Ten Year Senior Spotlight

Favorite 4-H Project: A photograph I took of a bundle of blueberries up close

Advice for Younger Members: Try your best always - your hard work does not go unnoticed

Favorite 4-H Memory: Being able to help in the Pork Producers building with my club

Advice for Younger Members: Be present - time flies!

Favorite 4-H Project: Photography; I love being able to capture moments and look back on them

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting ready with my friends on show days

What I've Learned from 4-H: Responsibility and how to be a leader

Future Plans: To become a police officer

Advice for Younger Members: Try your hardest and don't let others discourage you

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Grand Champion in the Performing Arts Competition

Favorite 4-H Project: My scrapbook that is filled with 4-H memories from when I was 3 until now

Advice for Younger Members: Explore as many 4-H projects as you can!

Future Plans: Study Genetics at Purdue University

Favorite 4-H Memory: Working with my Golden Retriever in agility

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to have patience

4-H Clubs: Shooting Sports & Dairy Feeder Calf

Advice to Younger Members: You have to put in the effort to get the rewards

Favorite 4-H Memory: Spending time with friends in the Dairy Feeder Calf barn

Advice for Younger Members: Always work on your projects early and not the week before fair!

Favorite 4-H Memory: Seeing Darci Lynne on Kid's Day

Future Plans: Study Graphic Design at Southwestern Michigan College

Advice for Younger Members: Do what you love & work hard

Future Plans: Fashion Design at Kent State

What I've learned from 4-H: You can achieve great things with time & hard work

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University for Marketing

Advice for Younger Members: The only way to get better is practice and sticking to it

Favorite 4-H Project: Competition shoots

Advice for Younger Members: Take pride in your work

Favorite 4-H Memory: Hanging out with my friends in the animal barns

What I've Learned from 4-H: To work hard!

Favorite 4-H Memory: Going to really cool places to take my photos for photography

Future Plans: Going to Grand Valley State University to major in exercise science and finance

Advice for Younger Members: Stick with it! The ten years go fast!

Favorite 4-H Memory: My brother winning Grand Champion Ayrshire while I won Reserve Grand Champion Ayrshire

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University and major in Agribusiness

Advice for Younger Members: Meet new 4-Hers, not only in your club. You can make great friendships.

Favorite 4-H Project: A fairy garden

Advice for Younger Members: Have fun and be willing to try new things

What I've Learned from 4-H: To have fun and be willing to try new things

Clubs: Swine Club, Goat Club, and Jacksonian Producers

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning the Large Animal Round Robin my 9th year

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University to study speech, language, and hearing sciences

What I've Learned from 4-H: I've learned responsibility, managing my time, and gun safety

Advice for Younger Members: Go out of your comfort zone whenever you can

Favorite 4-H Memory: Dressing up as the bearded woman for the parade for media club

Advice for Younger Members: Learn from your mistakes to make the next project better

4-H Clubs: Dairy, Dairy Feeder Calf, and Poultry Club

Favorite 4-H Memory: Showing a Brown Swiss Gloria

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University and study Kinesiology on a Pre-Med track

Advice for Younger Members: Put your all into your projects, so it's something you're proud of

What I've Learned from 4-H: Putting time and effort into your projects is really rewarding and can pay off

What I've Learned from 4-H: A wide range of shooting techniques

Advice for Younger Members: Listen to your mentors - they were in your shoes once

Favorite 4-H Project: Shotgun

Advice for Younger Members: Thank your parents, family, and friends who helped you with your time in 4-H

4-H Clubs: Dairy Feeder Calf Club

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University to study Media and Mass Communications

What I've Learned From 4-H: To always do your best

4-H Clubs: Rabbit Club, Photography, and Rifle Shooting

Advice for Younger Members: To always do your best

What I've Learned from 4-H: The attributes of leadership, selflessness, and service in the community

Favorite 4-H Memory: Being with friends and family at the fair

Future Plans: Attend Michigan State University to double major in Political Science and Public Policy & Economics

