2019 Darke County 4-H Youth Development Calendar (Selected Jr. Fair dates are included for your convenience.) (All meetings are at the Extension Office unless otherwise noted.) (All dates subject to change.) JANUARY 1 Happy New Year! Extension Office Closed 2 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 3 Market Beef Tagging 6:00pm-8:00pm, Old Beef Barn, Fairgrounds 5 Ohio Fair Managers Conference Jr. Fair Day Columbus 8 Hands Across the Darke 7:00pm Horse Committee 7:30pm 10 Junior Fairboard 7:30pm 12 CARTEENS 9:00am 14 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm 15 Ohio State Fair Market Beef DNA samples due to state fair office 17 4-H Committee 7:00pm 18 Due to Extension Office: Officer Books (Secretary & Treasurer, required) Honor Club Forms Ohio 4-H Achievement Records County Medal Forms Premier 4-H Member Forms Volunteer/Club Update 10:00am 19 Volunteer/Club Update 10:00am 21 Martin Luther King Day Extension Office Closed 22 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm 26 Dog Judges Seminar - 9am-5pm, OSU Animal Sciences; Registration deadline 1/14/19 State 4-H Horse Advisors & Volunteer Training Ohio 4-H Center, Columbus State 4-H Horse Program Youth Recognition Ohio 4-H Center, Columbus Volunteer/Club Update 10:00am 28 Volunteer/Club Update 7:00pm 29 Dog Committee 7:00pm Location TBD 31 4-H Club Annual Financial Summary Due New 4-H Volunteer Orientation 7:00pm FEBRUARY 1 Volunteer/Club Update -10:00am 2 Volunteer/Club Update 10:00am 3 State 4-H Dog Advisor Training Ohio 4-H Center, Columbus 4 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm 5 Hands Across the Darke 7:00pm 6 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 7 Volunteer/Club Update 7:00pm darke.osu.edu CFAES provides research and related educational programs to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis. For more information, visit cfaesdiversity.osu.edu. For an accessible format of this publication, visit cfaes.osu.edu/accessibility.
8-10 Reloading Adult Shooting Sports Leadership Workshop Canter s Cave 4-H Camp Shooting Sports Coaches Clinic Canter s Cave 4-H Camp 8 Clover Confidence: BFFs (Building Fearless Females) Location and Time TBD 9 CARTEENS 9:00am 15 Scholarship Applications due to State 4-H Office 16 New 4-H Volunteer Orientation 10:00am 18 Volunteer/Club Update 7:00pm 19 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm 21 Volunteer/Club Update 7:00pm 22-24 Winter Shooting Sports Adult Leadership Workshop Canter s Cave 4-H Camp 23-24 MXC Counselor Workshop 4-H Center, Columbus (registration due 1/31/18) 26 Dog Committee 7:00pm MARCH 1 Ohio State Fair Scholarships Due 3-9 Ohio 4-H Week 3 4-H Recognition and Spring Kick Off Program 2:00pm, All Seasons Place 4 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm 5 Hands Across the Darke Skating Party at The Skate Place (Greenville) 6:30pm-9:00pm (For all 4-H members and their families) 6 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 7 Extension Advisory Committee 7:00pm 9 CARTEENS No CARTEENS in March due to Ohio 4-H Conference Ohio 4-H Conference Convention Center, Columbus Collegiate 4-H Plowboy Prom Columbus 13 Volunteer/Club Update 7:00pm 14 Junior Fairboard 7:30pm 15 Volunteer/Club Update 10:00am 16-18 Ohio Beef Expo Ohio Expo Center, Columbus 16 Volunteer/Club Update 10:00am Ohio 4-H PetPALS Master Volunteer Training 9:30am-4:30pm, Ohio 4-H Center, Columbus; Registration deadline 3/4/19 17 Horse Committee Tack Sale Fairgrounds 19 Volunteer/Club Update 7:00pm 21 4-H Committee 7:00pm 23 New 4-H Volunteer Orientation 10:00am 26 Volunteer/Club Update 7:00pm 26 Dog Committee 7:00pm Location TBD 28 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm APRIL 1 DARKE COUNTY 4-H ENROLLMENT DEADLINE 2 Hands Across the Darke -7:00pm 3 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 4 Quality Assurance Test Out 6:30pm (call the office to preregister- required) 6 Quality Assurance 10:00am, Youth Building, Fairgrounds 8 Quality Assurance 7:00pm, Youth Building, Fairgrounds 9 Horse Committee 7:30pm 11-14 Equine Affaire Ohio Expo Center, Columbus 11 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm
