Purdue Extension Weekly Update

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4-H Volunteer and Youth enrollment begins November 1st (this was just recently delayed). Please do not try to enroll BEFORE this date! Any volunteer applications submitted before Nov 1st will have to be resubmitted in their entirety.

Please note some upcoming changes in enrollment. The fees will be increasing for the 26-27 year for youth enrollments. Enrollments will require online payments only as of this time.

TIPS:

• Please DO select any projects you would like to receive communications on. Even if you are not sure that you will complete the project. We use 4-H online to share upcoming programs and events by project!
• Verify that your email, address, phone numbers are all current. This is very important.
• Please also make sure that "years in project" is accurate!

Launching the Purdue 1 Indiana Essay Competition!

Purdue University invites Hoosier fifth graders to explore how they could use a favorite school subject, hobby or skill to help a space mission crew succeed. One winning essay will be chosen from each of Indiana's 92 counties, and every county winner receives a personalized Purdue 1 Indiana mission patch.

If mission conditions allow, winners' names will even travel to space aboard Purdue 1, the university's upcoming all-Boilermaker suborbital research spaceflight!

Submissions open today and run through Nov. 30. Learn more: https://bit.ly/purdue-1-essay

All upcoming 4-H events that have been provided to the Marshall County Extension staff will be listed on this calendar.

If any Club leaders would like to share upcoming events or club meetings, please send those to marshces@purdue.edu.

*SEVERAL UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE*

• All people are born with some breast cells and tissue, including men. Although rare, men get breast cancer too.

  • In 2026, an estimated 2,670 men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the United States.
  • An estimated 530 U.S. men will die from breast cancer in 2026.
  • The lifetime risk of a U.S. man developing breast cancer is about 1 in 755.
  • Black men have the highest male breast cancer incidence and mortality rate.

  Awareness is the first step in making informed choices about breast health. Donate now to help NBCF support more women and men facing breast cancer in communities throughout the United States.

  
  

Breast Cancer Facts & Stats 2026 - Incidence, Age, Survival, & More

You can find all upcoming PARP meeting at ppp.purdue.edu

Nov 24th: Statewide PARP date.

• Fulton County Fairgrounds 6 PM
• Kosciusko County Fairgrounds 6 PM
• Elkhart County Fairgrounds 6 PM
• Laporte County Fairgrounds 6 PM

Dec 17th: Hancock County PARP @ NineStar Connect 9 AM

Find more details visit ppp.purude.edu or contact the respective Extension Office.

Tuesday, October 12th - Master Gardener Meeting @ Garwood Orchards 4 PM

Wednesday, October 14th - ServSafe Food Handler @ Extension Office 1 PM

Monday, October 19th - 4-H Council Meeting @ Extension Office 7 PM

Tuesday, October 20th

• Extension Board Meeting @ Extension Office 6:30 PM
• Horse and Pony Advisory Meeting @ Extension Office Conference room 6:30 PM

Email: krichey@purdue.edu
Website: extension.purdue.edu/Marshall
Location: 112 W Jefferson St, Plymouth, IN, USA
Phone: 574-935-8545
Facebook: facebook.com/marshallHHS

Jayne Deaton

Email: jedeaton@purdue.edu
Website: https://extension.purdue.edu/Marshall
Location: 112 West Jefferson Street, Plymouth, IN, USA
Phone: 574-935-8545
Facebook: facebook.com/MarshallCo4H

Email: brieanna@purdue.edu
Website: extension.purdue.edu/Marshall
Location: 112 West Jefferson Street, Plymouth, IN, USA
Phone: 574-935-8545
Facebook: facebook.com/marshallanr

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