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting 1st in my shotgun class

What I've learned from 4-H: To never give up and always try your best

Future Plans: Attend Ball State and major in Finance

Future Plans: Attend the University of Findlay and major in Western Equestrian Studies

Favorite 4-H Memory: Being able to work in the club booths with friends

4-H Clubs: Lamb Club and Saddle Club

Advice for Younger Members: Work hard, but have fun because nothing is worth it if you aren't having fun

Favorite 4-H Memory: Walking pigs with my brother every summer

Favorite 4-H Project: Raising my pigs

Favorite 4-H Memory: Sitting with my friends playing games while waiting to show rabbits

Advice to Younger Members: It may seem like a lot of work right now, but it is worth it in the end

Future Plans: Attend Ball State to major in Music Education

Advice for Younger Members: Get involved! Try competing in as many categories as you can!

Favorite 4-H Memory: Being able to spend time sewing with my grandma!

What I've Learned from 4-H: Never give up!

Favorite 4-H Memory: Finding a salamander while camping with horses.

Future Plans: Study at Purdue Fort Wayne for Graphic Design

Favorite 4-H Project: Riding horses in contesting

Favorite 4-H Memory: Watching myself grow and helping other 4-H members

4-H Clubs: Saddle Club and Beef Club

Favorite 4-H Project: Saddle Club; I've learned a lot from being involved and having a challenge

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University Fort Wayne for journalism

4-H Clubs: Jacksonian Producers & Shooting Sports

Favorite 4-H Memory: Painting ceramics

Advice for Younger Members: Get involved and get out of your comfort zone

What I've Learned from 4-H: Exploring my creative side

Favorite 4-H Project: #28 Havoline Model Car

Future Plans: Attending the University of New England to study Marine Biology & Animal Behavior

Advice for Younger Members: Don't lose confidence if you don't win. 4-H isn't about winning - it's about the experience and memories

4-H Clubs: Rabbit Club, Poultry Club, & Cat Club

Future Plans: Woodland Firefighting

Favorite 4-H Project: Foods/Wearable Art

Advice for Younger Members: Get started early on your projects!

Favorite 4-H Project: Sports Drawing

Advice for Younger Members: Stay involved

Future Plans: Attend Alfred University in New York to play tennis and study Business

Advice for Younger Members: Save all the money you earn from the auction

What I've Learned from 4-H: All the work you put in, you get out

Future Plans: Get a BS degree in Exercise Science and obtain a CSCS certification

Favorite 4-H Memory: Helping newer & younger kids in Rabbit Club

What I've Learned from 4-H: I've learned to open up and be more confident

Advice for Younger Members: If you want to do something, then do it

Advice to Younger Members: Spoil your animals and enjoy the time you work with them

Favorite 4-H Memory: Going pig shopping with my dad

Future Plans: Study Neuroscience and Biochemistry with plans to become a neurosurgeon

Future Plans: Attend Purdue Fort Wayne to study Biology and Pre-Vet

4-H Clubs: Swine Club, Goat Club, Lamb Club, & Beef Club

Advice for Younger Members: Set goals for your 4-H career and enjoy every moment you get to spend in the ring

What I've Learned from 4-H: I have learned that hard work and dedication pays off

Favorite 4-H Memory: Being able to do 4-H with my cousins

Advice for Younger Members: Take pride in your work

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning State Champion in the Junior Division for Garden Tractor Club

What I've Learned from 4-H: Punctuality is important

Advice for Younger Members: Get involved in your club and help out within it

What I've Learned from 4-H: Various skills like cake decorating, sewing, and how to wire a lamp!

