NEVADA COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION

The Heritage Animal Project involves selecting a Junior Exhibitor to take an animal to the Junior Livestock Auction on behalf of the Fairgrounds Foundation. The Foundation provides the animal, pays all the expenses, and extends a special scholarship to the exhibitor for raising the Heritage Animal. In 2009, the Fairgrounds Foundation raised approximately $28,000 through its Heritage Animal project. This money was used to help construct the newly-built Whitney Pavilion.

To support this project, consider forming a buying group and joining together to bid on the Heritage Animal at the Junior Livestock Auction at the 2011 Fair.

Heritage Animal Application
If you’re a high school junior or senior interested in raising and showing the 2012 Foundation Heritage Animal, please download the application, fill it out, and mail it to the Fairgrounds Foundation.

2012 Heritage Animal Application

Press Release, August 1, 2011 --Heritage Lamb To Be Showcased At Junior Livestock Auction At The Nevada County Fair
2011 Heritage Lamb Being Raised by Paige Lampert. The 2011 Heritage Lamb will be showcased at the Junior Livestock Auction on Sunday, August 14, at the Nevada County Fair. Proceeds from the lamb will be used to assist the Foundation in its efforts to continue to improve the Fairgrounds. Raising the 2011 Heritage Lamb is 17-year-old Paige Lampert. Paige was chosen to raise the lamb because of her 4H experience in raising animals and for her leadership skills. Paige has been involved in 4H for 11 years. She has been raising market swine for seven years, and prior to that, as a junior member, she raised chickens and showed eggs. She is currently raising her first steer, Beef Wellington...[more]

Preparing for the Junior Livestock Auction on Sunday of the Fair are (from left to right): Bear River Ag teacher, Steve Paasch; Paige Lampert, who is raising the Heritage Lamb for the Nevada County Fairgrounds Foundation; and Ed Mertens, Nevada County Fairgrounds Foundation Board Member.