Our Clubs

Franklin County Clubs

Franklin County 4-H is a youth education program of Penn State Extension. Any youth ages 5 to 18 can join 4-H! Our general membership consists of youth ages 8 to 18. We also have a Cloverbud program for youth ages 5 to 7. All ages are considered as of January 1 of the current year.

Project Areas

• Animal Science
• Cloverbud
• Communications and Family Science
• Environmental Science and Shooting Sports
• Expressive Arts
• Food and Nutrition
• Leadership and Personal Development
• STEM

Clubs

• 4-H Beef Club
  • Age: 8 - 18
  • Meetings: January - November 
  • Project Areas: Market Beef
• 4-H Goat Club
  • Age: 8 - 18
  • Meetings: February - September, Second Thursday each month in Chambersburg
  • Project Areas: Market Goat
• 4-H Pig Club
  • Age: 8 - 18
  • Meetings: March - August, Third Monday each month in Chambersburg
  • Project Areas: Market Swine
• 4-H Poultry Club
  • Age: 8 - 18
  • Meetings: Yearlong, Second Tuesday each month in Chambersburg
  • Project Areas: Poultry
• 4-H Pumphouse Gang
  
  • Age: 5 - 18
  • Meetings: September - June, First AND Third Tuesday each month in Waynesboro
  • Project Areas: Cooking, Crafting, and more!
• 4-H Seeing Eye Puppy Club
  • Age: 8 - 18
  • Meetings: Yearlong, Fourth Monday each month in Chambersburg
  • Project Areas: Seeing Eye Puppy Raising
• 4-H Teen Leadership Council
  • Age: 13 - 18
  • Meetings: Yearlong, Second Monday each month in Chambersburg
  • Project Areas: Leadership & Citizenship
• 4-H Thimble Gang
  • Age: 8 - 18
  • Meetings: September - May, First AND Fourth Tuesday each month in Chambersburg, PA
  • Project Areas: Sewing Skills and Projects
• 4-H Tractor Club
  • Age: 12 - 18
  • Meetings: Every Thursday in January & February in Chambersburg
  • Project Areas: National Safe Tractor and Machine Operator Training
• Art Club
  • Age: 13 - 18
  • Meetings: Yearlong, Third Monday of each month in Chambersburg
  • Project Areas: Expressive Arts
• Chambersburg 4-H Horse & Pony Club
  • Age: 5 - 18
  • Meetings: Yearlong, First Tuesday each month in Chambersburg
  • Project Areas: Performance Horse, Horsemanship, Cloverbud & Horseless
• Cloverbuds
  • Age: 5 - 7
  • Meetings: Yearlong, First Thursday of each month in Chambersburg
  • Project Areas: Cloverbud Activities
• E-Sports
  • Age: 8 - 18
  • Meetings: Virtual Meetings September - May
  • Project Areas: Video Gaming
• Eastern 4-H Dairy Club
  • Age: 8 - 18
  • Meetings: Yearlong, Fourth Friday each month in Chambersburg & Surrounding Areas
  • Project Areas: Dairy Heifer & Dairy Cow
• Equine Mane-iacs
  
  • Age: 5 - 18
  • Meetings: Yearlong, Third Thursdays of each month in Mercersburg
  • Project Areas: Performance Horse, Horsemanship, Cloverbud & Horseless
• St. Thomas 4-H Club
  
  • Age: 5 - 18
  • Meetings: Yearlong - Second Monday of each month in St. Thomas
  • Project Areas: Cooking, Crafting, and more!

Start a new club

4-H is all about exploration! If you do not see a project or a club that looks like the right fit, you can start a new club.

4-H Clubs require:

• At least 5 youth (from at least two families)
• An adult club leader as point of contact with the 4-H Educator
• A minimum of 2 screened adult volunteers
• Hold regular educational meetings

Contact your county 4-H educator to discuss the process of developing a new club.