Favorite 4-H Project: Photo board for my room

Favorite 4-H Memory: My first trip to the fair every year to look at my projects

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Reserve Grand Champion Heifer last year

4-H Clubs: Swine Club, Dairy Feeder Calf Club, Beef Club, & Ceramics

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to be a good role model and how to win or lose graciously

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to take better care of my animals

Advice for Younger Members: Don't take anything for granted and work as hard as you can

Favorite 4-H Memory: Helping the younger kids with their animals and meeting new people

Favorite 4-H Memory: Helping educate people on cavies (guinea pigs)

Future Plans: Attend Stanford University majoring in Human Biology and studying Neuroscience to become a neurosurgeon

Advice for Younger Members: Try different projects and then do what you really enjoy!

Advice to Younger Members: Make sure to be involved in every event your club has to offer - it's worth it to meet new friends

What I've Learned from 4-H: The importance of caring for people

Favorite 4-H Memory: Participating in Battle of the Barns for 2 years

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to build time management and creativity as well as dedication

Favorite 4-H Memory: Meeting new friends

Advice for Younger Members: Don't start your projects late - you'll regret it

4-H Clubs: Dairy Club & Dairy Feeder Calf Club

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Holstein Senior Showmanship at Indiana State Fair 2021

Future Plans: Attend Ball State to major in nursing

4-H Clubs: 4-H Media Club, Junior Leaders, Middlebury 4-H Club, Shooting Sports, & Goat Club

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to be a responsible leader

Future Plans: Pediatric Occupational Therapy Specializing in Special Needs

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting 1st in Archery for my age group

Future Plans: Majoring in Nursing @ Grace with a Minor in Youth Ministry

Favorite 4-H Project: A pillow with embroidery font

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting Champion on my goose

What I've Learned from 4-H: Showing animals is hard work

4-H Clubs: Goat Club & Poultry Club

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Grand Champion Commercial Poultry pen & raising birds with my brother

Advice for Younger Members: If you raise animals with siblings, take the opportunity to work through conflicts

Future Plans: Attend Grand Canyon University to study nursing

Favorite 4-H Memory: Almost winning pistol my first year

Advice to Younger Members: Practice as much as you can

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to work through things with others

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Master Showman Poultry and then going on to win Reserve Grand Champion in Round Robin Small Animal

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University to major in Animal Science and minor in Agronomy

Advice for Younger Members: Push yourself to do better and take the opportunities you're given

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University and major in Finance

Advice for Younger Members: Figure out what you love doing and keep doing it

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting Champion in Archery in 3rd grade

Favorite 4-H Project: Researching the history of the piano for Performing Arts

4-H Clubs: Scrapbooking, Cake Decorating, & Performing Arts

Favorite 4-H Memory: Making a poster of my dog Candy

Advice for Younger Members: Take on new challenges and try new things. Never give up on your goals!

What I've Learned from 4-H: I've learned teamwork and communication through hands-on projects and activities

Favorite 4-H Project: Gardening

Future Plans: Attend Cedarville University and study medicine

Advice for Younger Members: Enjoy these years and learn all you can

What I've Learned from 4-H: First time doing shotgun

Favorite 4-H Memory: Show days because you get to see all your hard work pay off

Advice for Younger Members: Don't be shy!

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to present myself and treat my surrounding environment with integrity

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Showmanship the first year I participated in Dog Club

Advice for Younger Members: If you don't win at first, keep going and improving until you do win

4-H Clubs: Shooting Sports & Dog Club

Advice for Younger Members: Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard

What I've Learned from 4-H: Once you learn how to lose then and only then will you learn how to be a humble winner

Future Plans: Playing Golf at Huntington University while pursuing my Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine

Favorite 4-H Memory: Having the opportunity to participate and volunteer my animal in a blood transfusion to help save a goat in critical condition

4-H Clubs: Goat Club & Poultry Club

Advice for Younger Members: Get involved and take advantage of the wonderful community you get to be a part of!

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to dedicate and manage time to complete multiple projects

Favorite 4-H Memory: Going to State with my cross-stitch

Future Plans: Attending college and studying Violin Performance and German

Advice for Younger Members: Have fun & be yourself!

