Enrolling in 4-H Online
4-H Online opens for enrollment on November 1st to start the new 4-H year. Every youth participating in 4-H must be enrolled to exhibit at the Paulding County Fair. Enrollment deadline for 2024-2025 program year is January 3rd, 2025.
4-H Calendar of Events
The 4-H calendar has all the important dates families need to be aware of for the year.
2024-2025 Paulding County 4-H Calendar
Livestock Calendar
The livestock calendar has all the important dates families need to be aware of pertaining to livestock. This includes possession dates, and tagging/tattooing dates.
2025 Paulding County Junior Fair Livestock Calendar
4-H Project Guide
The family guide is full of information, opportunities, and projects available to complete.
Paulding County 4-H Handbook
Similar to the family guide, but tailored for Paulding County 4-H, this handbook contains all the basic information about participating in the 4-H program. It was designed with new families in mind to answer any questions they may have about the 4-H program but it really is a great resource for any 4-H family!
Project Book Ordering
Starting this 4-H year, OSU Extension Publications will no longer be offering free shipping. In order to help our members and their families, we will be ordering project books through our office. We will only be placing orders a couple times a month to help keep shipping cost down for our office as well. If you order your books through our office by Friday, January 31st, 2025 you will receive free shipping. We will still order project books after January 31st, but shipping will be charged to your order (shipping charges will be divided amongst those in the same order). Click the link below to place your project book order.
If you choose to place your project book orders on your own, they can be ordered directly from The Ohio State Extension Publications website.
Project Book Ordering Instructions
Project Completion Guidelines and Fair Requirements
This document outlines what is needed for a project to be considered complete. These are the minimum requirements, but youth are encouraged to complete more than the minimum as it will increase their chances of winning awards and being selected for the Ohio State Fair. These requirements may also be found in the front of the project books.
Along with the standard project completion requirements, there are requirements for the Paulding County Fair and the Ohio State Fair which are not found in the project book. Below is a document containing all requirements for completing each 4-H project, as well as, the fair requirements for each project.
2025 Project Completion Guidelines and Fair Requirements
Registering for the Paulding County Fair
Fair Entry is an online database that the Junior Fairboard uses to manage the Paulding County Fair. ALL projects must be registered in Fair Entry in order to be exhibited at the Paulding County Fair.
Deadline for all projects (except Market Rabbits) → Friday, May 9, 2025
Deadline for Market Rabbits → Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Scholarship Opportunities
2025 Paulding County 4-H College Scholarship Instructions
2025 Paulding County Agronomy Scholarship Instructions
Ohio 4-H Achievement Awards, Scholarship Opportunities, and Older 4-H Youth Opportunities