WOW! Where has the time gone Henry County 4-H families????

Let’s finish out May strong & launch into June with a BANG!

Thanks to all of our 4-H Royalty Applicants! Letters were mailed out to all of you, if you have not received a letter by June 10th, please contact Morgan! Our judges applauded all those that participated & were happy to provide that feedback to all of you!

Livestock Exhibitors: Please be sure to complete your Quality Assurance Training. All “live” trainings are done, If you still need to complete your training, please complete it via the YQCA link. Keep in mind this online opportunity costs $12.00 per child.

Horse PAS Show Participants: Please make sure to have all your required paperwork turned in to the Extension Office by June 1st! Contact Morgan with any questions. We hope to release the June 4th showbill on June 4th!

Other deadlines….

June 1 – Henry County Jr. Fair Board Meeting – 4-6pm: Facility Maintenance & 6pm: Business Meeting (Special Guest – Napoleon Vet Clinic)

June 1 -Henry County Horse Council/Horse Department Facility Clean-up – 7pm

June 1 – (DUE!) Henry County Junior Fair Royalty Applications DUE to Extension Office!

June 1 – (DUE) Communication & Expressive Arts Contest Applications DUE to Extension Office!

June 1 – (DUE) ALL Officer Questions DUE to Extension Office!

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June 4 – LIVESTOCK TAGGING DAY! (Check your Henry County Handbook to see if you should attend!)

• Rabbit ID Day (9-10:30a) (HCFG – Small Animal Building)
• Goat/Sheep ID Day (9-11:30a) (HCFG) – East side of Grandstand
• Feeder Calf ID/Weigh-In (8-11a) (HCFG) – Cattle Barn
• *Henry Co. PAS Show – Horse Arena*RR

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June 7,8,9 – Henry County Cloverbud Camp – Henry County Fairgrounds

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June 14 – Communication & Expressive Arts Contest & 4-H Royalty Recognition (6:30p) @Crossroads Church

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June 15 – HENRY COUNTY FAIR ENTRIES DUE! (Click here for help on getting signed up!)

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June 22-26 – Henry County 4-H Camp (@4-H Camp Palmer) *Our BOYS CABINS ARE FULL & OUR SHOOTING SPORTS PROGRAMS ARE FULL AS WELL! Contact the office if you have any questions!

This week’s 4-H News & Notes Program

2022 Online Quality Assurance Option

Youth, age 12 as of January 1, who are officially enrolled in 4-H and/or FFA livestock/food animal projects and who intend to show their project animal at exhibition (e.g., county or state fair) have the option to complete an online Youth for the Quality Care for Animals (YQCA) session. YQCA is in partnership with The Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), OSU Extension 4-H Youth Development program and ODA. For the training to meet the Ohio Youth Food Animal QA requirement for the project year:

The online module MUST be completed for the correct 4-H age for the youth. If not, you are required to repay and retake the correct module or attend QA in person.

*The Test Out option offered is NOT accepted by Ohio 4-H! 

The online module must be completed by JUNE 28 prior to first show for the Henry County Fair or 45 days before Ohio State Fair show.

You must complete the annual online session within the QA calendar year (Oct. 1- Sept. 30).

The other online courses do not meet the Ohio Youth Food Animal QA certification requirements (ie. BQA, PQA, BEST, etc.)

 Youth can go to the following website to take the age-appropriate on-line module for $12 PER CHILD. Paid by the individual or family. Log in site is: yqcaprogram.org 

***Be sure to send a copy of your certificate to parcher.6@osu.edu when you have completed the module. If your certificate is not sent, you will not fulfill your Quality Assurance Requirement.*** 

Please review the PDFs that will help you sign up, register & generate your completion certificate!

YQCA Website Instructions

YQCA Help Sheet for Certificate

Just wanted to check in folks!

4-H Camp:

• As of today, we have 6 spots for our BOY campers & 58 spots for our GIRL campers! Once we hit the “magic numbers, you’ll still be able to sign up, but it will be clear that you are being added tt the Wait List.
• Head on over to the CAMP tab here on the Blog to review the information & get signed up!
• Be sure to bring the Camp Registration fee to the OSU Extension office WITH your camper’s Health Form. Checks will be made payable to: OSUE (OSU Extension)

Quality Assurance:

• THERE ARE TWO QUALITY ASSURANCE OPPORTUNITIES LEFT!
• If you are taking a LIVESTOCK PROJECT, it is REQUIRED by the Ohio Department of Agriculture that you annually complete Quality Assurance.
• PLEASE sign up for these opportunities! Check out the remaining QA opportunities HERE (click).

Skillathons:

• Kits are available to check out here at the office! Please call  & make sure we have it available for you (so you don’t waste a trip).
• Reminder if you are unable to make your scheduled skillathon dates, call us at the office to set up an appointment for an alternate time.

Our Henry County 4-H Junior Leadership Club, Livestock Team has put together an excellent Educational Opportunity for our Livestock Exhibitors!

They are excited to cover Showmanship, Properly fitting your animal for exhibition, and more! Skillathon kits will be available for review as well!

We have 4-H families that will be bringing animals for hands-on, live interaction – and for those exhibitors that come to the event, you will be entered into a drawing for FOUR $25.00 TRACTOR SUPPLY GIFT CARDS!

Species that will be covered are: Beef, Goats, Poultry & Sheep. Rabbits & Hogs will not be included at this time.

Join us for this FREE event! PLEASE enter the Fairgrounds through the NORTH GATE – there is another event taking place on the fair grounds. Our educational opportunity will take place in the Livestock Arena Area.

Be sure to thank the Junior Leadership Livestock Team Members as well as the families that were nice enough to provide animals for the event!

We are so excited to announce that our Henry County 4-H Camp is now OPEN! Head on over to the CAMP tab here on the blog to find all the important information!

Sign up soon! Spots fill up very quickly!