All adult volunteers must complete their annual Youth Protection Training before being approved. We are protecting out most important resource: our youth!
Volunteer opportunities for Cass County in 2024:
- Help with a one time event/program
- Assist with project judging dates, Fashion Revue, tractor pulls, livestock shows or other events that require some adult assistance and experience.
- Lead a 4-H Club
- organize meetings and activities and serve as a point of contact for the 4-Hers in your township.
- Help with a specific 4-H project
- Share you interest or skills by helping with a specific project by helping at project judging, leading a workshop, of serving as a reference for youth as they learn and work on their project.
- Join the Cass County Mini 4-H Day Camp Committee
- Help to plan activities, organize livestock visits and help wrangle the youth at the annual Mini 4-H Day camp each summer!
- Sit on a county governing board
- Serve as a member of the Cass County 4-H Council or serve as a Cass County 4-H Director.
- Serve on the Cass County 4-H Community Center Committee
- Assist with setting up, decorating, arranging and managing the Cass County Community Center during the fair, to display the 4-H projects during fair week!
- Serve on the Cass County 4- Awards Committee
- Help to organize sponsors, choose awards, coordinate with specie livestock chairs for livestock trophies and awards.
Become a Cass County 4-H Career Discovery Mentor
4-H Career Discovery Mentor will be connected with local High School Juniors and Seniors in Cass County to discuss potential careers. You must be an approved 4-H Volunteer to be a Career Discovery Mentor. Mentor Trainings are available via Zoom on 11/6, 12/16,1/21, 2/20 and 3/18.
Learn More about Becoming a Career Discovery MentorVolunteer Resources
All volunteers must have completed the appropriate paperwork to apply and be accepted as a volunteer. Please use the checklist below to ensur you have completed all steps to be a 4-H volunteer in Cass County.All adult volunteers must have three references from credible adults (not immediate family) to vouch for their character before being approved as a volunteer to work with youth. These reference are only submitted once, and are recorded by the Extension office- not completed yearly! Please send all reference to cassces@purdue.edu.
county/cass/4-h-information/enrolling-in-4-h-online-as-a-returning-adult-volunteer.pdf
This application is required for all volunteers. It only needs to be completed once as a volunteer. One complete, submit to the Extension office at cassces@purdue.edu.
If you are interested in becoming a livestock committee member, please email Claire Crum, Cass County 4-H Educator, at crumc@purdue.edu, and includude the information requested in the form below.