Month: June 2024

Ohio 4-H Teen Leadership Council Applications are Now Being Accepted

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Licking County 4-H Teen Leaders:

CARTEENS, Counselors, F&FB and JFB Members…

THIS opportunity is PERFECT for YOU! If you’re unsure, we can connect you with some of your peers who are currently serving on the Council – they can tell you how much you NEED to do this!

Application deadline is DURING the Hartford Fair!

Applications and more information about becoming Ohio 4-H Teen Leadership Council (TLC) member for the 2024-25 program year are now available online at: go.osu.edu/TLC. Please note: applications (and other materials, including letters of recommendation and program fees) are due by Friday, August 9, 2024.

REMINDER: Virtual Project Judging Question and Answer Zoom

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Attention Clothing, Food, and Special Interest Project Members!

The Licking County 4-H Food and Fashion Board will hold a Virtual Project Judging Question and Answer session on Zoom on July 1, 2024 starting at 7:00pm. There is no presentation or program, just hop on at 7:00pm, get your questions answered about judging, and then hop back off. We’ll stay on until all questions are answered. We will likely be logged off by 7:30pm unless there are a lot of people on asking questions. Join us by Zoom at http://go.osu.edu/4HJudgingQAndA.

 

 

2024 Hartford Fair Prince and Princess for a Day Program Registration

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Princess & Prince for A Day will provide an opportunity for little kids to experience a day in the life of a royalty and step into the footsteps of their role models, the Hartford Fair King & Queen.

Program Rules

• Potential Princesses/Princes must be currently enrolled as a 4-H Cloverbud within the Hartford Fair District (age 5 and in Kindergarten through 2nd grade – 2024 4-H Year)

• Parent must complete online registration: https://go.osu.edu/2024PrincessPrince between June 28th and July 17th at 5:00pm to have their child considered for the program.

• Twelve (12) Princesses and Twelve (12) Princes will be chosen at random among registrations, with two of each assigned to reign over the fair each day, Sunday through Friday.

• Selected individuals will be contacted with additional details and presented with a sash and other goodies to wear throughout their special day. NOTE: Parent must always accompany the Princess/Prince.

Thank you to our sponsors for making this program possible: Beth Rowley, Rhonda Arter, Bill & Helen McClain, and the Licking County Dairy Directors!

Contact Morgan McCutcheon with questions: morganamccutcheon@gmail.com

 

LAST CHANCE: Junior Fair Exhibitor and Advisor Photos Due for Fair IDs

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Both Junior Fair Exhibitors and Advisors must submit a photo for their fair ID. Photos must be submitted by June 30, 2024. Please ensure that all Junior Fair Exhibitors submit their photo through the link for YOUTH ID while the advisors should submit their photo through the ADULT ID link. Please ensure your photo meets the requirements listed. The fair ID will be used for gate admission as well as collecting premiums from the Premium Bank. Submit your photos here: https://www.hartfordfair.com/exhibitor

If you are unsure of whether you have submitted a photo for your ID, please go ahead and submit a photo. If you already have a photo in the system, the system will automatically update the existing photo with the new one based on the name and birth date submitted. If you haven’t submitted a photo, then the system will create a new profile with the photo.

2024 Licking County 4-H Project Judging Appointment Registration

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Licking County 4-H Project Judging will take place on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at CTEC (150 Price Rd, Newark, OH 43055). All still projects (clothing, food, and special interest) will be judged on this day. Members must register for a judging appointment by 9:00am on Monday, July 8, 2024. You will need to complete a survey for each project that needs judged.

Before completing the registration, please review the list of which projects are being judged by each judge. You will need to know which judge will be judging your project before you complete the registration. You can view the list by Project Number or by Project Name. Once you know which judge number you will need for each project being judged, please complete the registration by visiting: http://go.osu.edu/licking4hjudging. Once you have completed the registration, you will immediately receive an email with a summary of your response. If you do not see the email in your inbox, please check your spam/junk folder as that is where automatic responses often end up.

If you find that you need to change your judging appointment or you will no longer be attending judging, please reach out to Adrienne Anderson at anderson.1410@osu.edu so that we can open that appointment up for another member.

If when you go to register, all of the appointments for the judge you need are full, please reach out to Adrienne so we can add more judging appointment slots.

We look forward to seeing you at project judging!

Help Needed! Sheep Barn Clean-Up at the Hartford Fair

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The Licking County Sheep Improvement Committee will do a Sheep Barn Clean-Up at the Hartford Fair on Friday, July 17, 2024 at 6:00pm. Pizza and Water will be provided!!

Volunteers should bring rakes, shovels, gloves, and anything else that might help! Many hands make light work!

We will be cleaning out leaves, picking up trash, correcting gates, and possibly spreading stones or screenings.

REMINDER: 4-H Project Judging Workshop

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The Licking County 4-H Food and Fashion Board will be hosting at 4-H Project Judging Workshop on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 6:30pm at the Licking County Extension Office. This workshop is designed to help members taking still projects (clothing, food, and/or special interest) know what they need to bring to project judging, what to expect when they arrive to judging, and give tips on making judging a positive experience. There will be sample projects available to view, and we will answer all of your questions. This workshop would be very beneficial to members who are new to taking still projects.

Please RSVP by Monday, June 24, 2024 at http://go.osu.edu/4HProjectWorkshop. This will allow us to know how many participants to expect for the program.

REMINDER: Animal Adventures Registration

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Animal Adventures is part of a statewide, 4-H initiative to connect young people with disabilities, who also have a love for animals, with opportunities to get involved with local 4-H programs.

Through Animal Adventures, participants with disabilities will be paired with 4 H and FFA mentors to learn about an animal of their choice. After a meet and greet, they will work together to exhibit or “show” the animal at the 2024 Hartford Independent Fair. The show will be held at 6:30 p m on Sunday, August 4th at the B Carr Pavillion on the Hartford Fairgrounds.

Animal Adventures welcomes youth between the ages of 8 and 19. Participants do not have to be supported by the Licking County Board of Developmental Disabilities, but must reside within the Hartford Fair District: Licking County, Knox County (Hilliar, Milford, Miller Townships), or Delaware County (Berkshire, Harlem, Porter, Trenton Townships).

To register an EXHIBITOR (youth ages 8-19)
•Complete registration by June 23rd at https://go.osu.edu/AdventureExhibitor

To register a MENTOR (Junior Fair Exhibitor Dairy Feeder / Goat / Poultry / Rabbit / Sheep)
•Complete registration by June 23rd at https://go.osu.edu/AdventureMentor

Want to be an ADULT VOLUNTEER?
•Email Lisa McCutcheon (mccutcheon.46@osu.edu) to be placed on a contact list!