Month: April 2025

REMINDER: 2025 Mini Camp Registrations Due

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Registration materials for the Licking County 4-H 2025 Mini Camp are now available! The registration brochure can be found HERE and is due back to our office with payment by Friday, April 18, 2025. Mini Camp is a great opportunity for our members who are new to the 4-H camps program or may be nervous to attend camp. This one night camping experience allows youth to get a small taste of what they will experience if they attend our Summer Residential Camp. Youth must be enrolled in the Licking County 4-H program and must be 8 and in 3rd grade up through age 13 as of 1/1/25.

REMINDER: 2025 Meat Chicken and Meat Duck Order Forms Available

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The 2025 Meat Chicken Pool and 2025 Meat Duck Pool order forms are now available. Forms are due with payment to the Licking County Extension Office by 4:00pm on Friday, April 18, 2025. ALL junior fair exhibitors who are planing to enter market chicken or market duck classes at the Hartford Fair MUST purchase their chickens or ducks through the poultry pool ordering process.

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REMINDER: 2025 Quality Assurance Trainings

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Our next Hartford Fair Livestock Quality Assurance (QA) Training for 2025 will take place next week! Any junior fair exhibitor that plans to show livestock at either the Hartford Fair or Ohio State Fair MUST complete an approved QA training by June 1, 2025 in order to be eligible to show in 2025. Please review the Junior Fair Livestock Quality Assurance Guidelines for all requirements and a list of approved trainings. Please ensure you have a plan to either attend an in-person training or complete the online YQCA module BEFORE June 1, 2025.

Our next county-wide program will take place on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 6:30pm at Licking Valley High School.

SPECIAL NOTES:

  • Photos for fair IDs will NOT be taken at QA programs in 2025. We will have a process similar to last year where members will be able to upload a photo themselves instead of having photos taken by fair staff. More details on that to come at a later date!
  • Only Licking County 4-H/FFA Quality Assurance Programs will address program changes and updated for the Hartford Fair. If you choose to attend another QA program or complete the YQCA online module, please ensure that you are watching for updates through the Licking County Extension and Hartford Fair websites and that you check in with your advisor(s) for updates and changes as well.
  • A special thank you to our county FFA chapters for hosting us for these trainings!

 

Other Approved Activities and Training Programs…

Delaware County Quality Assurance Training Program – Contact #740.833.2030 for program details

  • May 20 – 6:30 p.m. (Extension Office)
  • May 28 – 6:30 p.m. (Extension Office)
  • May 29 – 6:30 p.m. (Extension Office)

*Please Note: Delaware is also offering session on June 3rd – this one does NOT meet Hartford QA deadline of June 1st).

Knox County Quality Assurance Training Programs – Contact #740.397.0401 for program details

  • April 14 (Fredericktown H.S.)
  • May 8 (Danville H.S.)
  • May 12 (Mt. Vernon H.S.)

*All training programs take place at 6:00 p.m.

 

REMINDER: 2025 Lamb Banquet

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The Licking County Sheep Improvement Association will host their annual Lamb Banquet on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 6:30pm. The banquet will take place at the Melita Fellowship Church (9956 Camp Ohio Rd, Utica) Cost is $15/person (ages 13+), $8/person (ages 6-12), ages 5 and under are free. The featured speaker will be Dr. Lyda Gracia. The 2025 Sheep Royalty Representatives will be announced and door prizes will be given out.

Tickets are available at the door. Please RSVP to Darrick Foster at 740-475-7017 or by contacting a Licking County Sheep Improvement Association Committee Member.

2025 Licking County 4-H Summer Camp Registration Information

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Who’s ready for 4-H Summer Camp? We’re headed to Disney so pack your Mickey ears!
Here’s what you need to know… Registration goes live Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Thanks to support from the Licking County Farm Bureau and those who sponsored or attend the Farmers Share Breakfast, all Licking County 4-H members will receive a $25 discount on their 4-H Camp registration. This will bring the cost for members to attend to $240. Children of current Licking County Farm Bureau members are also eligible to receive and additional $50 discount (PARENTS of child must be current members and must include member number during registration). We also extend our appreciation to the Licking County Cattlemen’s Association, as a drawing will be held during camp for eight families to be reimbursed for their child’s camp registration, and two additional reimbursements will be drawn from those who have parents that are members of the Licking County Cattleman’s Association!

You’ll complete three easy steps:

1) Registration and Payment

2) Session Selection

3) Health Form!

Do yourself a favor – be at your computer, rather than your phone, and have access to your email! Complete registration for each child in your family before you move on to selecting sessions! It’s most important that they get registered.

Be prepared in advance – check out the session offerings online before registration! You can find the session list here: go.osu.edu/2025SessionDescriptions

If you are in need of financial assistance to help your child(ren) attend camp, we do have camp scholarship available. You can find the application at: go.osu.edu/2025CampScholarshipForm

The registration link will be available on our Camp Opportunities page.

2025 Mini Camp Registration

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Registration materials for the Licking County 4-H 2025 Mini Camp are now available! The registration brochure can be found HERE and is due back to our office with payment by Friday, April 18, 2025. Mini Camp is a great opportunity for our members who are new to the 4-H camps program or may be nervous to attend camp. This one night camping experience allows youth to get a small taste of what they will experience if they attend our Summer Residential Camp. Youth must be enrolled in the Licking County 4-H program and must be 8 and in 3rd grade up through age 13 as of 1/1/25.

2025 Cloverbud Day Camp Registration Information

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Cloverbud Day Camp will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 4-H Camp Ohio. Our timeline for drop off and pick up are still being finalized, but expect the day to run approximately from 9:00am to 4:30pm. Registration will be completed online. You will have the option to pay by credit card after completing the registration, or by mailing/dropping off a check or cash to the Extension Office. You will also be directed to complete the camp health history form online after you complete the registration portion. Please ensure that you have time to complete each step by the deadline of May 2, 2025. All three portions (registration | payment | health history) must be completed by the deadline in order for your child to attend Cloverbud Day Camp.

Cloverbud Day Camp is open to both enrolled and non-enrolled youth. We are happy to invite youth who will be age/grade eligible to be Cloverbuds next year (enrolling in Kindergarten this fall) up through their final year of Cloverbuds.

Things to note…

  • Registration for Cloverbud Day Camp will go live at noon on Monday, April 7, 2025! You will be able to find the registration link on the Camp Opportunities Page under the Cloverbud Day Camp heading or by visiting http://go.osu.edu/4HCloverbudCamp.
  • Once you complete the registration, if you select to pay by credit card, you should be automatically directed to the NelNet payment portal. The information from the registration should automatically fill into the payment portal. PLEASE NOTE: If you billing address for your credit card is different than the address you entered for the registration, please be sure to update the address before submitting your payment.
  • If you select to pay by check/cash, that payment is due within one week after you have submitted the registration. If we do not receive your payment in that time frame, we reserve the right to cancel your registration to allow another member to register in the case that camp fills to capacity.
  • Once you’ve completed the registration, you should automatically receive an email within a few minutes of submission. If you do not, please check your junk/spam folder as often these emails can be flagged as spam by your email server. If you cannot find it there, please reach out to Adrienne at anderson.1410@osu.edu as it is likely you incorrectly input your email address.
  • The link to complete the Health History Form will be in the email you receive at the completion of the registration. Again, if you do not automatically receive your email and it is not in you junk/spam folder, please contact Adrienne.
  • Details about drop off, pick up, things to pack, etc. will be emailed out to the email used in the registration form about one week before camp.