4-H Online Enrollment Guides
Contact Us
Kellie Porman
St. Joseph County Volunteer Coordinator
574-235-9605
kporman@purdue.edu
Types of 4-H Enrollment
Check out our handy guides down below for help on enrolling in 4-H Online!
If you've never enrolled in 4-H before, this guide will walk you through the process of creating a 4-H Online account and enrolling your child in the program.
Check out our FAQ for any questions about choosing clubs or payment!
If you need a refresher before enrolling in the new year, this guide will walk you through the process of logging in to your existing 4-H Online account and enrolling your child in the program.
Check out our FAQ for any questions about choosing clubs or payment!
If you've never volunteered 4-H before, this guide will walk you through the process of creating a 4-H Online account and enrolling as a volunteer.
Check out our FAQ for any questions about volunteer types!
If you are planning to volunteer at a specific event (such as the St. Joseph County 4-H Fair) to assist the 4-H leaders, but are NOT a leader yourself, please refer to the 4-H Youth Development Volunteer Application:
If you've never enrolled in 4-H before, this guide will walk you through the process of creating a 4-H Online account and enrolling your child in the program.
Check out our FAQ for any questions about choosing clubs or payment!
If you need a refresher before enrolling in the new year, this guide will walk you through the process of logging in to your existing 4-H Online account and enrolling your child in the program.
Check out our FAQ for any questions about choosing clubs or payment!
If you've never volunteered 4-H before, this guide will walk you through the process of creating a 4-H Online account and enrolling as a volunteer.
Check out our FAQ for any questions about volunteer types!
If you are planning to volunteer at a specific event (such as the St. Joseph County 4-H Fair) to assist the 4-H leaders, but are NOT a leader yourself, please refer to the 4-H Youth Development Volunteer Application:
Member Enrollment FAQ
Whichever one you want! Although the majority of the 4-H clubs in St. Joseph County are named by township, 4-H members are not required to join their township club. Rather, members are free to choose which club they would like to join. Each club has a club coordinator who is responsible for setting up club meeting times and locations.
German Township
Lincoln Township
The 4-H Program costs $20 per member. Mini 4-H is free.
If you wish to send a check or cash to pay for your enrollment, you can send them to our downtown office:
Purdue Extension - St. Joseph County
125 S. Lafayette Blvd
South Bend, IN 46601.
Checks should be made out to "Purdue CES Education Fund – St. Joseph County"
4-H members can sign up for as many projects as they want to! Most projects have suggested age/grade levels attached to them with project guidelines.
You can find a list of the projects offered in St. Joseph County on these two pages:
Fair Entry and 4-H Online are different websites with different purposes. 4-H Online is for enrollment in the 4-H program, while Fair Entry is used to pick which projects will be brought to the St. Joseph County Fair.
4-H Online is accessible on October 1st, when enrollment for the year begins. Fair Entry does not open until the early summer, in anticipation of the fair season.
First time putting your projects into Fair Entry? Check out our guide!
Volunteer Enrollment FAQ
There are three types of volunteers in St. Joseph County 4-H, and there can be overlap between them.
Every volunteer signing up for 4-H on 4-H Online will sign up as a PROJECT VOLUNTEER.
If you are a club leader/assistant club leader (i.e. Greene Township, German Township, etc.), a member of the 4-H Council or the 4-H Fair Board, a volunteer working specifically with Juntos 4-H, 4-H Project Discover, Next Chapter 4-H, or any school based/community-based 4-H programs, OR you are a Shooting Sports Coordinator/Instructor/Associate Instructor, you will sign up as a CLUB VOLUNTEER IN ADDITION TO PROJECT VOLUNTEER.
If you volunteer with Spark Club or are a Purdue Extension Employee, you will sign up as a PROGRAM VOLUNTEER IN ADDITION TO PROJECT VOLUNTEER.