At the Brown County Fair last week, Brown County 4-H celebrated the centennial in a few magical ways:

On Sunday, August 17 the Brown County Fair hosted a centennial celebration from 11-5, with activities every 30 minutes for fair-goers to experience 4-H hands-on.  At 11:00,  the county executive spoke about 4-H and its importance and presented a Centennial proclamation; then,  a 3-generation Brown County 4-H family spoke about what 4-H has been to them and how important it is.  Several 4-H youth performed their speaking and demonstrations and led the crowd in a few camp songs.  Cloverbud graduation also took on the fair’s main stage.  The biggest event was the attempt to make the largest human clover aerial photo. It took 343 people to make the clover! After the picture, many alumni shared their 4-H experiences at the celebration and open house.

There was also a canned food display of the 4-H clover made with green and white vegetables.  The frame was constructed by a local high school shop program, and the Brown County Leaders Association partnered with a local grocery store to order and purchase (at cost) the cans of vegetables needed to make the 4-H clover.  A total of 2940 cans were used to make this incredible display.  Funds were raised to cover the cost of the veggies, and the cans, along with additional money raised, were donated to 5 food pantries in Green Bay on the Sunday of the fair.

Brown County Fair offers a kiddy showmanship contest for little kids (fair-goers) to show cows.  During the show, the organizer arranged the cows and the kids into a 100 to showcase the 4-H centennial!