What I've Learned From 4-H: Ask for help because everyone is willing to help or answer question

Future Plans: Study exercise science at the University of Missouri St. Louis

Advice for Younger Members: Don't take 4-H for granted because you can find lifelong friends

Favorite 4-H Project: Making a scrapbook for my dog

Favorite 4-H Memory: Walking the llamas around and answering people's questions about them!

Advice for Younger Members: Enjoy making the project and don't stress about the judging

What I've Learned from 4-H: Stick with something until it is done

Favorite 4-H Project: A colored pencil drawing

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Grand Champion Barrow in 2021

Advice for Younger Members: You create the best memories in 4-H and never take those for granted

What I've Learned from 4-H: The value of working hard and commitment

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting up early to do chores then going to get a cinnamon roll or biscuits & gravy

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to take care of animals, how to sew, and everything in between

4-H Clubs: Dairy Feeder Calf & Swine Club

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Best of Breed Mini Rex Rabbit in 2019

Future Plans: Attend the W.A. Franke Honors College at the University of Arizona and study Political Science

Advice for Younger Members: Remember to have fun!

Future Plans: Attend Purdue Fort Wayne for Civil Engineering

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to manage my time efficiently

Advice for Younger Members: Be open to learning new things and willing to share what you've learned with others

Favorite 4-H Memory: Being in Llama Club because I could share information with visitors

4-H Clubs: Bicycle Club, Lovable Llama Club, Camera Corps, & Blacksmithing Club

Favorite 4-H Project: Goats

What I've Learned from 4-H: Goats will eat anything... but they shouldn't because they have sensitive stomachs

Advice for Younger Members: Don't hesitate to try something new

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to be responsible, disciplined, and to keep my composure when my cow isn't cooperating

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting in the honor group for Showmanship multiple times & 3 on 3 basketball

Advice for Younger Members: When showing, always know where the judge is at

Favorite 4-H Project: Drawing because it's very open and you can choose what you want to express

Advice for Younger Members: If you want to be involved in the community, 4-H is a good way to do that

Future Plans: Attend The University of Cumberlands to study Biology and Criminal Justice while playing on the soccer team

Advice for Younger Members: Instead of saying "I can't" ask yourself "how can I?"

4-H Clubs: Rabbit Club, Dog Club, Shooting Sports, & 4-H Fanatics

What I've Learned from 4-H: Don't wait to create things you want

Favorite 4-H Memory: Seeing what other members created that were in my category

Advice for Younger Members: Choose the projects you think would have the most fun with

Favorite 4-H Project: Cake Decorating

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University to study Agricultural Systems Management

Advice for Younger Members: Be consistent

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to drive a tractor and use a firearm

4-H Clubs: Beef Club, Dairy Feeder Calf, & Rabbit Club

Favorite 4-H Memory: Playing cards in the Dairy Feeder Barn with my friends when I was younger

What I've Learned from 4-H: Put in the hard work so that when fair comes around, it all pays off

Advice for Younger Members: Always work hard and never give up on yourself

What I've Learned from 4-H: To always work hard and that success is earned

Favorite 4-H Project: Showing Dairy Cattle

What I've Learned from 4-H: To keep trying even when things are difficult

Favorite 4-H Project: My Diamond Dotz cat entry

Advice for Younger Members: Don't be afraid to try new things

Advice for Younger Members: Put in the work of working with your animals - it will pay off

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Grand Champion my first year in 4-H

4-H Clubs: Goat Club & Dairy Feeder Calf

Advice for Younger Members: 4-H is one of the things you'll always look back on fondly, so enjoy the years while you can

Favorite 4-H Project: My model airplane I made my second year of Jr. 4-H

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting 3rd overall my first year of Dairy Feeder Calf

Future Plans: Running XC and studying Aviation at Rocky Mountain College

Advice for Younger Members: Don't procrastinate

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Showmanship in Goat Club

Favorite 4-H Memory: Laying in the pen with my pigs

Favorite 4-H Project: Show days with my pigs

Future Plans: Attend the University of Northwestern Ohio

Favorite 4-H Memory: Watching the crazy rocket launches

Advice for Younger Members: If you find something you love, keep doing it

4-H Clubs: Fairfield Pioneers & Lamb Club

Favorite 4-H Project: My fishing poster that went to state

Favorite 4-H Memory: Making my fishing posters when I was younger

Advice for Younger Members: Try new things. I never thought I'd like archery, but once I tried it I loved it!

