Month: February 2020

Ohio Youth Institute

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High school age youth are invited to part of the Ohio Youth Institute, hosted by OSU’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. Participants research and write a short paper on a global challenge facing a country, then come to the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on April 20. Students from throughout Ohio meet with OSU experts, speakers and participate in hands-on experiences focused on global food concerns. OYI Scholars may be eligible for USDA summer internships and international opportunities. Visit the OYI website for details.

2020 Ohio 4-H Cloverbot Challenge

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The Ohio 4-H Cloverbot Challenge gives 4-H Cloverbuds the opportunity to work cooperatively in teams to problem-solve using STEM (science, engineering, technology and math) skills. A new theme is selected each year and teams research a topic, build a working model of their solution to the Challenge issue and create a poster to illustrate their findings. Cloverbuds, team advisors and families come to the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in the spring, for the Challenge event. Teams present their models and findings to a team of reviewers, learn about other Cloverbuds’ projects, participate in age-appropriate STEM activities and are recognized at a closing celebration.

It’s time to register for the 2020 Ohio 4-H Cloverbot Challenge and this year Cloverbuds will be On the Move! Teams will explore transportation and how people and goods get where they are going. The challenge happens on June 13 at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau Center. Find registration details and information about ordering kits here. Thanks to the Ohio 4-H Foundation for their support of this program.

2020 DairyPalooza

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The 2020 DairyPalooza is celebrating 10 years as being the premier 4-H dairy event in the state of Ohio! This year’s event will be on Saturday, April 25 at the Canfield Fairgrounds in Canfield. In the morning a state-certified Quality Assurance program for 4-H-aged youth will be offered, while adults and Cloverbuds can attend tracks of sessions designed for them. In the afternoon, youth can go to breakout sessions of their choice covering a range of topics – nutrition, showmanship and fitting, reproduction, genomics and more.

Registration starts at 8:00am, with the program beginning at 9:00am. The pre-registration deadline is April 4, at a cost of $6.00 per person. With this you will receive a t-shirt, pizza lunch, take-home materials, and more. Late- or Walk-in registrations will cost $10.00 per person, and will not include the t-shirt, but will include pizza and take-home materials while they last. People can register as an individual/family online. People may also register as a group, as well as using paper registration.

The DairyPalooza website is:  http://www.ohiodairypalooza.com/.  For more information please refer to the website and/or contact Lisa Gress at randroliver@gmail.com.

4-H Photo Contest!

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Here’s your chance to be part of a cool 4-H project! 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼 wants you to upload your favorite 4-H photo to be part of a giant photo mosaic! You can enter up to five entries and the state with the highest rate of participation wins $10,000! Send in those photos at the link here!

 

2020 Granville Kiwanis Pancake Day

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The Granville Kiwanis will host their annual Pancake Day on Saturday, February 15th from 7:00am to 2:00pm at St. Edwards Church in Granville. All proceeds will go to help build a “Creekside Classroom” at 4-H Camp Ohio, as well as other facilities updates. This creekside classroom will be a shelter house style structure located in the green space next to the walk bridge on the boy’s side of camp. Please come support the Granville Kiwanis and this project that will benefit not only our youth, but all youth who visit 4-H Camp Ohio!

Sponsors and Help Needed for Farmers Share Breakfast

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The Licking County Farm Bureau will hold its annual Farmers Share Breakfast on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at CTEC in Newark. Last year, between the sponsorships and the donations the day of the breakfast, this event raised enough money to help fund camp scholarships for campers who had financial need as well as provide a $30 discount for every camper who attended the Licking County 4-H Summer Camp. The Licking County Farm Bureau is in search of sponsorships as well as volunteers to help prepare for and serve the breakfast.

If you are interested in serving as a volunteer for the breakfast, please sign up here.

If you are interested in being a sponsor for the breakfast, please see the information below.