Woolies Club Schedule-2024

2024 Woolies Club Schedule

The following is your club's schedule of events for 2024

Monday, March 18 Farm and Home Center – training room 7:00 p.m.    

• Program: 4-H Opportunities, Record Book and Parent Meeting, Lamb Selection

Saturday, April 20 Longenecker workshop – Lampeter Fair Grounds 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.       

• Show Clinic -sheep/goat edition
• Must preregister by April 10th

Monday, May 20 Farm and Home Center – training room 7:00 p.m.                                  

• Lamb skillathon

Monday, July 15 Deadline to enter sheep in the County Round-Up        

Thursday, July 25 4-H Round Up Sheep Show – West Lampeter Fairgrounds

• Selection of County Champions!
• Schedule: Weigh-in 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
• Show – 9:00 a.m. breeding, market, showmanship

All members who participate in both the show clinic & round-up will have their names placed in a raffle to win a lamb stand.  The winner will be chosen at the conclusion of the Lamb Show

Tuesday, October 8 Manheim Farm Show – Sausage Stand Fundraiser   

• Please volunteer to work in the food stand!

Tuesday, October 22 Farm & Home Center ~ Auditorium 7:00 p.m.                                      

• Record books are due at this meeting
• Ice Cream Social with Goat Club

Friday, February 7, 2025, Livestock Award Banquet, Farm & Home Center

Please take note of the club rules and times and dates of all meetings and events.  If you have any questions, contact me at 717-394-6851 or eaw13@psu.edu. 

                                                      RULES FOR LANCASTER COUNTY 4-H WOOLIES CLUB

1. 4-H members must attend 3 meetings which may include a round-up as a meeting in order to join the Woolies Club in 2025
2.  4-H members must own a market lamb project by June 1^st.
3.  4-H members should own market lambs by October 5 for the PA Farm Show competition to allow for tagging before the October 15 deadline.
4.  4-H members must own breeding projects by July 10 to show at the County 4-H Round-Up. Members can show a total of 6 sheep, with no more than 4 being market lambs. 
5.  All 4-H members are required to submit a completed project record book to their leader at the October Meeting except PA Farm Show exhibitors who will submit their project books immediately following the Farm Show. (Penalty will result in loss of premiums and/or awards.)
6. 4-H members must exhibit at least one market lamb project animal at the County 4-H Round Up to be eligible to exhibit at the Pa. Farm Show.
7.  All Sheep for the exhibition must be tagged with official scrapie identification tags. Scrapie tags must be on health papers, not farm tags.

WOOLIES CLUB LEADERS

• Jamie Barth
• Deb Bollinger
• Burnell & Jen Oberholtzer
• Kelsey Skworch