4-H

REMINDER: 2025 New 4-H Advisor Applications Due Soon!

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If you are interested in becoming a Licking County 4-H advisor for 2025, you can find the application HERE. Completed applications are due to the Licking County Extension Office by January 1, 2025. Please note that all applicants must be at least 20 years of age as of 01/01/2025 – allowing for at least one year between enrollment as a member and stepping in to an Advisor role. Applications can also be emailed to Lisa McCutcheon at mccutcheon.46@osu.edu. If you are interested in starting a new club, please turn your advisor application in as soon as possible so we can get that process started as well.

Aquaponics Challenge

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The Aquaponics Challenge is an interdisciplinary learning competition for teams in school or after-school programs (for example: 4-H, FFA) in grades 8-12. Teams are student led with support from their coach (teacher or after-school program lead) and each team is provided with a liaison who helps with guidance throughout the season.

Teams can work on the competition as part of a class or as an after-school activity. Multiple teams can register per school and teams can also register as part of afterschool clubs or other academic related organizations. This competition is open to all interested individuals regardless of location. Small team stipends ($150) are available for those in Great Lakes states.

The competition is composed of four challenges and teams can choose to compete in one or multiple with awards for each category as well as a cumulative award. The four challenges include:

  1. Designing and creating an aquaponics system,
  2. Monitoring the system,
  3. Creating a business plan to accompany the system,
  4. Creating a seafood outreach project.

Important Details:

  • Registration deadline is January 12, 2025. Register by completing this form.
  • The competition timeline is January through April, with a virtual awards ceremony held on April 11, 2025.
  • Student teams submit videos showcasing their accomplishments, as well as supporting materials online.
  • Teams are supported with online resources, coach and team Zoom trainings, a small team stipend ($150 for Great Lakes states), and a liaison who helps guide the team during the season.
  • See the 2025 Aquaculture Challenge Team Manual team with detailed information about the competition.
  • Visit the Aquaponics Challenge webpage to find these details and more information.

The aquaculture challenge is a competitive science and business competition hosted by the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network and Lake Superior State University. 

Questions? Contact Elliot Nelson, Michigan Sea Grant, elliotne@msu.edu or Nicole Wright, Ohio Sea Grant, wright.1128@osu.edu

 

4-H Camp Ohio Wish List

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Did you know that 4-H Camp Ohio has an Amazon Wish List? Purchasing items that are on the list helps offset costs and ensures that camp has the supplies it needs to provide services for thousands of youth each year. There are a variety of items needed on the list, so be sure to check it out: a.co/6VCqJOH

While you are doing your Christmas shopping, perhaps you can add a gift to camp!

REMINDER: Food Pantry Network of Licking County: Elves in Action

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Elves in Action is the Food Pantry Network of Licking County’s annual, community-wide fundraiser held at the end of every year to help them stock the shelves for the holiday season. Elves in Action aims to bring together supporters interested in fighting food insecurity in Licking County and collect food and monetary donations to benefit the Food Pantry Network. This year, the staff at the Licking County Extension Office will be volunteering from 5:30-7:30pm on Friday, December 20, 2024 to collect food and monetary donations in downtown Newark on the square. Please come visit us and help us fight food insecurity in Licking County!

Please Note: There will be volunteers on the square every evening from 5:30-7:30pm collecting donations starting Friday, November 29th through December 24th. Stop by any of those dates to make a donation, but if you want to see Lisa and Adrienne, be sure to stop by on December 20th!

Announcing our 2025 Junior Fair Board

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We are excited to announce the 4-H and FFA members who will be serving on the 2025 Hartford Independent Fair Junior Fair Board. Congrats to these teens for being selected for the junior fair board. We look forward to working with these teens in preparation for the 2025 Hartford Fair!

2025 Hartford Independent Fair Junior Fair Board

  • Ashley Allerton, Junior Advisor
  • Callie Baker
  • Camryn Baker
  • Elisabeth Baker
  • Riley Baker
  • Morgan Beaver
  • Sophia BeVier, Junior Advisor
  • Emmie Burgess
  • Austin Chapman
  • Gracie Cyphers
  • Ava Debolt
  • Sierra Dolan
  • Lola Dorsey
  • Quin Dorsey
  • Kinsey Duzan
  • Autumn Elie
  • Alyssa Evans
  • Elena Evans
  • Karson Ewing
  • Kayden Ewing
  • Holton Forman
  • Lauren Heimerl
  • Mackenzie Holland, Junior Advisor
  • Kylie Holman
  • Erin Hoover
  • Cassie Lahrmer
  • Julie Lahrmer
  • Ava Lycans
  • Natalie Lyons
  • Lucy MacLaren
  • Austin Mauger-Albright
  • Anna Morris
  • Colin Morrison
  • Ryan Orr
  • Nyah Painter
  • Sam Raaker
  • Amelia Savage
  • Mary Schwartz
  • Averi Smith
  • Madison Smith
  • Gracie Stoltz, Junior Advisor
  • Hannah Stoltz
  • Avery Suver
  • Ali Thoman
  • Haydn Tinsley
  • Jorja Valentine
  • Autumn Wampler, Junior Advisor
  • Lane Wampler
  • Addison Wise
  • Haylan Jo Wise

Announcing our 2025 Food and Fashion Board

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We are proud to announce our 4-H teens who have been selected to serve on the 2025 Licking County 4-H Food and Fashion Board. These members serve in a leadership role to promote and support the Food & Nutrition and Clothing & Textile projects. They plan and host workshops and events throughout the year.