Future Plans: Study Psychology at Purdue Fort Wayne

What I've Learned from 4-H: No matter what you decide to do, you will always have someone supporting you

Advice for Younger Members: Just because it starts off rough, doesn't mean you should quit. See it as motivation to move forward

Advice for Younger Members: Keep your head up and don't give up!

Favorite 4-H Memory: Meeting good people

Future Plans: Becoming a diesel mechanic and farmer

Favorite 4-H Memory: Attending the Parade of Champions with my show dog in 2019. We won obedience for the 6th year in a row

4-H Clubs: Goshen-Go-Getters, Junior Leaders, & Dog Club

Advice to Younger Members: Take time to go to your club meetings. We often get busy, but make it a priority to go to them

4-H Clubs: Poultry Club, Goat Club, Swine Club, Beef Club, & Jacksonian Producers

Favorite 4-H Memory: Spending time with my siblings and friends while enjoying the fair and showing our animals

Advice for Younger Members: Don't be afraid to ask questions

Favorite 4-H Memory: The first time I ever showed animals

Future Plans: Attend BlackHawk East for Equestrian Science

4-H Clubs: Swine Club, Goat Club, Dairy Feeder Calf, & Kreative Kids

Advice for Younger Members: Enjoy the people you meet around you, there are memories being made

What I've Learned from 4-H: The experiences, memories, and friendships made are what's important

Future Plans: Attend Bethel University and major in Elementary Education

What I've Learned from 4-H: That you can have fun and learn at the same time

Favorite 4-H Memory: Helping set up the exhibit building

Advice for Younger Members: Keep going, it may be hard, but it's worth it

4-H Clubs: Llovable Llamas & 21st Century 4-H Club

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Showmanship in the Llama Club

Favorite 4-H Project: Gift wrapping

Favorite 4-H Memory: Being 4-H Family of the Year

Future Plans: Production Director and IT Administrator at River Oaks Church

Advice for Younger Members: Don't give up on projects you think are too hard, keep pushing yourself

What I've Learned from 4-H: Your family and community are willing to help you with your projects, they want to see you succeed

Advice for Younger Members: Enjoy your time in 4-H, it goes by fast

Future Plans: Become a kindergarten teacher

Favorite 4-H Memory: Going to the Fair Queen shows at the Grandstands

Favorite 4-H Project: My sunsugar tomatoes, they're always a hit

What I've Learned from 4-H: You have to be responsible and careful when going about things

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to work with others to complete a goal

Favorite 4-H Project: Baking blueberry pie

Advice for Younger Members: Work on your projects as early as possible

Advice for Younger Members: The harder you try and more effort you put in, the better you will feel during fair

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Reserve Grand Champion Barrow

 4-H Clubs: Swine Club & Goat Club

What I've Learned from 4-H: Practice makes perfect

Favorite 4-H Memory: Shooting clays

Future Plans: Work at Riegsecker Woodworks

4-H Clubs: Goshen-Go-Getters & Shooting Sports

What I've Learned from 4-H: Be responsible and respect others

Future Plans: Heading into my family's construction business

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Goat Club Champion Senior Showman

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University for Veterinary Science

Favorite 4-H Project: Goats

What I've Learned From 4-H: I've learned how to weld and do woodworking

Future Plans: Purdue Polytechnic to major in Mechanical Engineering

Favorite 4-H Memory: Seeing my projects during fair week

Favorite 4-H Memory: Surviving a trip through the ring with a stubborn animal

Advice for Younger Members: Start working with your animals when they are young, it makes a huge difference

What I've Learned from 4-H: You can't change the mind of a 1,200 pound animal

Advice for Younger Members: It's okay to try something different if you don't like the project you're doing

Favorite 4-H Project: Foods because you get to learn about baking, and you can eat what you make!

