Adams County Fair joins youth-led food drive for local banks
Fairgoers could drop nonperishable food at Gate 4 and the far south livestock lot through July 18, turning the 135th Adams County Fair into meals for local food banks.
Fairgoers at the 135th Adams County Fair were being asked to bring nonperishable food for the Stock the Trailer drive, with Gate 4 open for stock trailer access on Sunday and trailers directed to the far south end of the livestock parking area through the fair’s July 12-18 run. The county fair’s participation gave attendees a direct way to help local food banks while they were already on the grounds for the week’s livestock shows, exhibits and other fair activity.
The Adams County Fair’s involvement placed the county inside the annual Fight the Hunger, Stock the Trailer competition, a youth-led effort that brings junior fairs across Ohio and Indiana together to collect food donations for local food banks. In Adams County, the collected food was meant to move quickly from the fairgrounds into local community food banks, tying the county’s largest summer gathering to immediate help for families facing grocery pressure.
The fair website identified the 2026 event as the 135th Adams County Fair, underscoring how long the fair has served as a civic anchor in West Union and across the county. Past coverage has shown the fair’s reach: a 2025 preview said the fair returned July 6-12, 2025, and 2019 coverage described the 128th Annual Adams County Fair as drawing hundreds of visitors each day with a record-breaking opening day. That kind of turnout gives the trailer drive a steady stream of potential donors at one of the county’s best-attended annual events.
Farm Credit Mid-America describes Stock the Trailer as a program built around junior fairs and local food banks, and Adams County’s setup followed that model closely. By placing the trailer on the livestock side of the fairgrounds and opening Gate 4 for access, the fair made the collection point visible to families already moving through the grounds. Contributions were set to remain part of the fair’s final days, with the donation window closing when the fair ended July 18.
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