Whitley County Indiana 4-H Council

04/13/2026

Whitley country 4H council meeting has been canceled for tonight April 13 2026

02/28/2026

Silent auction ends at 630. Please help support the 4-H youth. All baked goods this year.

01/17/2026

Please consider donating to the 4-H Council Bake Sale on Feb 28th. All proceeds benefit youth programming and scholarships. Please see flyer below for further information.

06/12/2025

Want a fun and helpful way to volunteer this year at the Whitley County 4-H Fair...sign up to be one of our awesome Shuttle Drivers!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4DAAAE2DA2FF2-57263095-shuttle

06/12/2025

05/01/2025

📅 SATURDAY - MAY 3rd
⏰ 4-7 PM
📍 4-H Center @ Whitley County Fairgrounds

We are hosting our Annual Silent Auction to raise funds that go directly back to the youth through scholarships, awards, and educational opportunities. Please come enjoy some fish and tenderloins and bid on over thirty lots for your chance to take home a generously donated gift.

A huge THANK YOU to our 2025 Donors, including:
Peg Perego
Holiday World
Cincinnati Reds
Columbia City Parks Department
Fort Wayne TinCaps
Melicious Treats & Sweets
Beck's Hybrids - Steve, Brad & Brent Cormany
Whitley County Family YMCA
The Scented Shed
Vintage Treasures Antique Mall
Copp Farm Supply
Running Around Screen Printing
Black Pine Animal Sanctuary
Barn Company
Bussick Orthodontics
Whitley County 4-H Fair Board, Inc.
Studebaker Dairy Farm
Whitley County Horse & Pony Club
Smith Worker Bees 4-H Club
Richland Ramblers 4-H Club
Crazy Pinz
Ag Plus
Kelley Automotive Group
Fort Wayne Zoo
Fort Knox Paintball
GDT Huntington
Ethel Miller
Escapology - Fort Wayne
Jerry's Tire
Integrity Meats
Cleveland Showman 4-H Club
Renu Wellness Spa
Morsches Builder's Mart
9 GB Tech
Lucas Miller Feeds
CC Custom Brakes - Jenna Leazier
Levy Columbia City Mill Services
Candice Woodward
First Federal Bank
The Chocolate Turtle
The Chocolate Thimble - Jill Western
Papa John's
Culligan
Columbia Automotive
TNT Floral Shop
Kuehnert Dairy

04/04/2025

We wanted to let you know that we are coming back with STEM Fest 2025 again at Indian Springs Middle School in Columbia City, IN on April 26th!! It will be another FULL DAY of hands-on, fun STEM activities!! We had nearly 100 youth that attended last year, we have decided to build this year’s event even BIGGER!! We have lots of new STEM classes, new giveaways, and bringing back a few of the classes from last year as many youth didn’t get a chance to do every class.

Our format for STEM Fest 2025 will be just like last year. Youth get to pick 6 total STEM classes for the day, 3 classes in the morning and 3 classes in the afternoon. They will have 12 total classes to pick from this year!!
Here is a highlight of a few of our new classes this year:
• From Scratch to Snack – Air Fryer Pop-tarts
• High-Tech Athletics: Where Sports & Science Collide
• Fire, Ice, and Fizz: Crazy for Chemistry
• Animal Science: Exploring Rabbits & Poultry
• Inventors Lab: The Ultimate Engineering Experience
• Racing to Flavor: Forces of Motion & Fresh Salsa

And there are even more classes to choose from!!

We hope to see you at STEM Fest this year!! The deadline to register is coming fast…April 7th!! So, don’t miss out, classes are filling up quickly!

Get registered today HERE: https://bit.ly/2025SF

Open to all youth in grades 3-6 across NE Indiana!!

Cost is $30 and includes lunch, STEM Fest t-shirt, cinch bag, created items, snacks, and a day filled with hands-on STEM awesomeness!!!

Questions? Give the Whitley County Extension Office a call at 260-244-7615 or via email at [email protected]

03/29/2025

Hey parents...there is just 10 days left to get your kids registered!!

Are you looking for an awesome, hands-on, fun experience for your kids in grades 3-6? Check out STEM Fest 2025 presented by Purdue Extension-Whitley County happening on April 26th at Indian Springs Middle School in Columbia City. Kids pick from 12 different STEM classes ranging from cooking to graphic design to 3D printing to drones to chemical science to sport science and more!! They get to experience 6 different classes during this day long hands-on exploration into the world of STEM.
Check out this SNEAK PEEK of classes!!

Deadline to register is April 7th!!
Register TODAY here: https://bit.ly/2025SF

Have questions? Contact the Purdue Extension Whitley County office 260-244-7615 or via email at [email protected]

07/23/2024

🍀 Supreme Showman 2024🍀

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
-Theodore Roosevelt

07/10/2024

🍀 At this year's 100th Whitley County 4-H Fair, we will be honoring all the past winners of the Large and Small Animal Round Robin Contests as well as all Supreme Showman Winners - so if you know a person on this list, be sure to invite them to attend. We will recognize each one while the scores are tallied at the end of the contest.

Arden Schrader
Tim Yingst
Andy McVey
Randy Kelsey
Brent Schrader
Dennis Badskey
Sam Yingst
Dave Norris
Jeff Sickafoose
Todd Metzger
Rex Eiler
Shelly Carpenter
Mark Schroeder
Matthew Zeigler
Brad Wilkinson
Cory Sickafoose
Shawn Sheets
Cory Argerbright
Brad Reust
Andy Bills
Kitrick Schrader
Joe Meggison
Jon Pettigrew
Gabe Agerbright
Kohl Schrader
Jared Boggs
Brad Cormany
Brett Slack
James Workman
Megan Dailey
Brent Cormany
Jake Rupert
Jennalin Gebert
Brandon Ferrell
Katie Barnett
Jacqueline StGeorge
Tyler Johnson
Colton Geiger
Jared Lamle
Breanna Waugh
Megan Schroeder
Kyra Schinbeckler
Brad Johnson
Kayla Schipper
Madison Schroeder
Grace Schrader
Garrett Geiger
Anna Schrader
Julia Gaerte

Kevin Scheumann
Jon Weirick
Todd Naragon
Diana McNamara
Debbie McNamara
Chad Stahl
Torri Cox
Kelli Slack
Katie Brandon
Sarah Fontaine
Megan Von Emon
Josh Miller
Amber Dafforn
Eli Michel
Lane Michel
Carolynn Shaffer
Olivia Western
Abby Gettinger
Skylar Campbell
Ellen Bernard
Crystal VanHouten
Taylor Eberly
Cole Nix
Dillon Sheiss
Hannah Bridegam
Marley Heritier
Sophia Gebhart
Jacob Thompson
Melanie Gebhart