Purdue Extension Cass County

Stars and Stripes and Saving Lives! Your Cass County Junior Leaders are hosting not one, but TWO Red Cross Blood Drives this summer at the Cass County 4-H Fair.

Join us on July 7th or 8th in the 4-H Community Center to donate blood and save a life! Use the links below to schedule a donation, and you can get a free Looney Tunes T-shirt!

July 7th- https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=cassco4h

July 8th- https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=cassco4h

Cass County Indiana 4-H Association
‼️Attention 4-H Campers📣:
Your Camp Week is Here! Please see the calendar below to be sure you are ready for the fun!

Did you know? According to the Red Cross's statistics, only 3% of people eligible to donate blood do so. And a single car crash victim can require as much as 100 units of blood to survive. So, if you can, help save a neighbor, family, or friend, and give a pint at the Cass County 4-H Fair on Tuesday, July 7th. Thank you for your generosity.🍀❣️

All Cass County 4-Hers can come to our FairEntry help night tomorrow at the Cloverleaf from 500-6:00pm! Bring a laptop if you are able and we can help you get all projects entered!

The FairEntry deadline for Cass County is June 15th, you will have to have your projects enered into FairEntry before judging dates! Don't forget to add your projects and project descriptions, as well as livestock to FairEntry! This is where we break classes and sort by division, age or level for all projects!

You do not need to sign-up for livestock showmanship in FairEntry- showmanship sign-ups will be posted in your barn during show week!

Looking for some Summer volunteer hours or a group activity? The Cass County 4-H Community Center needs hosts for Fair week! All you need to do is contact the extension office to schedule what date and time you'd like to volunteer! The Cass County Fair will be July 6th-10th!

Jobs for volunteers include keeping an eye on the 4-H projects housed in the building, welcoming guests into the center and keeping food and drinks out of the building. Enjoy the air conditioning, earn some volunteer service hours and grab dinner at the fairgrounds when you are done, all while supporting the 4-hers who worked all Summer on their 4-H projects!

Cass County 4-H is proud to offer ribbons, plaques and other items as awards for our 4-H livestock showmen. Nearly every award is sponsored by 4-H Alumni, local businesses, 4-H families and dedicated community supporters. We are so grateful for your support and the encouragement it offers to our 4-H youth!

If you are a sponsor this year and have not submitted your payment yet, please send your sponsorship as soon as you can so we can ensure all awards are sponsored before Fair! Use the link https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1zRSRR6k7jDQh8O to select your sponsored awards and pay with card through the Cass County Indiana 4-H Association. Or, send your sponsorship form and payment to the County Extension office!

If you are interested in sponsoring an award, either as a business or independently, we would welcome additional sponsors! Use the link above to see the list of available livestock awards that still need sponsorships this year! Awards are available on a first come-first serve basis!

📢Attention:📢
Coming to the office this week? Plan ahead!

We will be closed Friday, May 22 through Monday May 25 for Memorial Day.

ENROLL THOSE LIVESTOCK! TODAY! 🦆🐑🫏🦙🐄🐐🐓🐖🍀

The final countdown is here, as this post is meant to remind you that the Indiana 4-H Animal ID deadline is TODAY- Friday, May 15th!!!🍀

To be eligible for your county fair and the Indiana State Fair, your animals must be completely and correctly identified in Indiana 4-H Online (https://www.4honline.com ) by the end of the day.

Required DNA hair samples for all swine, meat goats, sheep, dairy cattle, and beef cattle you are planning to exhibit at the Indiana State Fair 4-H shows are also due to your local Extension office by today. Late envelopes will not be accepted.
Please do not wait until the last minute to ID your animals. If you have already completed this process thank you!

For questions or assistance with 4-H Online, please contact your local Extension office. Please be kind, courteous and patient to all the staff and volunteers assisting in addressing your questions.

🍀The Indiana 4-H Animal Identification deadline is May 15th! DNA hair samples and animal leases are also due to your local Purdue Extension Office by May 15th.
🏆To be eligible for your county fair and the Indiana State Fair, your animals must be completely and correctly identified in Indiana 4-H Online (in.4honline.com) by the end of the day on Friday, May 15, 2026.
❗As a reminder, DNA hair samples are required for all swine, sheep, meat goats, dairy cattle, and beef cattle to be eligible for exhibition at the Indiana State Fair 4-H Show. DNA hair samples are due in the County Extension Office by May 15th. Animal identification requirements can be found at purdue.ag/4HAnimalIDRequirements.
🌟 We have also created the Indiana 4-H Animal Identification landing site for helpful resources, including step by step 4-H Online Animal ID and DNA sample collection instructions: purdue.ag/4HAnimalID.
❓For questions or assistance with 4-H Online, please contact your local Purdue Extension office.
💚 In appreciation for those that are helping you locally, please do not wait until the last minute to identify your animals. 🍀 Don’t delay, ID today!

Attention Cass County 4-Hers, Mini 4-Hers and Kinder Clovers! FairEntry will open on May 10th and stay open until June 15th. All 4-Hers must enter their projects into FairEntry, which is used to break livestock classes and sort project levels for static projects as well as record results and promote projects to the State Fair.

4-H Online is where you enroll in a project, for example, "Photography". In FairEntry, you will select more details so you can be sorted for judging, for example, "Advanced Photography, Black and White Salon" and "Advanced Photography, Ten Color Print".

If your FairEntry is not complete before project check-in, you will have to make some corrections before judging. The link to FairEntry is always available on our website or use the link here: https://fairentry.com/Fair/SignIn/23450

We will also be hosting a FairEntry help night at our Fairgrounds on May 28th at 5:00pm. Please make sure you have created an account, and we can help you from there!

2026 Cass County 4-H Fair - FairEntry.com Welcome to the 2026 Cass County, Indiana 4-H Fair! We're excited to have you here and can't wait to see the amazing exhibits you'll bring to the fair. You're an important part of this event, so please don't hesitate to let us know what you plan to showcase on the respective check-in dates and at the...