Benton County 4-H - 2025 Handbook - 4-H Policies, Guidelines, and Exhibit Requirements

Aug 31, 2026

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Benton County 4-H 2025 Handbook compiles 4-H pledge and motto, program colors, and the Purdue Extension nondiscrimination policy governing participation in educational activities. It provides a structured index of projects, including livestock events, leadership, communications, creative arts, engineering-related tracks, health and life science topics, and county-only options. The handbook also references Benton County 4-H policy and organizes exhibit requirements across major subject areas for member planning and participation.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatDOCX

Pages106

Reading Time37 min

AccessFree to download

Table of Contents by Alphabetically Order

4-H Livestock Auction

4-H Opportunity

Aerospace

Animal Education

Animal Guidelines

Animals, General Terms

Animals, Showmanship

Arts & Crafts - General

Awards

Beef

Beekeeping

Benton Co. 4-H Policy

Cake Decorating

Cat

Child Development

College Savings Incentive

Communications

Computer Science

Construction & Architectural Replica

Consumer Clothing

Creative Writing

Crops

Cupcake Decorating

Dairy

Demonstration

Directory

Indiana 4-H Program

Grievance Guidelines

Benton Co. 4-H Policy

Poster & Notebook – How to

Animals, General Terms

Animal Guidelines

Animals, Showmanship

4-H Livestock Auction

Animal Science

Animal Education

Leadership and Citizenship

BENTON COUNTY 4-H 2025 HANDBOOK 4-H Policies, Guidelines, and Exhibit Requirements Purdue Extension Benton County 410 South Adeway, Suite A Fowler, IN 47944 765-884-0140 bentonces@purdue.edu HYPERLINK "http://www.extension.purdue.edu/benton" www.extension.purdue.edu/benton 4-H Pledge I pledge My HEAD to clearer thinking, My HEART to greater loyalty, My HANDS to larger service, My HEALTH to better living, For my Club, my Community, my Country, and my World. 4-H Motto “To make the best better.” 4-H Colors The 4-H colors are green and white. Green, nature’s most prominent color, symbolizes growth. The white symbolizes purity and high ideals. It is the policy of the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service that all persons have equal opportunity and access to its educational programs, services, activities, and facilities without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, disability or status as a veteran. Purdue University is an Affirmative Action institution. This material may be available in alternative formats. Table of Contents by Alphabetically Order Click on the Project Below to go to the Link in the Handbook HYPERLINK \l "LivestockAuction" 4-H Livestock Auction HYPERLINK \l "Opportunities"4-H Opportunity HYPERLINK \l "Aerospace" Aerospace HYPERLINK \l "AnimalEducation"Animal Education HYPERLINK \l "AnimalsGuidelines"Animal Guidelines HYPERLINK \l "AnimalsGeneral" Animals, General Terms HYPERLINK \l "AnimalsShowmanship" Animals, Showmanship HYPERLINK \l "ArtsandCraft" Arts & Crafts - General HYPERLINK \l "Award" Awards HYPERLINK \l "Beef" Beef HYPERLINK \l "Beekeeping" Beekeeping HYPERLINK \l "BentonCo4HPolicy" Benton Co. 4-H Policy HYPERLINK \l "CakeDecorating" Cake Decorating HYPERLINK \l "Cat" Cat HYPERLINK \l "ChildDevelopment" Child Development HYPERLINK \l "CollegeIncentive" College Savings Incentive HYPERLINK \l "Communications" Communications HYPERLINK \l "ComputerScience" Computer Science HYPERLINK \l "ConandArchRep" Construction & Architectural Replica HYPERLINK \l "ConsumerClothing" Consumer Clothing HYPERLINK \l "CreativeWriting" Creative Writing HYPERLINK \l "Crops" Crops HYPERLINK \l "CupcakeDecorating" Cupcake Decorating HYPERLINK \l "Dairy" Dairy HYPERLINK \l "Demonstration" Demonstration HYPERLINK \l "Directory" Directory HYPERLINK \l "DoYourOwnThing" Do Your Own Thing HYPERLINK \l "Dog" Dog HYPERLINK \l "Electric" Electric HYPERLINK \l "Entomology" Entomology HYPERLINK \l "FairSchedule" Fair Schedule HYPERLINK \l "FineArts" Fine Arts HYPERLINK \l "Floriculture" Floriculture HYPERLINK \l "Foods" Foods HYPERLINK \l "Foresty" Forestry HYPERLINK \l "Garden" Garden HYPERLINK \l "Genealogy" Genealogy HYPERLINK \l "Geology" Geology HYPERLINK \l "Goat" Goat (Dairy, Meat, Pygmy) HYPERLINK \l "GrievanceGuidelines" Grievance Guidelines HYPERLINK \l "Health" Health HYPERLINK \l "HomeEnvironment" Home Environment HYPERLINK \l "HorseandPony" Horse & Pony HYPERLINK \l "Indiana4HProgram" Indiana 4-H Program HYPERLINK \l "Informative" Informative HYPERLINK \l "JuniorLeader" Junior Leaders HYPERLINK \l "LawnandGarden" Lawn & Garden Tractor Safety & Operator Skills HYPERLINK \l "ModelCraft" Model Craft HYPERLINK \l "NeedleCraft" Needle Craft HYPERLINK \l "Photography" Photography HYPERLINK \l "PocketPets" Pocket Pets HYPERLINK \l "PosterNotebook" Poster & Notebook – How to HYPERLINK \l "Poultry" Poultry HYPERLINK \l "Persuasive" Professional Persuasive HYPERLINK \l "PublicSpeaking" Public Speaking HYPERLINK \l "Rabbit" Rabbit HYPERLINK \l "Scrapbook" Scrapbook HYPERLINK \l "SewingFashionRevue" Sewing & Fashion Revue HYPERLINK \l "Sheep" Sheep HYPERLINK \l "ShootingSports" Shooting Sports

FAQs

What pledge and motto are included in the Benton County 4-H 2025 Handbook?

The handbook includes the 4-H Pledge and the 4-H motto “To make the best better.” It also lists the program colors and their meanings.

How is the handbook organized for finding projects and requirements?

It provides two tables of contents: one arranged alphabetically by project, and another grouped by broader categories such as Arts & Crafts, Engineering, Healthy Living, and Leadership and Citizenship.

What policy and participation rules are referenced for Purdue Extension programs?

The handbook states that Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service provides equal opportunity and access to educational programs and activities regardless of protected characteristics, and notes availability in alternative formats.

Aug 31, 2026

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