January 4
CT 4-H Recognition Forms due to the State 4-H Office

January 19

State 4-H Equine Public Speaking & Demonstration Contests,

UConn Great Hartford Area Campus

February 15

State 4-H Photography and Art Contest Entries due to the State

4-H Office

2008 4-H Beekeeping Essay Contest entries due to the State 4-H

Office

February 23

State 4-H Sheep Project Clinic, UConn Storrs Campus

March 3

State 4-H Talent Show entries due to the State 4-H Office

March 22

Southern New England 4-H Poultry Contest

UConn Storrs Campus

March 29-30

Connecticut Horse Science Symposium, UConn Storrs Campus

March 29

State 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl Contest, UConn Storrs Campus

March 30

Connecticut Horsin' In Stride - Workshop Day

UConn Storrs Campus

March 29 - April 3

National 4-H Conference, National 4-H Youth Conference Center,

Chevy Chase, MD

April 1

4-H Horse verification forms due to county office for ESE 4-H Horse Show consideration

State 4-H Textile Art Contest entries due

April 5

State 4-H Goat Day - UConn Storrs Campus

April 12

State 4-H Day - includes State 4-H Public Speaking Finals,

State 4-H Fashion Revue, State 4-H Photography and Art

Contest, UConn Greater Hartford Area Campus

April 16
State 4-H Citizenship Day, Hartford

April 19
New England Dog Camp and Clinic, Location to be announced

April 25 & 26

New London County 4-H Auction, Franklin, CT

April 26

State 4-H Hippology Contest, UConn Storrs Campus

State 4-H Dairy Clinic and State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest

April 27

State 4-H Horse Judging Contest, UConn Storrs Campus

May 1

Animal verification forms due to county 4-H office for dairy cattle projects

Due date for New England Dairy Program applications (The Big E)

4-H Enrollment forms due to county 4-H office in order to show at

current year's 4-H fairs

4-H Horse Show Series Forms due to Middlesex County 4-H Office by

5:00 p.m.

May 10

Middlesex County 4-H Auction, Middlesex County Extension

Center, Haddam

June 1

CT 4-H Recognition forms due to the State 4-H Office

Animal verification forms due to county 4-H office for animal projects with the exception of dairy cattle

4-H Camps begin in June.  Go to www.canr.uconn.edu/fourh for more

information

June 29 - July 1

Teen Connection Conference, UConn Storrs Campus

July 25-27

New London County 4-H Exposition, North Stonington Fairgrounds

August 1-3

Windham County 4-H Fair, Brooklyn Fairgrounds

Middlesex & New Haven County 4-H Fair, Durham Fairgrounds

August 8-10

Tolland County 4-H Fair, Tolland Agricultural Center

August 9 & 10

Litchfield County 4-H Fair, Goshen Fairgrounds

August 15-17

Hartford County 4-H Fair, Fourtown Fairgrounds, Somers

September 12

The Big E Begins

September 13

4-H Day at the Big E

September 28

The Big E Ends

October 4

Fall Festival at the 4-H Education Center at Auer Farm, Bloomfield, CT

October 5-11

National 4-H Week

November 7-9

Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup

November 28 - December 2

National 4-H Congress, Atlanta, GA

December