October/November Clover Chatter

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Enrollment will open up for the 25-26 4-H year on October 1st 2025. If you are a returning 4-H member or volunteer please log in to your profile at v2.4honline.com and re-enroll for the current year. We understand that some people aren't ready to think of the new 4-H year but it will fly by sooner than you think! The sooner you get your enrollment done, and pay the $15 4-H program fee, the better! This will help us with planning programing for the new year! Please note that some clubs pay their enrollment fees for you, please check with your club leaders for that information.

If you know of anyone that you think would like to join 4-H please encourage them to join in on the fun! They can contact the office by calling 574-935-8545. If you know of anyone that would like to become a screened volunteer please have them make a profile in 4-H Online or add themselves to their family profile. They will need to provide 3 references and watch the training videos in order to be screened.

There are only three steps to completing the annual 4-H Volunteer Enrollment process in 4-H Online and most volunteers will have only one required training to complete! Last year, all 4-H Volunteers were required to complete the Youth Protection Program Director training, we added this training in place of the Youth Protection Program Staff training that volunteers completed in the 2023-2024
4-H Program Year. Each of these Youth Protection trainings are required every two years and are now being tracked in 4-H Online so they will automatically appear as Required on your Training page which is the third step of your enrollment process.

Please be sure to complete all trainings that display as Required on your Training page as soon as possible. Trainings must be completed before your Enrollment can be approved. If your county 4-H Educator or support staff send a follow up reminder to go in and complete your training, they are trying to get you approved to assume volunteer duties, so be sure to attend to their requests in a timely fashion.

Many volunteers this year will have to complete only one training, the Youth Protection Program Staff training. New Applicants will always have to complete all three trainings, the 4-H Volunteer Orientation and the Youth Protection Program Staff training and the Youth Protection Program Director training. Those who were New Applicants last year will not have to complete any trainings this year, but next year will have to complete two, the Youth Protection Program Staff training and the Youth Protection Program Director training. You can add any of these and complete them in a non-required year as a refresher or to be proactive for the next program year!

Volunteer Resources and Reminders

There are a number of resources on the State 4-H webpage that can help with your volunteer role or understand 4-H Policies and Procedures and expectations. A few that I find most helpful are listed below, but they are not the only places to find good information and resources!

• Policies and Procedures
• 4-H Adult Behavioral Expectations
• Volunteer Resources and Development (public copies of volunteer role descriptions and much more!)
• Club Resources
• Shooting Sports Volunteer Resources

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Please check out the different codes/Facebook groups for all the different livestock projects and township groups. If you have not downloaded the Team Reach app please go to the apple store or Google Play store to download the app and then use the codes above. This is a great way to stay in the know with what is happening within your project.

⏰ There is still time to support 4-H with Casey's!

📲 October 1–November 4: Add a donation to any order made online or in the Casey’s app.
🍀 Every donation benefits local 4-H programs.

Learn more about the partnership at 4-h.org/caseyspizza.

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Saturday Oct 18th - Tippy 4-H Club Fish Fry

Tuesday Oct 21st - Horse & Pony Meeting @ Extension office 6 PM

Sunday Nov 2nd - Bourbon Twp. Achievement Banquet @ Gallery on West 1 PM

Tuesday Nov 4th

• Livestock Superintendent Meeting @ Extension Office Conference Room 6 PM
• 4-H Council Meeting @ County Building Room 207 7 PM

Thursday Nov 6th - Extension Board Annual Meeting @ Plymouth Wesleyan Church 6 PM

Sunday Nov 9th - Walnut Explorers Achievement Banquet @ Gallery On West 5 PM

Tuesday Nov 11th - OFFICE CLOSED

Saturday Nov 15th

• Walnut Twp. Bake Sale @ 15033 18B Rd. Culver 6 AM
• Tippecanoe Twp. Achievement Night @ Tippy Community Bldg. 7 PM

Sunday Nov 16th - Center Twp. Achievement Night @ Gallery on West 4:30 PM

Tuesday Nov 18th - Horse and Pony Meeting @ Extension Office 6 PM

Thursday Nov 20th - North/Center Twp. 4-H Meeting @ Shiloh Wesleyan Church 6:30 PM

Tuesday Nov 25th - Polk Twp. Achievement Banquet @ Polk Twp. Community Bldg. 6 PM

Thursday & Friday Nov 27-28th - OFFICE CLOSED

These dates are subject to change, please check back here often as this is updated in real time or our google calendar on our website!

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

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