Elkhart County 4-H Fair open class exhibits in the Home and Family Arts Department

Michiana residents are encouraged to participate in the Home and Family Arts Department at the Elkhart County 4 H Fair.

The classes to enter are antiques/vintage; apron; children’s corner; creative arts; culinary arts, which includes baking, cake decorating, food preservation canning and miscellaneous; handicrafts; needlework; photography; quilts, individual and team or group; and sewing.

Each entry is $1, paid at time of entry. If you are entering a minimum of five entries, you can pay a $30 entry fee to receive five daily fair passes. Paying the $30 entry fee allows you to enter up to 20 entries. You may enter more than 20 entries for an additional $1 per entry. Only one entry per class, though you may enter in multiple classes. All entries, with the exception of culinary arts — baking and cake decorating and special contests — must be brought to the Home and Family Arts Building on the fairgrounds between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday, July 17.

Baking and cake decorating entries are due between 7:30 and 11 a.m. Thursday, July 20. Special contest entries are due the day of the contest and your entry fee is your paid admission at the gate.

Exhibitors are encouraged to bring a donation item (ex. first class stamps, sticky notes, diapers, hygiene products, tissues, toilet paper, etc.) to check-in, as the HFA Committee will be collecting items for the Center for

Healing and Hope.

All exhibits must remain in the Home & Family Arts Building until exhibit release. Exhibits will be released between 2-5 p.m. Sunday, July 30, and be- tween noon and 5 p.m. Monday, July 3w.

For a complete copy of the rules and regulations, visit extension.purdue.edu/county/ elkhart/open-class-hfa.html or one can be emailed by contacting Jenn at fink24@purdue.edu. A copy can also be obtained from the Elkhart County Extension Office in Goshen located on the 4-H Fairgrounds.