Favorite 4-H Memory: Making cookies my first year

4-H Clubs: Shooting Sports

Advice for Younger Members: Try to use the same gun every time so you know how it shoots for trophy shoot!

What I've Learned from 4-H: Proper safety training can make you and the people around you safer when it comes to guns

Advice for Younger Members: Have fun and enjoy!

Favorite 4-H Project: Showing my chickens

Favorite 4-H Memory: Going to the concerts at the grandstands

Favorite 4-H Memory: Making the projects

Favorite 4-H Project: My Home Environment Design Project

What I've Learned from 4-H: Helped me compile my portfolio to get into art school

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to use skills I was gifted with in different ways

Favorite 4-H Memory: Being Family of the Year and going to State with jewelry

Advice for Younger Members: Don't stop something because you don't seem to be good at it, everything takes time and progress will come

Favorite 4-H Project: My project of the Kraken

Advice to Younger Members: Enjoy your years in 4-H because they go by fast

Favorite 4-H Memory: Seeing my projects on the wall during fair

Favorite 4-H Project: Making a multistage rocket

Advice for Younger Members: Enjoy everything you do!

Favorite 4-H Memory: Launching my model rockets off

4-H Clubs: Rabbit Club, Poultry Club, Goat Club, & Dairy Feeder Calf Club

What I've Learned from 4-H: Better time management and how to be responsible

Advice for Younger Members: It's about the memories, not about what placing you get!

Advice for Younger Members: Have fun with it, it is what you make it

What I've Learned from 4-H: There's always a new and creative way I can apply myself

Favorite 4-H Memory: Launching my first rocket and hearing older members talk about how high it went

4-H Clubs: Shooting Sports, Fishing Club, Genealogy Club, Busy Bobcats, & Junior Leaders

What I've Learned from 4-H: Many life skills, and how to have fun with helping others

Favorite 4-H Memory: My 3rd year in rocket launch, my airplane-like rocket exploded 3 seconds after launch

Future Plans: Attend Purdue University to study Computer Science

What I've Learned from 4-H: The importance of appreciating and giving back to the community

Favorite 4-H Memory: Experiencing the State Fair

Future Plans: Go to college to major in Biological Sciences

Advice for Younger Members: Don't be afraid to try new things, but make sure you don't spread yourself too thin

Favorite 4-H Memory: Riding all the rides and then throwing up my mini moo ice cream

What I've Learned from 4-H: That I have such a great community

Favorite 4-H Memory: Seeing Flash, the horse, at the homestead barn

Advice for Younger Members: Talk to as many people as you can, you can find great friends so easily!

Favorite 4-H Project: Mosaic Garden Stepping Stones

Favorite 4-H Memory: Ringing bells for Salvation Army for volunteer time

Advice for Younger Members: Explore new things, and stay involved with your groups!

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting a Dairy Feeder Calf after only doing exhibit projects

Advice for Younger Members: Don't quit, 4-H is a huge opportunity that not everyone can experience, so take advantage of that!

What I've Learned from 4-H: Not everything goes as planned, but that's how life is

Favorite 4-H Memory: Participating in the Fair Queen Contest and making amazing friends through that

Advice for Younger Members: Stick with it and persevere

Favorite 4-H Project: A model Seaplane I made my 5th year

Favorite 4-H Memory: Going to State Fair my 1st year

What I've Learned from 4-H: Put in effort and pay attention to the little details because they can make a big difference

