Author: mphillippi

About
Fair Readiness Day

Held yearly on the Saturday before the Sanders County Fair, Fair Readiness Day beginning at 9:00 am is a time when all Sanders County 4-H members come together to prepare the barns, etc for fair. Fair Readiness Day activities include:
Barn Clean-up: Barns will be cleaned, shavings hauled in, grass pulled, etc. as appropriate for your barn. When you arrive at Fair Readiness Day, go directly to the barn(s) where you will have animals housed. Check in the with barn superintendent to find out what you can do to help. If your help is not needed at that barn, consider going to another barn you’ll have animals in, or seeing what help you can provide at the Home Ec Building or the Pavilion.
Beef
Home Ec (for those who have exhibits in the Home Ec building rather than a barn)
Horse
Pavilion (Since the Pavilion houses the 4-H Dining Hall, it needs spruced up too!)
Poultry
Sheep/Goat/Llama
Swine
Rabbit
Entry Tags: You may pick-up your entry tags from your club organizational leader at Fair Readiness Day. If you haven’t received your tags by the end of Fair Readiness Day, be sure to contact your organizational leader.
Little Chief Interviews: Senior 4-H members who have been active leaders are encouraged to apply (due August 14) for the Little Chief award. Interviews will take place at 9:30 am the morning of Fair Readiness Day in the Pavilion.
Camping Passes: Those camping in the 4-H Camping area may pick up their camping passes from the Fair Office beginning on Fair Readiness Day.
4-H Meal Plans: Find an Extension Staff person at Fair Readiness Day to purchase your 4-H Meal Passes (greatly discounted from the general public meal prices). It is helpful if you purchase your 4-H meal passes prior to fair.
Kitchen Supervisor Meeting: Those 4-H Leaders and Parents who have agreed to be the shift supervisor on his/her shift at the 4-H Dining Hall are asked to attend the Kitchen Supervisor Meeting at noon on Fair Readiness Day. The Dining Hall cook will go over the meals and expectations of the supervisors and answer any questions.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Montana State University and the Montana State University Extension prohibit discrimination in all of their programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital and family status. Issued in furtherance of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jeff Bader, Director of Extension, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717.