2025 Licking County 4-H Food and Fashion Board:

  • Lucy MacLaren
  • Bella Park
  • Alexis Reimer
  • Lydia Reimer
  • Megan Reimer
  • Kelsey Slot
  • Izzy Swartz

Fall Paper Clover Campaign at Tractor Supply Company

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Tractor Supply Company (TSC) is once again hosting their Paper Clover Campaign in all locations. The campaign runs from November 29th through December 15th. Make donations at any of the four Licking County TSC Stores. 80% of the funds raised at each store will stay in Licking County’s program to support 4-H leadership and scholarship opportunities. The monies raised helps Licking County 4-H send youth to state camps and national trips.

Heath: 2035 Hebron Rd., Heath, OH 43056

Johnstown: 659 W Coshocton St., Johnstown, OH 43031

Newark: 315 Deo Dr., Newark, OH 43055

Pataskala: 11309 Broad St SW, Pataskala, OH 43062

2025 Licking County 4-H Advisor Training Dates

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The 2025 Licking County 4-H Advisor Training Dates are now available. If you are a current Licking County 4-H Advisor or if you plan to apply to become an advisor in 2025, please make note of the information below and plan to attend one of the training dates listed.

WHY: All 4-H Club Advisors within the state of Ohio are required to attend an annual training. This training will include an introduction to anything that’s new, review of any issues that have been encountered over the past year, reminder about the important dates and deadline, emphasis on new tasks that may be needed, etc. Training is intended to support you and provide you with information and resources that will make your work as an advisor more enjoyable, more manageable, and more rewarding!

WHEN / WHERE: We encourage you to mark your calendar for Saturday, January 25th (9:00 a.m.) at Ohio State Newark – Reese Center – no registration necessary, as we hope that all of you can attend! But…if you’re NOT available for that session, please reply to this email to let us know if you need to attend one of the alternative dates (January 30th, February 12th or 18th / 7-8:30 p.m.), which will be held at the Licking County Extension Office. Because those three dates are considered back-up, and have a much smaller capacity than that January 25th date, YOU MUST REGISTER if you plan to attend January 30th, February 12th or 18th trainings – simply respond to me (Lisa) and I will add you to the list (as long as space is available).

LOCATION: We’ll be in the Auditorium at the Reese Center, where we also hold the Style Revue and Recognition Event each July. There will be plenty of seating, as well as parking, for all… We will also have Resource Fair tables set up outside of the Auditorium for Advisors to visit following the update.

WHAT: If you’re planning to attend the January 25th training (and we really hope you will), you’ll participate in a training update from 9-11:00 a.m., and then have time from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to enjoy the RESOURCE FAIR! We will have a trade show area set up for you to ask questions, look at new materials, interact with key resource leaders, etc. – or you can just take a few minutes to sit and speak with other advisors about what’s working for them! That time is for YOU! We want to support you, and the Resource Fair can serve that purpose! Note: If you must attend the January 30th, February 12th or 18th dates, please know that only training will be provided due to space and time limitations.

REMINDER: 2025 New 4-H Advisor Applications Are Now Available

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If you are interested in becoming a Licking County 4-H advisor for 2025, you can find the application HERE. Completed applications are due to the Licking County Extension Office by January 1, 2025. Please note that all applicants must be at least 20 years of age as of 01/01/2025 – allowing for at least one year between enrollment as a member and stepping in to an Advisor role. Applications can also be emailed to Lisa McCutcheon at mccutcheon.46@osu.edu. If you are interested in starting a new club, please turn your advisor application in as soon as possible so we can get that process started as well.

LAST CHANCE: Market Steer and Heifer Weigh-In for 2025

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2025 Hartford Fair Market Steer / Heifer exhibitors are asked to make note of the following details to ensure that their market animals are registered online (by noon on Friday, December 6, 2024) and weighed-in on December 7, 2024 in preparation for the 2025 Hartford Fair. Online Registration: go.osu.edu/2025HartfordWeighIn

Details regarding eligibility for the Ohio State Fair Junior Fair Market Steer / Heifer show can be found HERE. DNA samples are to be submitted to the OSF by no later than January 15. Same as in 2024: OSF is no longer providing 840 EID tags – they must be provided by the exhibitor / breeder, with tag number note on DNA packet prior to submission.