Favorite 4-H Project: My 5th grade Model Rocket

Advice for Younger Members: Shoot for your dreams and enjoy your younger years

What I've Learned from 4-H: Responsibility and community standards

Favorite 4-H Memory: Battle of the Barns at the end of the week

Favorite 4-H Project: My floral arrangement from last year

Favorite 4-H Memory: My projects going to the State Fair

Advice for Younger Members: Take the various opportunities that 4-H offers you

Advice for Younger Members: Do it for the right reasons, winning isn't everything, but the memories are

What I've Learned from 4-H: The ability to create and stick to a plan

Favorite 4-H Project: My guinea pig I made out of buttons

Advice for Younger Members: Don't stress too much and enjoy every day as it passes

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to be active in my community in different ways

Favorite 4-H Memory: Going to the nursing home and playing bingo with the residents

Favorite 4-H Memory: Taking pictures for my Photography Posters

Future Plans: Go to Trine University for Elementary Ed

4-H Clubs: Kind Clovers

4-H Clubs: Foundations-4-Life, Camera Corps, Shooting Sports, Fishing Club, & Bicycle Club

Advice for Younger Members: Most of the time you learn more from mistakes and failures than from purple ribbons

What I've Learned from 4-H: Learning to lead with confidence

Favorite 4-H Project: Scrapbooking

Advice for Younger Members: It's okay to mess up and learn from those mistakes

Future Plans: Working with children as a teacher or in ministry

Favorite 4-H Memory: Seeing all the projects at the fair

What I've Learned from 4-H: Changed my worldview by allowing me to expand my artistic abilities

Future Plans: Attend Northern Arizona University as an Exploratory Studies major

Advice for Younger Members: Find what you are passionate about and pursue it

Future Plans: Attend the University of Saint Francis to study Physical Therapy Assistant while continuing my basketball career

Favorite 4-H Memory: When the Fishing Club won first at the fair parade

4-H Clubs: Poultry Club, Rabbit Club, Kind Clovers, & Media Club

What I've Learned from 4-H: That I want to pursue a career involving poultry

Favorite 4-H Memory: Waiting in line to show my poultry with my friends

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to care and respect animals

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Champion Tom Turkey

4-H Clubs: Swine Club & Poultry Club

Favorite 4-H Memory: Winning Grand Champion for the first time for my collection project

Favorite 4-H Project: The photos I take every year for photography

Advice for Younger Members: You never know what you'll like, so try everything!

Advice for Younger Members: The harder you work, the better you will be

What I've Learned from 4-H: You have to put the work in to succeed.

Favorite 4-H Memory: My first year I got Reserve Grand Champion with my Crossbred Barrow.

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting Reserve Champion in 2021

Advice for Younger Members: Continue to be active in your club and have fun!

What I've Learned from 4-H: I have learned how to handle guns, bows and arrows with safety

Advice for Younger Members: Take your time making your projects and do your best work

What I've Learned from 4-H: How to make models and improving my skills every project

Favorite 4-H Memory: Attending the fair and looking at all of the projects

Favorite 4-H Memory: Getting donuts and frappes with my family before seeing how we did on our projects

What I've Learned from 4-H: Treat people how you want to be treated and be there to support others

Favorite 4-H Project: Wearable Sewing Construction

4-H Clubs: Saddle Club, Middlebury 4-H Club & Shooting Sports

Favorite 4-H Memory: Contesting late at night under the lights with country music playing with friends

What I've Learned from 4-H: Patience

What I've Learned from 4-H: It has helped me to put myself out there in front of a crowd

Favorite 4-H Memory: Working the Dippin Dots stand for Lamb Club

Advice for Younger Members: Take the opportunity to be in 4-H because it is a great way to explore your interests

Advice for Younger Members: Enjoy every moment because it goes by fast

Future Plans: Attend Indiana Wesleyan university in the fall

Favorite 4-H Memory: Hanging out with my friends in ATV Club

Favorite 4-H Project: My Beauty & the Beast cross-stitch project

Future Plans: Working while continuing my education

Favorite 4-H Memory: Going to State Fair for cross-stitch