Purdue Extension-Jefferson County 4-H

10/05/2026

🍀National 4-H Week is October 4-10: Let's GO GREEN! 🍀

National 4-H Week brings together 6 million youth, 3,500 youth development professionals, 500,000 volunteers, and 35 million alumni to celebrate the incredible impact of 4-H and preparing young people to be Beyond Ready for life and career.

To kick off National 4-H Week, 🍀Go GREEN🍀 and show your Indiana 4-H spirit! Wear a green hat, clothing, face paint - anything green goes. Let's paint the nation GREEN today!
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10/02/2026

Join our Friends in Switzerland County to save Monster Town Hospital! Sure to be a Spooky Good Time!

🎃🤖 MONSTER REPAIR 🤖🎃
Part of our Healthcare STEM Series

Monster Town Hospital has declared an emergency, and we need your help!

Youth in grades 3-8 will step into the role of robotic surgeons, using robot arms to complete hands-on medical missions and discover how robotics is transforming healthcare. Can you repair monster patients, complete precision challenges, and save Monster Town before Halloween?

📅 October 26, 2026
⏰ 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
👧🧒 Grades 3-8
🎟️ Only 10 spots available

✅ Open to all youth
✅ No STEM experience required
✅ 4-H membership not required

📌 Registration Deadline: October 23, 2026
🔗 Register at: https://hhsstem1026.4honline.com

10/01/2026

Hey friends! Go follow our new Southeast Region page to learn about opportunities from Purdue Extension across Southeastern Indiana!

Welcome to Purdue Extension Southeast Region! 💛🖤

This page highlights the programs, people and impact of Purdue Extension serving Southeast Indiana.

Here you’ll find updates on education, events and community efforts in agriculture and natural resources, 4-H youth development, health and human sciences and community development.

We’re glad you’re here and look forward to sharing the work happening across our communities.

10/01/2026

🚀 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

09/30/2026

Join Southern Indiana Purdue Ag Center on OCT. 24, 2026, for the "Beef Replacement Heifer Selection" Purdue Extension East Central Region Purdue Extension West Central Region Purdue Extension Purdue Animal Sciences

09/29/2026

🍂 The seasons are changing, and so are things at the Jefferson County Extension Office! Grab a mug of warm c***r and cozy up (with your AC on if it's afternoon🥵) to read our new Fall newsletter so you may stay informed on staff and programming updates🍁.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eak-mKz7ZTUC8WJrJ7o2porPBIE0K92x/view?usp=drive_link

09/23/2026

Congratulations to Ella Grace Morris!

Congratulations to Ella Grace Morris of Jefferson County for receiving an Indiana 4-H Foundation Accomplishment Scholarship in Engineering and Technological Science, sponsored by The Crew Corporation.

09/02/2026

There are still State Fair projects waiting to be picked up.
The Extension office is open Monday–Friday from8-4.

Stop by and pick up your projects when you get a chance! 😊

09/02/2026

As the fall sale season begins to fire up, be sure to have Saturday October 17, 2026 marked on your calendar if you're in the market for a bull.

Bulls entered in the 2026 Summer Test weigh off of test the week of September 14, 2026. Ahead of that all bulls will be scored for disposition and claw and angle and evaluated for overall structural soundness on Tuesday September 8, 2026 beginning at 9 AM at the IBEP Test Station. All are welcome to attend.