NOTE: This calendar is subject to change as the program year progresses!
Printable/List View Calendar (updated 04/04/2023)
See below for a quick glance at upcoming events.
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MAY
- Monday, May 1: Camp Scholarship Applications due
- Monday, May 1: Pike County 4-H Teen Ambassadors 6:30 p.m.
- Thursday, May 4: Equine Safety and Ethics (EquiSTEP) Training 6:30 p.m., (Choose May 4 or May 9) – Mandatory for ALL equine members and a parent/guardian to attend. Horseless Horse project members are highly encouraged to attend.
- Saturday, May 6: 8:00-10:00 a.m. Livestock Tagging/ID Day @ Pike County Fairgrounds for Market Goats and Market Lambs, and registrations due for Market Hogs, Feeder Calves, Dairy, and Breeding Livestock. If your breeding animal does not already have a farm tag/ID, it will need to be brought to fairgrounds for tagging. Market Poultry orders due. All horse ID paperwork is due.
- Sunday, May 7: Open House at Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp,12 noon-4:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, May 9: Equine Safety and Ethics (EquiSTEP) Training 6:30 p.m., (Choose May 4 or May 9) – Mandatory for ALL equine members and a parent/guardian to attend. Horseless Horse project members are highly encouraged to attend.
- Wednesday, May 10: Deadline to have EquiSTEP training completed
- Monday, May 15: 4-H Advisory Committee Meeting @ 7 p.m.
- Monday, May 15: Pike-Adams-Lawrence 4-H Camp Registration Due
- Monday, May 22: Pike-Adams-Lawrence 4-H Camp Fees Due
JUNE
- Thursday, June 1: Member Participation Fees Due
- Thursday, June 1: Equine Ride Night at 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Thursday, June 1: Monday, June 5 Ohio 4-H Leadership Camp at Camp Ohio
- Friday, June 2: Cloverbud Fun Day Registration Due
- Monday, June 5: Thursday, June 8 Pike-Adams Lawrence 4-H Camp (Grades 3-8) @ Canter’s Cave, Registration info coming soon!
- Thursday, June 8 - Sunday, June 11: South Central Ohio 4-H Horse Clinic
- Thursday, June 8 - Sunday, June 11: Special Needs Camp at Canter’s Cave
- Friday, June 9: 12 noon, Livestock Quality Assurance Certification due to Extension office if the youth did their QA training outside of Pike County or through YQCA Online.
- Tuesday, June 13: Cloverbud Fun Day @ Pike County Fairgrounds (Registration due June 2) Registration 8:45-9 a.m. Program begins at 9 a.m.
- Thursday, June 15: Equine Ride Night, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Thursday, June 15 -Monday, June 19: 4-H Teen Camp @ Canter’s Cave
- June 16-18: SPARK Expo for members completing 8th grade
- Monday, June 19 - Wednesday, June 21: STEM Camp @ Canter’s Cave (Grades 5-7)
- Friday, June 16: 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Market Chick Pick-up @ Extension Office (Tentative)
- Monday, June 19: 4-H Advisory Committee Meeting @ 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 20: 1:00 p.m. Ohio State Fair Livestock, Rabbit, and Poultry Entries Due http://ohiostatefair.com/livestock/
- Thursday, June 22: Equine Ride Night, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Thursday, June 22: 6-8 p.m. Market Rabbit Tattooing @ Beef Barn (Can also tattoo breeding rabbits if needed)
- Friday, June 23 - Sunday, June 25: Jr. Shooting Sports Camp @ Canter’s Cave
- Friday, June 23: Deadline to register for EARLY Non-Livestock Project Judging.
- Sunday, June 25: Friday, June 30 Citizenship Washington Focus (Tentative)
- Monday, June 26: Carteens 4 p.m. @ Art Hall
- Wednesday, June 28: Equine Ride Night - Beginners, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Thursday, June 29: Early Judging for Non-Livestock Projects, at Extension Office, appointment only
- Thursday, June 29: Equine Ride Night - Western/Ranch/Pleasure/Showmanship, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
JULY
- July 9-14: Sr. Shooting Sports Camp @ Canter’s Cave
- Wednesday, July 5: Equine Ride Night – Gaited, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Thursday, July 6: 9 a.m.-Noon Non-livestock Project Judging @ Grace United Methodist Church, 104 S. High Street, Waverly
- Thursday, July 6: Equine Ride Night - Contesting, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Friday, July 7: Virtual Ohio State Fair Horse Skillathon
- Tuesday, July 11: Communication Contest 6 p.m. @ Multi-Purpose Building
- Wednesday, July 12: Equine Ride Night - Beginners, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Thursday, July 13: Equine Ride Night - Western/Ranch/Pleasure/Showmanship, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Week of July 17-20: Livestock Project Book Evaluations (All Market, Breeding, and Equine projects) 3-7:30 p.m. @ Art Hall (Must schedule appointment time by Fri., July 14)
- Monday, July 17: Club Officer Books Due
- Monday, July 17: Fruit Pie Judging at Extension Office (Clubs deliver pies by 6 p.m.)
- Monday, July 17: 7:30 p.m. 4-H Advisory Committee Meeting @ Art Hall
- Monday, July 17: State 4-H Horse Judging Contest
- Monday, July 17: In-Person Ohio State Fair Horse Skillathon
- July 17-21: Ohio State Fair Junior Horse Show
- Wednesday, July 19: Equine Ride Night and Book Checks - Beginners, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Thursday, July 20: Equine Ride Night and Book Checks - Western/Ranch/Pleasure/Showmanship, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Thursday, July 20: Deadline 4 p.m.: Honor Club Reports and Pike Co. Fair Stall Reservations Due
- Monday, July 24: Club Fair Packets will be available for pick-up at Extension Office
- Wednesday, July 26: Equine Ride Night – Gaited, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- Wednesday, July 26 - Sunday, August 6: Ohio State Fair
- Thursday, July 27: Equine Ride Night - Contesting, 7 p.m. @ Horse Arena
- July 29- August 5: Pike County Fair