September 18 1 Enrollment in 4-H online database starts for the 18- programming year 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Labor Day MSUE office closed 4-H Friends club 9 Scotts club 10 & s 11 Alamo club 12 13 Richland club 14 15 16 Hickory Corners community club Dog Council, Panera, West Main, 18 Countywide poultry, room B, LSA, room B, Horse Council, room C, Fairgrounds, 21 23 24 4 Leader s Council, room B, Fairgrounds, 25 Countywide rabbit, room b, Fairgrounds, 7pm, Cooper Cav. Room C, 6:30 Countywide pollinator, 6:30, 26 Fair Council, room C, Fairgrounds 6:30, 27 Make It Studio art class/fundraiser, 6pm, register online at their website 28 29 30
October 18 1 2 3 4-H Friends club 4 Oshtemo & Portage club s 5 6 TSC Paper Clover Fundraiser 7 Scotts club 8, s 9 Alamo club 10 11 TSC Paper Clover Fundraiser Richland club 12 13 14 Tri-united club Last day of TSC paper clover fundraiser 15 16 LSA, room B, 18 Horse council, room C, Dog project room B, Fairgrounds MSU vs. U of M football game 21 Hickory Corners community club You put what on social media training, 6pm, Room B Leader s Council, room B, Carcass, Room C Fairgrounds 23 Cooper Cav., Room C, 6:30, Countywide rabbit, room B, Fairgrounds, 7pm 24 Fair Council, room C, Fairgrounds, 6:30 25, 6:30, 26 27 28 29 30 Fall Achievement Awards Banquet 6:30, Fairgrounds, Room A 31
November 18 1 Re-enrollment in the 4-H online database deadline (18- members/ leaders reenroll before midnight) 2 3 Oshtemo club 4 5 6 7 4-H Friends club, Aim to Achieve club s 8 Richland club 9 10 Dog show no rooms at the fairgrounds available 11 Scotts, Tri-United club s Dog show no rooms available 12, s 13 Alamo club 14 LSA, room B, 15 16 Rabbit agility, 6:30, Creative Arts workshop Kettunen Center, Tustin MI (early check in only) Creative Arts workshop Kettunen Center, Tustin MI 18 Hickory Corners club Creative Arts workshop Kettunen Center, Tustin MI Dog council, Panera, West Main, Cooper Cav., Room C, 6:30 Countywide poultry, room B, 21 Thanksgiving MUSE offices closed 23 Thanksgiving MUSE offices closed 24 25 26 Leader s Council, room B, 27 Countywide rabbit, room b, Fairgrounds, 7pm 28 Fair Council, room C, Fairgrounds, 6:30 29, 6:30, 30
December 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 Oshtemo, Portage club s 7 Tri-united Christmas party, Room B, 6pm - 8pm, Fairgrounds, 8 MSU Winter Beef 9 Scotts club MSU Winter Beef 10 club s 11 12 13 Richland club Expansion & Review committee 14 15 Beef Rate of Gain weigh in, 10am 12pm, Pease Packing, Scotts. MI 16 18 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 MSUE OFFICES CLOSED MSUE OFFICES CLOSED 30 31
January 1 MSUE OFFICES CLOSED 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Alamo club 9 4-H Friends club, Aim to Achieve club s 10 Richland,, Oshtemo club s 11 12 13 Scotts, Tri-United club 14 Climax, club s 15 Countywide poultry, room B, 16 LSA, room B Dog project, room B, Horse Council, room C, Fairgrounds, 18 21 Dog Council, Panera West Main, Cooper Cav., Room A, 6:30 Feeder calf, Room B, rabbits -, Room A, Fairgrounds, 7pm, 23 Fair Council, room C, Fairgrounds, 6:30 24 Countywide beef, Room A,,7pm, Fairgrounds, 6:30, 25 26 27 28 Leader s Council, room B, Carcass, Room C, Fairgrounds 29 Dairy Project, Vlietstra farm, 6:30 30 31
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4-H Friends club, Aim to Achieve club s Oshtemo, Portage club s 10 Scotts, Tri-United club s 11, 12 Alamo club 13 14 Richland club 15 Cat project s, 7:00 16 s 18 Countywide poultry, room B, LSA, room B 21 Dog project, room B, Horse Council, room C, Fairgrounds, 23 24 25 Leaders council, room B, Carcass, Room C, 26 Cooper Cav., Room C, Fairgrounds, 6:30 Countywide sheep project, Room B, fairgrounds 7:00 27 Swine welfare workshop, Room B, 6:30 Fair council, room C Fairgrounds, 6:30 28, 6:30,