13-14 Trash Bash Contact Darke County Solid Waste to register 13 CARTEENS 9:00am 15 Quality Assurance Test Out 6:30pm (call the office to preregister- required) 19 Quality Assurance Test Out 10:00am (call the office to preregister-required) Quality Assurance Test Out 2:00pm (call the office to preregister- required) 20-24 Buckeye Leadership Workshop Ashley, OH; registration due 2/20/19 23 Quality Assurance 7:00pm, Youth Building, Fairgrounds 25 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm 26-28 Spring Adult Leadership Workshop Canter s Cave 4-H Camp 27 Ohio 4-H Night at the Dayton Dragons Dog Expo, Clark County Fairgrounds Registration deadline 4/15/19 30 Dog Committee 7:30pm MAY 1 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 2 Quality Assurance 7:00pm, Coliseum, Fairgrounds 3 4-H Campership Applications are due 4 Quality Assurance 10:00am, Coliseum, Fairgrounds Market Lamb Tagging 9:00am-11:00am, Sheep Barn, Fairgrounds 5 Market Goat Tagging 1:00pm-4:00pm, Goat Barn, Fairgrounds 6 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm 7 Hands Across the Darke 7:00pm Market Goat Tagging 6:00pm-7:00pm, Goat Barn, Fairgounds Market Lamb Tagging 7:00pm-8:00pm, Sheep Barn, Fairgrounds 9 Junior Fairboard 7:30pm 11 CARTEENS 9:00am 14 Horse Committee 7:30pm 16 4-H Committee 7:00pm 17 Early Bird 4-H Camp Registration Deadline 21 Preparing for Project Evaluation 7:00pm (pre-registration recommended) 23 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm 27 Memorial Day Extension Office Closed 28 Dog Committee 7:30pm JUNE 1 Darke County 4-H Camp Registration Deadline Quality Assurance Completion Deadline: All Darke County Jr. Fair Market Livestock, Lactating Dairy, and Lactating Goat Exhibitors must have completed QA by June 1 in order to be eligible for exhibition. 3 4-H Communications Contest 7:00pm 4 Hands Across the Darke 7:00pm 5 Senior Fairboard Meeting -7:30pm, Fairgrounds 6 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm 8 CARTEENS 9:00am Horse Committee Fun Show Fairgrounds 9-13 Ohio Forestry Camp FFA Camp Muskingham 10 4-H Camp Counselors 7:00pm 11 Horse Committee 7:30pm 15 Ohio 4-H Dog Bowl Contest Ohio 4-H Center; Registration deadline 5/15/19 16 State Fair PAS Horse Show Fairgrounds 17-20 4-H Camp Indian Hills 4-H Camp registration deadline June 1 19 Senior Fairboard Meeting -7:30pm, Fairgrounds 20 Ohio State Fair Postmark Entry Deadline Junior Rabbit and Poultry, Junior Livestock, Dog Agility, and Dog Show and Drill Team
25 Dog Committee 7:30pm 27 Cloverbud Fun Day Fairgrounds, Greenville 28-30 Junior Ohio 4-H Shooting Education Camp Canter s Cave 4-H Camp JULY 1 Postmark Deadline for Ohio State Fair Dog Poster entries 2 Hands Across the Darke 7:00pm 3 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 4 Happy Fourth of July! Extension Office Closed 9 Horse Committee 7:30pm 11 Junior Fairboard 7:30pm 12 Project Presentation and Evaluation Day 9:00am-3:-00pm, All Seasons Place, Greenville 13 Ohio 4-H Rabbit Bowl Contest Ohio 4-H Center, Columbus 14-19 Senior Ohio 4-H Shooting Education Camp Canter s Cave 4-H Camp 17 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 4-H PetPALS postmark entry deadline Columbus 18 County 4-H Awards Presentation 7:00pm, All Seasons Place 4-H Committee Meeting 8:00pm All Seasons Place 23 Jr. Fair Pageant 7:00pm, Location TBA 22-26 State 4-H Junior Horse Show Columbus 27 Market Rabbit Tattooing 9:00am-1:00pm, Jr. Fair Office, Fairgrounds 30 Dog Committee 7:30pm 24-Aug 4 Ohio State Fair Columbus AUGUST 1 Jr. Fair Entries Due Jr. Fairboard 9:00am, Youth Building, Fairgrounds 3 Ohio State Fair Poultry Judging Contest Buckeye Sports Center Ohio State Fair Avian Bowl Contest Buckeye Sports Center 5-9 OMK Camp Kelley s Island 6 Hands Across the Darke 7:00pm 7 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 10 CARTEENS 9:00am 14 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 16-24 Great Darke County Fair 25-26 Scholastic Action Shooting Program Canter s Cave 4-H Camp SEPTEMBER 2 Labor Day Extension Office Closed 3 Hands Across the Darke 7:00pm 4 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 10 Horse Committee 7:30pm 14 CARTEENS 9:00am 17-19 Farm Science Review London OH 19-22 Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational Adult Train-the-Trainer Canter s Cave 4-H Camp 19 4-H Committee 7:00pm 24 Dog Committee 7:00pm OCTOBER 1 Hands Across the Darke 7:00pm 2 Senior Fairbooard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 6-12 National 4-H Week 8 Horse Committee 7:30pm 10 Junior Fairboard 7:30pm
11-13 4-H Forestry Wildlife Conservation Camp Canter s Cave 4-H Camp 12 CARTEENS 9:00am 19 LGBTQ+ Youth Summit - Ohio 4-H Center, Columbus 25-27 Fall Adult Leadership Workshop Canter s Cave 4-H Camp 29 Dog Committee 7:00pm Location TBD NOVEMBER 5 Hands Across the Darke 7:00pm 6 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm 7 Extension Advisory Committee 7:00pm 9 CARTEENS 9:00am 11 Veterans Day Extension Office Closed 15 2019 4-H Camp Counselor Applications Due 21 4-H Committee 7:00pm 26 Dog Committee 7:00pm 28-29 Happy Thanksgiving! Extension Office Closed 30 Dairy Steer Weigh-in and Tagging, 9:00am-11:00am, Fairgrounds DECEMBER 3 Hands Across the Darke 7:00pm 4 Senior Fairboard 7:30pm, Fairgrounds 8 Ohio 4-H Shooting Sports Volunteer Banquet Canter s Cave 4-H Camp 9 4-H Camp Counselor Interviews 3:00pm-7:00pm 10 4-H Camp Counselor Interviews 3:00pm-7:00pm 12 Junior Fairboard 7:30pm 14 CARTEENS 9:00am 16 4-H Camp Counselor Meeting 7:00pm 24-25 Merry Christmas! Extension Office Closed