4-H Youth Development
WHAT IS 4-H
4-H prepares young people to be leaders in their community and around the world through hands-on experience alongside their peers and caring adults. 4-H began over 100 years ago and has grown into the largest youth development program in the nation. 4-H delivers research-based programming around positive youth development. 4-H is delivered through America's 109 land-grant universities. In Indiana, 4-H can be found in all 92 counties as delivered through Purdue Extension.
4-H Mission: The Indiana 4-H Youth Development mission is to provide real-life educational opportunities that develop young people who positively impact their community and world.
4-H Vision: Indiana 4-H Youth Development strives to be the premier, community-based program empowering young people to reach their full potential.
Contact Us
jasperces@purdue.edu
2530 N McKinley Ave, Ste 1
Rensselaer, IN 47978
(219) 866-5741
Your Educator
Peyton Newman
Insight Book
Insight Book
The 2025 Insight Book covers information on project guidelines, Jasper County 4-H projects, educator contact information, important dates, and more.
View Insight Book4-H Information
Projects that still require paperwork to be turned in at project check-in
- Arts and Crafts
- craft card
- Cake Decorating
- skills sheet
- Cats
- vaccination form
- Collections
- My Story and Record of Purchases
- Consumer Clothing
- manual needed for the project
- Dairy
- lease forms (if applicable)
- Dog
- vaccination form
- training registration and release form
- Electric
- skills and knowledge chart
- Foods
- recipe card
- Horse and Pony
- lease agreement (if applicable)
- vaccination form
- Coggins form (if applicable)
- Junior Leaders
- manual needed for the project
- Pets/Small Pets
- ferret vaccination form
- Sewing
- exhibit card
- Woodworking
- tools, technique, and skills chart
Optional Record Sheets and Manuals
- Beef
- Beekeeping
- Child Development
- Computer
- Corn
- Creative Writing
- Exploring My World
- Garden
- Genealogy
- Geology
- Gift Wrapping
- Gingerbread Houses
- Goats
- Home Environment
- Hopeful Horseman
- Lawn & Garden Tractor
- Mini 4-H
- Music
- Photography
- Poultry
- Rabbits
- Recycling
- Scarecrow
- Scrapbooking
- Sheep
- Shooting Sports
- Soybean
- Sports
- Sportfishing
- Swine
- Taxidermy
- Tractor
- Weather & Climate Science
- Wildlife
2025 information
This course is mandatory for all beef and dairy cattle, swine, sheep, meat goats, dairy goats, poultry, and rabbit exhibitors. You will not be allowed to show at county and/or state fair without completion of this class. Register on 4-HOnline under the Events tab. The cost is $3 for the in-person class and $12 for the online YQCA course.
If you plan on showing at any National shows, please check their quality care requirements. National shows will not accept this Indiana Quality Care certificate, only YQCA which will only be offered online.
