Junior Leaders
What We Do
Junior Leader Officers
Learn More About the Roles & Responsibilties of Junior Leader Officers Below
Social Media Managers - Allison Liggett & Gage Thomas
Junior Leader's 2025/2026 Meeting Schedule
August: Fair Review, Meet & Greet, Officer Info Night
Tuesday, August 7th at 6:30pm at the Community Center
Come review the 2025 Fair, meet the new and returning Junior Leaders and learn what it takes to be an offcier!
September: Officer Elections
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Officer Elections & Laser Tag
October: TBD
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November: TBD
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December: TBD
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Janaury: TBD
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February: TBD
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March: TBD
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April: TBD
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May: There will not be a May Junior Leader Meeting Due to Conflicts with High School Graduations, End of School vacations and Spring Sports
June: Fair Set-up and Donuts
9:00am-Noon
Wear work clothes! We will be setting up A-Frames, dusting display shelves, setting up tables and chairs and more in the Community Center to set-up for judging and Fair week!
July: Fair Week Activities
Volunteering in the Community Center
Red Cross Blood Drive
Stock The Trailer Food & Donation Collections
Junior Leader Fair Week Activities
July 5th-11th 2025
Project Check-In at Judging Dates: Junior Leaders are responsible for assisting with Project Check-In and assisting judge's during judging days. This includes helping check-in projects, tape name tags and put Projects on display. Junior Leaders are also expected to help with Project Check-Out on July 12th in the Community Center.
Red Cross Blood Drive Fundraiser: The Red Cross Blood Drive during the 4-H Fair will be on Thursday, July 10th from 12pm-5pm. Junior Leader's are expected to volunteer to work at the sign-in table of the Blood Drive for a shift! The Blood Drive will be at their mobile bus clinic parked outside of the Cloverleaf!
For every unit of blood collected, the Junior Leaders will earn $10.00. However, 4-Hers from other clubs can be awarded monetary prized for their clubs if they volunteer as a representative for their 4-H Club!
12:00pm-1:00pm:
1:00pm-2:00pm:
2:00pm-3:00pm:
3:00pm-4:00pm:
4:00pm-5:00pm:
Stock The Trailer Food & Donation Collections: Cass County Junior Leaders are participating in the Farm Credit Stock the Trailer Food Drive, where non-perishable food items and monetary donations are collected to help feed our community. Donations will be collected throughout Fair week and the preceding Summer!
Junior Leaders are encouraged to collect items and donations during Fair week, especially on Monday, July 7th the Emmaus Mission Day at the Fairgrounds. Junior Leaders are invited to collect donations at the Sponsor of the Day booth throughout the day!
All items will be placed on a livestock trailer and weighed following Fair Week- if over 1000lbs of items are collected, the Junior Leaders are awarded $500.00. There is a contest between Regions- the county with the heaviest trailer can win up to $3,000.00!
Congratulations to our 2025 Junior Leader Ambassadors, Olivia Thomas and Kaitlyn Benner!
This year, there were five Junior Leaders who took part in the Ambassador Program to raise funds for the Junior Leader Scholarship. All five participants collected funds throughout fair week, with Olivia and Kaitlynn earning the title of Ambassador by collecting the most. Together, the five participants collected over $750.00.
Additionally, the Best of Cass County basket, made by our Summer Intern and former Junior Leader, Lexi Freemna, was auctioned off durng the 4-H Auction. The basket raised over $800.00 to be contributed to the scholarship fund.