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Local Teens Receive State 4-H Awards

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The 2025 Ohio 4-H Achievement Awards were presented earlier this month at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus.

Local 4-H members received the following awards.

Henry Keller from Alexandria was selected to serve as an Ohio delegate at the 2025 National 4-H Dairy Conference. Keller, 17, has been a member of 4-H in Licking County for nine years. He enjoys showing dairy feeders, steers, and hogs, and he likes participating in the Steer Pool at the Hartford Fair. Keller has also volunteered as a camp counselor for three years. He is a junior at C-TEC in the electrical trades and is the son of Joe and Jennifer Osterholt.

Alexis Reimer from Newark won the Family Life and Child Development Achievement Award. Reimer, 16, has been a 4-Ever Friends 4-H Club member for nine years. She is on the Licking County Food and Fashion Board, is the president of her club, and was chosen to participate in the Ohio 4-H State Leadership Camp. Reimer is a junior at Newark High School and plans to attend college for accounting. She is the daughter of Andy and Bettrina Reimer.

Autumn Wampler from Marengo won the Goats Achievement Award. Wampler, 18, has been a 4-H member for 10 years and has taken a variety of projects including goats, lambs, cattle, rabbits, poultry, and self-determined projects. She is also a four-year member of the Hartford Independent Fair Board and is currently serving as a Junior Advisor. Wampler is a graduated, homeschooled student and is the daughter of Adam and Jennifer Wampler.

Ohio 4-H Achievement Awards are presented annually to individuals for outstanding work in their project area. Youth recipients will also have the opportunity to travel to Atlanta in November to represent Ohio at National 4-H Congress. The evening was hosted by the Ohio 4-H Foundation, with 32 youth receiving 2025 honors

Ohio 4-H is the youth development program of Ohio State University Extension, the outreach arm of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. In 2024, over 154,000 Ohio youth participated in clubs, groups, and special interest programs.

REMINDER: Crime Scene Kitchen

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The Licking County 4-H Food and Fashion Board is hosting a NEW event called Crime Scene Kitchen! Participants will become crime scene investigators to discover everything unsafe or incorrect in our kitchen. They will learn about safe kitchen practices, and will use those skills to make a snack. This event is open to all 4-H project members. They do NOT need to be enrolled in a 4-H Foods project to participate (this would be a great activity to include in the learning experiences section of their project book!).

When: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 6:00pm

Where: Licking County Extension Office

RSVP by May 26, 2025 at go.osu.edu/CrimeSceneKitchen

NEW EVENT: Crime Scene Kitchen

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The Licking County 4-H Food and Fashion Board is hosting a NEW event called Crime Scene Kitchen! Participants will become crime scene investigators to discover everything unsafe or incorrect in our kitchen. They will learn about safe kitchen practices, and will use those skills to make a snack. This event is open to all 4-H project members. They do NOT need to be enrolled in a 4-H Foods project to participate (this would be a great activity to include in the learning experiences section of their project book!).

When: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 6:00pm

Where: Licking County Extension Office

RSVP by May 26, 2025 at go.osu.edu/CrimeSceneKitchen

REMINDER: 2025 Introduction to Food and Clothing Projects Workshop

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The Licking County 4-H Food and Fashion Board is hosting an Introduction to Food and Clothing Projects Workshop to help members who are new to 4-H or are new to taking food or clothing projects. This workshop will take place on Thursday, April 24, 2025 between 6:00pm and 8:00pm at the Licking County Extension Office. We plan to share tips for completing your projects and answer questions you may have to get you off to a good start with your projects. Members can sign up to attend either the food project session (6:00pm), clothing project session (7:00pm) or both. Participants are required to have an adult attend with them. If you would like to attend, please complete a short registration at: http://go.osu.edu/4HProjectWorkshop by noon on April 21, 2025.

2025 Introduction to Food and Clothing Projects Workshop

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The Licking County 4-H Food and Fashion Board is hosting an Introduction to Food and Clothing Projects Workshop to help members who are new to 4-H or are new to taking food or clothing projects. This workshop will take place on Thursday, April 24, 2025 between 6:00pm and 8:00pm at the Licking County Extension Office. We plan to share tips for completing your projects and answer questions you may have to get you off to a good start with your projects. Members can sign up to attend either the food project session (6:00pm), clothing project session (7:00pm) or both. Participants are required to have an adult attend with them. If you would like to attend, please complete a short registration at: http://go.osu.edu/4HProjectWorkshop by noon on April 21, 2025.

2024 Cloverbuds in the Kitchen

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The Licking County 4-H Food and Fashion Board is happy to once again host their Cloverbuds in the Kitchen program. Cloverbuds in the Kitchen is designed for Cloverbud aged youth to learn some kitchen basics. Youth are not required to be enrolled as a Cloverbud to participate, but should meet Cloverbud age requirements (age 5 and in Kindergarten as of 1/1/24 up through project age). Cloverbuds in the Kitchen will take place on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 from 6:30-7:30pm at the Licking County Extension Office. Participants will learn about kitchen safety, how to appropriately measure ingredients, make a snack, and play games and complete a craft. We ask that an adult plan to remain with the youth for the entire program.

Complete the registration at http://go.osu.edu/CloverbudsInTheKitchen by Monday, July 22, 2024. Registration will be limited to the first 10 participants to register. If registration fills, please email Adrienne at anderson.1410@osu.edu to be put on a wait list.

REMINDER: Introduction to Food and Clothing Projects Workshop

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The Licking County 4-H Food and Fashion Board is hosting an Introduction to Food and Clothing Projects Workshop to help members who are new to 4-H or are new to taking food or clothing projects. This workshop will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2024 between 10:00am and noon at the Licking County Extension Office. We plan to share tips for completing your projects and answer questions you may have to get you off to a good start with your projects. Members can sign up to attend either the food project session (10:00am), clothing project session (11:00am) or both. Participants are required to have an adult attend with them. If you would like to attend, please complete a short registration at: http://go.osu.edu/4HProjectWorkshop by April 24, 2024.