Auction Items for the 2025 4-H Legacy Dinner benefiting Fairfield County 4-H

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The Fairfield County 4-H Endowment Board is busy preparing for the 14th Annual 4-H Endowment Dinner scheduled for Thursday, June 12th, 2025 at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds.  We need your help!!  One of the highlights of the annual fundraising event is the Live and Silent Auction.  If your club would like to help by donating a gift basket or item for the auction, your donation would be most appreciated.  Popular items for themed baskets have included Pet Themed Basket, Kid Friendly Movie Baskets, Family Board Game Baskets. A very popular basket in the past was the Shooting Sports Basket which offered a basket of supplies plus passes to a shooting range.

Does your club focus on health-related projects?  How about a basket of healthy snacks!!  Quilt projects…who wouldn’t love a nice table runner quilted by a 4-H club member(s)!!  Does your club have a great health and safety committee…everybody always needs to update their home or vehicle safety kits or maybe a basket of sun screen protection products. Gardening projects….hanging baskets, succulent gardens…oh my, the possibilities are endless!!

Think outside the box. Be creative and focus on something that might be a good representation of your 4-H club’s scope of projects: maybe a basket of brushes, combs and grooming supplies, halters or feed pans and buckets. Maybe a set of clippers!! How about your 4-H clubs’  favorite snack …make or bake your favorite recipe, fill a basket with the ingredients and a sampling of the cookies, brownies or snack!!   Make it fun!! Legacy Dinner Basket Ideas

Better yet, send a representative of your club to the Endowment Dinner!!  Put your head to clearer thinking and hands to larger service and help us “Leave a Legacy” at the 2025 4-H Endowment Legacy Dinner. Your generous support is truly appreciated.

Support Fairfield County 4-H at Tractor Supply Co. Stores April 18-May 5

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Get out and show at local Tractor Supply Co. stores April 18th through May 5th and purchase a paper clover to support Fairfield County 4-H! 80% of these proceeds come straight back to Fairfield County 4-H.

If you club would like to partner with a local store to promote 4-H during this time, please reach out to a branch manager at either the Pickerington, Carroll, or Lancaster locations.

Lancaster Greenhouse Fundraiser – May 2-4, 2025

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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!

Support the Fairfield County Junior Fair Board – Kroger Rewards

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Help the Fairfield County Junior Fair Board raise money while shopping at no additional cost to you! 

Kroger Community Rewards

1. Start at Kroger.com
2. Sign in with your current Kroger account or create a new one. Note: You must have a registered Kroger Rewards card in order to participate in the Community Rewards program
3. Click the Community Rewards tab and search for “Fairfield Co 4H Advisory Committee”, then click Enroll
4. Once you select your charity, it will be saved and you will support 4-H each time you shop!
5. The 4-H Advisory Committee will allocate these funds to the JFB upon receipt

Dine to Donate – Buffalo Wild Wings on March 10

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Stop out and plan to eat dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings on Monday, March 10 in Lancaster (1283 N. Memorial Drive, Lancaster) from 5:00pm – 9:00pm. 10% of sales that bring the flyer will be donated to the Fairfield County 4-H Junior Leaders.

Please do not pass out flyers at the location as this can impact our fundraiser. Only dine in orders will count towards this fundraiser. A printable flyer can be found here: 2025.03.10 BW3

The Junior Leaders are a countywide teen leadership that focuses on 4-H community service, leadership, and more! Their big events include planning the Fairfield County 4-H Advisor’s Recognition, donating a county 4-H Scholarship, and the Bottle Cap Project!
Thank you for the support!

Visit 7Brew on Feb 11 to Support the Junior Leaders!

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The Fairfield County 4-H Junior Leaders will be hosting a monthly dine to donate fundraiser to raise funds for their countywide club.
February’s dine to donate will be a fundraiser at 7 Brew, Tuesday, February 11, 2025 from 5:30am-10pm at 1637 N Memorial Drive, Lancaster. The 4-H Program will receive a donation from every Large Drink ordered off the menu! (No NEED for a flyer or to mention the fundraiser – Just be sure to order a large drink)
The Junior Leaders are a countywide teen leadership group that focuses on 4-H community service, leadership, and more! Their big events include planning the Fairfield County 4-H Advisor Recognition, Countywide Cloverbud Events, and the Bottle Cap Bench Project!
Thank you for the support!