Month: October 2021

Reminder: 2022 Hartford Fair Junior Fair Board Applications Due Soon

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The 2022 Hartford Fair Junior Fair Board Application is due soon. 4-H, FFA, and Scouts youth who are interested in applying should complete the application and return it to the Licking County Extension Office by Monday, November 15, 2021. Youth must be at least 15 years of age as of January 1, 2022 and be a junior fair exhibitor at the Hartford Fair in order to apply. Once you submit your application, please call our office at (740)670-5315 to schedule your interview time for Saturday, December 4, 2021. If you have questions, please reach out to Lisa McCutcheon at mccutcheon.46@osu.edu.

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Reminder: RSVP for the 2022 4-H Achievement Night Banquet

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We look forward to celebrating 4-H member achievements and advisors and volunteers for the 2021 4-H year! Families with members being recognized should have received an email from Lisa with the information for the banquet. In case you missed it, we wanted to share the information here as well. If an advisor or 4-H member falls into one of the categories listed below, they will be recognized at the 4-H Achievement Banquet on Tuesday, November 9th. Please be sure to email Lisa at mccutcheon.46@osu.edu or call our office at 740.670.5315 be Friday, November 5th if you plan to attend.

Reminder: Club Financial Summary Due December 1st!

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Attention Advisors! Please remember that your club’s financial summary for 2021 is due to the Extension Office by December 1, 2021. We encourage you to turn it in now if your club is done accessing its funds for the year. Please don’t forget to turn this document in to our office. If you plan to attend the 4-H Achievement Banquet on November 9th, you can bring it with you and turn it into us then! Otherwise, please drop off/mail to our office or email to Lisa (mccutcheon.46@osu.edu) or Adrienne (anderson.1410@osu.edu).

You can access the financial summary in several formats: PDF Version | Fillable PDF Version | Word Version

2022 4-H Achievement Night Banquet

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We look forward to celebrating 4-H member achievements and advisors and volunteers for the 2021 4-H year! Families with members being recognized should have received an email from Lisa with the information for the banquet. In case you missed it, we wanted to share the information here as well. If an advisor or 4-H member falls into one of the categories listed below, they will be recognized at the 4-H Achievement Banquet on Tuesday, November 9th. Please be sure to email Lisa at mccutcheon.46@osu.edu or call our office at 740.670.5315 be Friday, November 5th if you plan to attend.

Reminder: 2022 Junior Fair Board Applications Available

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The 2022 Hartford Fair Junior Fair Board Application is now available. 4-H, FFA, and Scouts youth who are interested in applying should complete the application and return it to the Licking County Extension Office by Monday, November 15, 2021. Youth must be at least 15 years of age as of January 1, 2022 and be a junior fair exhibitor at the Hartford Fair in order to apply. Once you submit your application, please call our office at (740)670-5315 to schedule your interview time for Saturday, December 4, 2021. If you have questions, please reach out to Lisa McCutcheon at mccutcheon.46@osu.edu.

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High Hopes for High Ropes at 4-H Camp Ohio

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GOAL: $120,000

The High Ropes course is an integral element within the Adventure program at 4-H Camp Ohio. Both youth and adults take on the course using the “challenge by choice” philosophy where they all achieve success in their own personal challenges. The current course, built in 1988, has seen over 50,000 users and the time has now come to rebuild. The absence of the course has very much been noticed by campers this year.

While this is a costly project, it will be built by a credentialed professional contractor to satisfy liability and insurance requirements.

4-H Camp Ohio’s new High Ropes course will be a wagon wheel-like design, presenting new challenges and new adventures for participants. Not only will participants have a chance to try a dozen different obstacles while 30 feet in the air, they will also bond as a team and learn about cooperation and determination. Campers’ time on the course will then come to an end with a ride down the thrilling zip line.

With the help and generosity of our camping community and the wider community who have a passion for youth development, we are confident we can make this happen for all campers in 2022!

Interested in making a donation? Click here to find out more.

Ohio 4-H Achievement Form Workshop

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The Ohio 4-H Teen Leadership Council will host a second Achievement Form Workshop at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center from 5:00 to 7:00pm on November 7, 2021. While this is after the forms are due for county selection, this is a great opportunity for those who want to know how to improve their forms in case they are selected to be sent on to the state level. If interested, please RSVP by November 4th at go.osu.edu/AchForm2021.

2022 Family Guide Available

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It’s never too early to start thinking about what projects you want to take next year! The 2022 Family Guide is now available online under the “Families” tab at Ohio 4-H. You can view it as both a PDF and as a flipbook. Thanks to a sponsorship from Kroger, the Ohio 4-H Foundation will once again mail out copies to all families and volunteers that were enrolled in 4-H during 2021. Watch your mail in early 2022 for your family guide to arrive. Please note: each family will receive one copy of the Family Guide regardless of the number of enrolled individual in their household.

Don’t forget to also utilize Project Central to help you search for projects, read reviews, and view sample pages from project books. If you haven’t taken the time to write a review for the projects you’ve taken, please do so as that helps other members decide which projects to take.

Don’t Forget! Achievement Award Forms Due October 15th

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Are you at least 14 years of age, or will be 14 years of age by January 1, 2022? Then we have just what you need!

You are now eligible for county, state and national project award recognition, selection to attend 2022 state and national trips, and possibly even the opportunity to apply for scholarships as a high school senior! All of these opportunities are available to YOU – but you have to apply for them! The deadline to apply is Friday, October 15th, and all of the 2021-2022 application materials can be found on our Teen Opportunities page.

2021 Ohio National Poultry Show

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The Ohio National Poultry Show will be held on November 13-14, 2021 at the Voinovich Center on the Ohio State Fairgrounds. This is a great opportunity for youth to get some extra experience showing their birds and to meet other participants from across the state. Entries are due by Tuesday, October 12, 2021 so don’t delay if you are interested in participating. More information can be found on the Ohio National website.