March 1 2 3 4 5 Exploration days early sign up & Senior/upperclassman scholarships due 6 4-H Friends club, Aim to Achieve club s 7 Oshtemo, Portage club s 8 9 Home show no rooms available at the fairgrounds 10 Scotts, Tri-United club s 11, s Home show no rooms available at the fairgrounds 12 Alamo club 13 14 Richland club Countywide beef, Room B,,7pm, Fairgrounds 15 16 s 18 Horse tack sale, 5-9pm, fairgrounds Countywide poultry, room B, LSA, room B 21 Dog project, Room B, Horse Council, room C, 23 Leaders council benefit auction, Gull Lake High School, bidding starts at 10AM 24 25 Leaders council, room B, Carcass Room C, 26 Cooper Cav., room C, 6:30, Swine project, Room B, rabbits, Room A, Fairgrounds, 7:00, 27 The science behind animal welfare workshop Fair council, room C Fairgrounds, 6:30 28, 6:30, 29 30 31
April 1 New member enrollment in 4-H online deadline for participation in the Kalamazoo County Youth Fair 2 3 4 5 6 Spring Break 7 8, s 9 Alamo club 10 4-H Friends club, Aim to Achieve club s 11 Oshtemo, Portage, Richland club s 12 Exploration Days registration deadline, 5pm, 4-H office Cat project s, 7:00 13 14 Scotts, Tri-United club s 15 16 Feeder calf, 7pm LSA, Room B 18 Dog project, Room B, Horse council, room C, Fairgrounds, 21 EASTER Leaders council, room B, Carcass Room C, 23 Cooper Cav., Room C, 6:30 Countywide rabbit, room b, Fairgrounds, 7pm 24 Fair council, room C, fairgrounds, 6:30 25, 6:30, 26 27 28 29 30 Countywide sheep project, Room B, fairgrounds 7pm
May 1 4-H Friends club 2 Oshtemo, Portage, club s 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aim to Achieve club 9 Richland club s 10 Rabbit agility, 6:30 11 12 Scotts club s, Tri-United riding 13, s 14 Alamo club 15 LSA, Room B 16 Countywide beef, Room B, Horse council, room C, fairgrounds, 7pm Cat project s, 7:00 18 Leaders Council, room B, Carcass, Room C, Fairgrounds, 21 Countywide poultry, room B, rabbits, room A Fair council, room C, Fairgrounds, 6:30 23 24 25 Dog show, no rooms available 26 27 Memorial Day MSUE Office Closed Dog show, no rooms available 28 Cooper Cav., Room C, 6:30 Swine project, Room B, Fairgrounds, 7:00 29 30 Exploration Days orientation, Room B, fairgrounds, 6:30pm, 6:30 31
June 1 Countywide sheep project, tagging and weighing sheep barn, fairgrounds 8am 2 3 4 Alamo club Horse project twilight workouts, horse arenas. 7pm 5 4-H Friends club 6 Oshtemo, Portage club 7 8 Rabbit, breed check in and showmanship clinic, arena, fairgrounds, 10am 9 Scotts, Tri-United club s 10, s 11 12 13 Richland club Dog show, no rooms available at the fairgrounds 14 15 16 Hickory Corners club s Dog show, no rooms 18 Countywide poultry, livestock arena, horse project twilight workouts, horse arena LSA, room B, Horse council, room C, Fairgrounds, MSU Exploration Days 21 Rabbit agility, 6:30 23 24 Leaders council, room B, Fairgrounds, 7:00 25 Horse project twilight workouts, horse arenas, 7pm 26 Fair council, room C, Fairgrounds, 6:30 27, 6:30, 28 Cat project s, 7:00 Horse Open Show 29 Horse open show 30
July 1 2 3 4 5 6 State horse show application are due to horse leaders 7 8 Climax, Fulton club s Independence Day MSUE Office Closed 9 10 11 Oshtemo, Richland club 12 13Rabbit, market check in, arena, fairgrounds, 10am 14 Scotts club 15 16 Countywide poultry, livestock arena, LSA, room C, 18 Horse council, room C, Fairgrounds, Beef Fit & Show, Myers Farm, 6pm Cat project s, 7:00 21 Leaders council, room B, Carcass, Room A Fairgrounds, 7:00 23 Cooper Cavaliers riding 24 B, Fairgrounds, Fair council, room C, Fairgrounds, 6:30 25, 6:30, 26 Countywide sheep project, 6pm, Gibson Farms 27 Fairgrounds work day, 8AM 12pm 28 29 30 Educational project room set up 4-6pm 31 Rabbit agility, 6:30
August 1 Mandatory livestock, individual barns, fairgrounds, 6pm 2 3 Educational exhibit judging, 9am 1pm, animal check in, see fair book for details 4 Animal check in see fair book for details 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kalamazoo County Youth Fair 11 Educational project pick up, 7:30 AM 9:30 AM 12 13 14 15 16 18 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Leaders council, room B, Fair council, room C, Fairgrounds, 6:30