The order form for the 2022 Hartford Fair Junior Market Turkey Pool is now available here. Forms with payment must be mailed or delivered to the Licking County Extension Office by 4:00pm on Friday, March 4, 2022. ALL meat turkey projects will come from the Hartford Fair meat turkey pool. If you intend to show meat turkeys at the fair in 2022, you must submit an order by the deadline to be eligible. Please read through all the details on the order form.
Licking County 4-H is collecting NEW card games as well as pop tabs. The pop tabs will be dropped off to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio and the card games will be delivered to Nationwide Children’s Hospital. All donations need to be dropped off to the Licking County Extension Office by Friday, April 1, 2022. Let’s see how much we can collect!
The Licking County Farm Bureau will host their annual Farmers Share Breakfast on Saturday, February 26, 2022 from 8:00-10:00 am at C-TEC in Newark. All proceeds from this breakfast will support the Licking County 4-H Camping Program. There are several ways that you can be involved and support this effort.
Want to learn more about rabbits? If so, this virtual SPIN club is for you! The club will meet weekly on Mondays at 6:30pm by Zoom. You do not need to own a rabbit to participate. Spots will be filling quickly so don’t wait to register at go.osu.edu/RabbitSPIN. Deadline to register is March 2, 2022.
The 2022 Hartford Fair Scholarship application is now available. The application is due to the Hartford Fair Office by Tuesday, March 1, 2022. The application must be accompanied by three reference forms from non-family members. For a full list of guidelines please check out the application and reference form on the Forms page of the Hartford Fair Website.
For any 4-H families who have utilized the YQCA online Quality Assurance certification training modules, this message is for you! YQCA is moving to a new program platform online, and for this reason, you need to know the following:
For those who are unfamiliar with YQCA, you need to take no action at this time, and will become more familiar with this training option later in the spring. YQCA is a national, online training program for Livestock Quality Assurance certification. This program charges a user fee of $12 per youth to complete, and is not an option for adult volunteer / advisor training. This is one of many options for completing QA certification, and one of the only options that charges a fee. It can be helpful in some situations, but is not encouraged for beginner level project members.
Calling all student artists – The 2022 Licking County River Round Up Poster Contest is now open and accepting submissions through April 8!
The 2022 River Round Up Poster Contest is open to all school-aged youth in primary, secondary schools (public, private, and home school; K-12) or school-aged youth living in Licking County.
Posters submitted must reflect water pollution awareness and encourage volunteer participation in the River Round Up.
Poster Awards: One winning poster will be chosen from each of the three categories below. $100 will be awarded to each of the winning student artists, and $500 will be awarded to each of the students’ schools for advancing science and art programming.
Categories: Elementary (K-5), Middle School (6-8), and High School (9-12). One winner will be chosen from each grade category.
Winning posters will be used as the primary electronic marketing pictures for the 2022 River Round Up and will be displayed at River Round Up Event sites on September 10, 2022, and in promotional displays around Licking County throughout the year.
For contest rules and to submit your artwork, visit: https://lickingswcd.com/how-to-help/river-round-up-2022.html
What is the Licking County River Round Up?
The Licking County River Round Up is an annual, county-wide river cleanup event in September on the Saturday after Labor Day. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, September 10, 2022. This community event brings out hundreds of volunteers who pull tires, shopping carts and mountains of trash from the Licking River and its tributaries.
Through this amazing community-based conservation effort, a river system that had all but been abandoned, has seen a beautiful rebirth of aquatic and bird life. The event is coordinated by the Licking County Soil & Water Conservation District in partnership with many local agencies and organizations – including the Licking County Health Department.
The Hartford Fair Dairy Feeder Committee will meet on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 7:00pm at the Babcock Building on the Hartford Fairgrounds. Anyone interested in being involved with the committee should plan to attend the meeting. If you have questions, please reach out the Leanne Rex at 740-504-9681.
The 2022 Ohio Youth Poultry Clinic will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at the Ohio State University ATI in Wooster, Ohio. Registration begins at 8:30am and the program will conclude by 4:00pm. Registration is $20 per youth and $25 per adult and includes morning refreshments and lunch. Registrations with payment are due by March 2, 2022 to the address on the form. Check out details and complete the registration form if interested in participating: 2022 Youth Poultry Clinic – REGISTRATION
Every dollar makes a difference in helping a young person find their SPARK. February 1 – April 30, 2022 visit a local JOANN store and you can invest in a young person by donating to 4-H. You can find out more by visiting the JOANN website.
