Junior Livestock Sale checks are now AVAILABLE!
Take your thank you notes to exchange for your check. Go to the Ranch Event Office on the east side of the north hall in the First National Bank Building and follow the signs to the admin office. Hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Fair is ending and it’s time to pick up your projects, as well as your premiums! Be sure to come to the McKee 4-H Building (5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, Colorado 80538) on Wednesday, August 7 between 7:00–10:00 a.m. to pick up your projects and record books, and collect your premiums.
If your project is qualified for state fair (dark purple Champion placing), you will get your project from the Exhibit Hall and then take it to the Fort Collins Room to check it in to be transported to the Colorado State Fair. Cakes and foods projects as well as any project that needs to be packaged for transport will need to be checked in to go on Monday, August 12 between 8:00–10:00 a.m. (Detailed instructions are included on the purple sheet in your record book if you received Champion.)
Important reminder! Premiums MUST be picked up by 12:00 noon on Friday, August 9 or they will be forfeited.
The following High Country Handiworkers members participated in the Fashion Revue:
Eden Copeland was a narrator.
Levi Shrout was an escort.
Awards included:
Meet at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, July 26 at Construction Supply House in Berthoud (806 North 2nd Street, Berthoud Colorado) to decorate the parade float. Bring a t-shirt to decorate as a farm animal if you wish. We’ll have markers available.
Our club will supply pizza. Bring your water bottle or something to drink, and also bring chairs!
The organizational leaders are ready to sign your record books! Bring them on Friday to have them reviewed and signed so you’re all ready for Interview Judging on Tuesday.
The parade is on Saturday, July 27 beginning at 9:30 a.m. Our float will be near the beginning of the parade: #8 for the club and #9 for the Cloverbuds. We will need to be all ready to roll at 9:30 a.m.!
Wear the t-shirt you decorate or your 4-H club shirt. It will probably be hot, so bring your water bottle, and remember your sunscreen and a hat.
Plan to park at Barnes Softball Park and walk the trail to Fairgrounds Park to find our floats, probably parked along the side of Railroad Avenue/Roosevelt Avenue. Meet at the floats at 8:45 a.m. Vehicles will not be allowed to enter and drop off members or supplies in the staging area to keep things less congested and safer for those prepping parade floats. (See the map below for the parking lot location and general location of the parade float.)
We’ll have candy to pass out. We can’t throw it from the float, but we can walk the route and hand out candy.
We would love to have more parents help on the float and walking in the parade. Our parade committee is outnumbered by 4-H members and it’s a large “herd” to wrangle without help!
Family members are welcome to sit and watch the parade as a group. Members can watch the remainder of the parade after the float finishes the route. We will be sitting at the house at 246 South Cleveland. Bring your chairs and look for the HCH group.
The Ranch has launched an app for the Larimer County Fair. It’s free and currently available in the App Store and on Google Play. It has a full schedule of events starting on July 19, a map of the fairgrounds, hours for the dairy bar, and more.
The Ranch will also be using the app for mass communication while the fair is going on. Things like weather alerts, schedule updates, and barn closure reminders will all be communicated through the app. Please be sure you have 4-H Exhibitor notifications turned on to make sure you receive all the relevant information. You can find the notifications in the app’s settings under Notification Details.
Record books require a signature from an organizational club leader before they can be turned in with your project on Interview Judging Day on July 30. Our club has two organizational leaders: Rob Ryan and Sharel Cameron. If your record book is complete and ready for review, send an email with a PDF, Word document, or scan of the pages to info@hch4h.org.
We will review your book and share any suggestions we might have. Then we can plan a time to sign it, or send it back signed for you to print.
We will sign record books when we decorate the club float on July 26 as well. Emailing is an option so we can review and give feedback before or after that date.
If you have registered for the Fashion Revue with Fair Entry or if you have a Cloverbud who would like to participate in the Fashion Revue, please click here for a document with all of the information.
The High Country Handiworkers voted at the July meeting to volunteer as individual members and families to support the JLC.
It’s almost fair time and our Junior Leadership Council (JLC) is gearing up to have the Dairy Bar concession stand open for business again!
The JLC asks any interested 4-H members ages 8 and older to sign up and help with the Dairy Bar during the Larimer County Fair!
Responsibilities would include helping our JLC members in the kitchen as they take orders. Working in the Dairy Bar can count for community service. Helping out comes with a free ice cream at the end of your shift! All 4-H members under the age of 12 who would like to help in the Dairy Bar must be accompanied by an adult.
All proceeds gathered by the Dairy Bar go directly back to Larimer County 4-H, with the JLC using the money to support endeavors such as the Project scholarship offered to all 4-H members looking for the funds to pursue a 4-H project of interest.
Please sign up at the link below!
If you have any questions please reach out to Rachel Wildman at wildmarm@co.larimer.co.us.
Fair Entry for the Larimer County Fair is open! The deadline to enter is Monday, July 8 at 11:59 p.m.
The link is larimercountyfair.fairentry.com. Log in using the 4HOnline account for your family.
The payment portal link for members who are showing livestock, dog, horse, poultry, or rabbits is found by clicking here.
The premium books for the 2024 Larimer County Fair are posted. These documents outline all of the divisions and classes available for each project, including what is required for submission and the class numbers to enter in the fair. Be sure to watch for Junior (8–10), Intermediate (11–13), and Senior (14–18) age divisions.
All members will see a screen with questions about livestock projects. Livestock members are required to complete this page, but all others can skip past it.
Those with Livestock should be sure to include your premise ID.
Scheduling a slot for interview judging is done within Fair Entry. After entering each of your projects, choose to Edit each project and find an appropriate time slot with a judge for the proper project and unit. We encourage members to participate in interview judging—it’s a great learning experience! However, members are not required to schedule an interview to enter their projects in the fair.
Tip: Take note of the times for each of your member’s interviews!
Be sure to include all members and all projects before you submit! Once submitted, edits must be made manually with The Ranch’s fair office.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask via email at info@hch4h.org or via phone or text at 970-672-7368.
