LIBERTY, NY — The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets recently announced the launch of the 2024 NYS Fairs Passport Program. You get a passport, then at a fair you can collect stamps and buttons, and enter to win prizes. Multiple county and local fairs across the state are involved.

Local extension offices, welcome centers in New York State and state parks have been designated as pick-up spots for the passports.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County (CCE Sullivan) has 200 passports available.

 Interested individuals and families can stop by the front desk of the CCE Sullivan Education Center at 64 Ferndale-Loomis Rd. Passports are also available at the Hudson Valley Welcome Center Taste NY Store in Central Valley. 

There is no cost to pick up the passports. You’ll receive a passport booklet, a plastic sleeve and a lanyard to take with you to local and county fairs. Individuals and families can then collect unique stamps and buttons from each fair they attend at no cost. 

Additionally, in coordination with the Taste NY Find Me at the Fair promotion, fairgoers can join a scavenger hunt and enter unique codes from each fair to enter in a prize drawing. The more fairs a fairgoer attends, the more times the fairgoer’s name is entered into the drawing.

 To learn more, call CCE Sullivan at 845/292-6180 or email sullivan@cornell.edu. You can learn about the passport program and county fairs online at www.findyourfair.com.