2023 Calendar Available NOW!

The 2023 4-H calendar is available here for a PRINTABLE and ONLINE version: https://madison.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/4-h-calendar

Please mark down important dates with your families NOW! (Rally Night, Judging days, SKILLATHON, etc.) – Livestock Quality Assurance dates will be added by January

• February 8 – 4-H Rally Night
• March 15 – 4-H Enrollment deadline
• May 1 – Animal Ownership deadline
• May 15 – Quality Assurance Deadline completion for Madison County
•  May 15- New this year: Madison County Jr. Fair Entries and ALL animal ID information due (online at Fair Entry)
• June 7-11 – Overnight 4-H Camp
• June 23 – Cloverbud Day Camp (Tentative)
• June 20 & 28 – Livestock Skillathons (REQUIRED TO ATTEND ONE, NO EXCEPTIONS!)
• June 23 -25 Junior Shooting Sports Camp – Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp
• July 8 – Special Interest Project Judging
• July 8-15 – Madison County Fair (pending ODA approval)
• July 9-14 Senior Shooting Sports Camp – Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp

We provide this calendar so that you can plan ahead. RARELY are big dates changed so that you can plan around family vacations, sporting events, etc. Please make these a priority as a lot of planning and volunteer time goes into these events. Make up options and extensions are few and far between for required things when we sent the schedule out several months in advance 🙂

*Note that these dates are subject to change, and some may be added (Quality Assurance dates, etc.). Check back regularly for updates.

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Reminders:

Everyone:

4-H Online is open for 2023 registration. 4-H Online

Volunteers:

All Volunteers that have been sent information on BCI finger printing – Please do not forget to have finger prints taken.

All New and Returning Volunteers here is the link for 4-H Volunteer Information. Link for 2023  Volunteer Training Information.

4-H Resources for Volunteers – Link

If you know of anyone interested in becoming a 4-H Volunteer here is the link for the application

Clubs:

Club – Link for Yearly Required Forms- Yearly Financial Summary Statement – Due January 31.

Club Status Report is now due – if you have not yet filled out this report for the club here is the link.

 

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COUNTY UPDATES

4-H Online Records – IT IS TIME TO START REGISTRATION FOR THE 2023 YEAR

While enrollment is not due until March 15 for 2023 4-H year, it is a good idea to double check your profile now and

make sure you are still getting emails, that your email and mailing address is correct, etc.

You can log into your 4-H

Online profile at oh.4honline.com using the email and password you used to enroll in 4-H (and possibly fair entry). If you recently moved or changed your email, please make that correction so you can continue to receive information in a timely manner!

 

FAFSA IS FOR YOU

Ohio 4-H and the Ohio Department of Higher Education to host a virtual FAFSA event for young people and their parents/guardians to answer the most asked questions about the FAFSA.

We are excited for this opportunity as it will highlight the benefits of the FAFSA for individuals seeking post-secondary education opportunities beyond the two- and four-year college pathways.

The virtual event is scheduled for January 12, 2023, from 6-7 p.m. Registration available here: https://go.osu.edu/fafsa4u

WANTED: Shooting Sports Instructors!