April is always an exciting month in 4-H! Our community clubs are busy doing amazing things and we love getting to see and hear about all the different experiences our youth are participating in as part of their 4-H club!
We have a few things to share for this month:
4-H Camp Scholarships – 4-H Camping season is coming quickly! If you would like to apply for a 4-H camp scholarship, the deadline to apply is April 15th! To apply, find camp dates, and register for camp, visit: 4-H Camp | Lawrence For specialty camps like Cloverbud, STEM, Adaptive Adventures, Teen camp registrations visit: Specialty Camps | Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp
Horse Projects – We will be having our in-person Equistep meeting on April 17th, at 7:15pm at the Extension Office, if you are unable to attend or prefer to complete your Equistep training on your own, you can do so! Also, May 1 is the deadline for Horse Project ID and Equistep completion! Lastly, it is vital we have 4-H volunteers to help make the show a success, if you are interested in helping, we ask you reach out to our office. More information on all the Horse Project details can be found here: Lawrence County 4-H Horse Projects | Lawrence County 4-H
Lawrence County Quality Assurance Deadline is quickly approaching. Quality Assurance must be completed by May 1 to be eligible to exhibit, show & sale at the Lawrence County Fair. If you are 12 years or older, and would prefer to test-out, please reach out to our office to schedule an appointment. Having trouble making it to a Quality Assurance Training, youth may also complete Quality Assurance through the YQCA.org program online for $12.00. To register and complete, visit: YQCA – Youth for the Quality Care of Animals Certificates of completion must be emailed to fraley.171@osu.edu
Breeding Leases – If you are leasing a breeding animal, forms must be on file by May 1: 2025 Lawrence County Breeding Lease Form
Breeding/Non-Market Forms – New this year! We will be utilizing the 4-Honline system to register your breeding/non-livestock projects for exhibition. 4-H/FFA members planning to exhibit Beef Breeding, Beef Feeders, Sheep Breeding, Specialty Goats, Fancy Poultry, Breeding Rabbits must register their animals by June 15th. To do so, you will log into your oh.4honline.com account and enter your animals. For help, visit this help sheet: v2.Families.Adding.Animals.pdf
Market Lamb, Goat, Hog Tag-In is May 3rd, 8:00 – 10:00am at the fairgrounds. If you’d prefer to pick up your tags and tag your market animals yourself, please be sure to follow the directions outlined at Important Information Regarding Lawrence County Lamb, Goat, and Hog Tag-In | Lawrence County 4-H
Market Chicken Update: After some conversation with our hatchery around our 2025 fair dates and our minimum weight requirement, we have updated our Market Chicken pick up. Market Chickens will arrive tentatively May 15th.
Senior Banners – New this year! The Lawrence County Junior Fairboard is sponsoring senior banners highlighting our recent graduates at the county fair. To gather the information needed to create the banners, we ask all 4-H and FFA youth currently enrolled and a high school senior to complete this survey by May 15th: go.osu.edu/2025lawcoseniorbanner
Rabbit Tattooing – Rabbit tattooing is scheduled for June 7th, 8:00 – 10:00am at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds.
The Fair Schedule can be found here: 2025 Fair Schedule Final_0.pdf, no changes, but some clarification on Market Chicken Showmanship and the Fancy Poultry Show! We have also created a landing page for the Junior Fair Livestock Sale to help our buyers and also our families when talking with buyers, as well as a link to go ahead and pre-register as a buyer. For sale information visit: 2025 Lawrence County Junior Fair Sale | Lawrence County 4-H
Lawrence County Fair Pageant Information: All information regarding each pageant can be found on the opening letter of the applications. All applications are due NO LATER than June 13th, 2025. If you choose to mail your application, please ensure you send it out with enough time to arrive by the due date.
- King: (ages 14-18 as of 01/01/25) https://docs.google.com/…/1T1By9Kxvq0EngGj…/edit…
- Queen: (ages 16-18 as of 07/01/25) https://docs.google.com/…/1y0DPDRgGK8T8B6PCbH2h…/edit…
- Princess: (ages 12-15 as of 01/01/25) https://docs.google.com/…/1ve…/edit…
- Little Miss: (ages 6-11 as of 07/01/25) https://docs.google.com/…/15k_ENsa4CoZeZIatK…/edit…