Frying Pan Park
Livestock Club
What Is Frying Pan Park Hoofers and Heifers 4-H Club?
What Club Activities Do You Participate In?
Frying Pan Park
Hoofers and Heifers 4-H Club
Frying Pan Park Hoofers and Heifers is Fairfax County's only livestock club of its type. Our main focus is to work with and learn how to take care of and show the animals at the park. Our volunteer activities include feeding and bathing the animals, cleaning stalls, shelling corn, training the animals, helping with park mailings and generally assisting park staff. We usually visit the park on weekends and during the summer, but always call before coming.
Each year members work on project books. A project book is a record of all the activities we participated in during the year. It can contain records about a project animal, pictures from events during the year, a story about your project, and ribbons received from fairs. The project books are turned in at the end of the summer and scored on the Danish system. In September at Achievement Night, we join the other 4-H clubs for dinner, awards, and recognitions. Officers receive their pins, and project books are returned.
Culminating the year is the 4-H Fair. 4-Hers from all over the county comes with projects in food preparation, electricity, flower arranging, drawing, horse showing, rabbit exhibits, and many other categories. We show goats, sheep, and cows from the park in the livestock division.
Other Hoofer and Heifer 4-H Activities
As a member of 4-H, there are many other programs for you to participate in as an individual. A bimonthly newsletter, The Fairfax Flash, will come to your house listing these opportunities and informing you on how to register for them.
Toastmasters Do you get nervous speaking in front of a group? Are you not quite sure how to host a meeting? Toastmaters is a great program where you will learn tips and gain experience in public speaking.
Hippology Hippo means horse and ology is the study of so hippology is the study of the horse. Here is where you can learn about and compete with others about the biological aspects of the horse.
Horse Judging Line up four horses and decide which one has the best attributes for its breed.
Poultry Judging Can you tell which white leghorn chicken is the best egg layer? Which egg gets an "A" rating?
Contest Day Compete with other 4-Hers from around the county by giving speeches and modeling fashions you've created.
Camps 4-H camp, 3-H horse camp, rifle camp, *new* technology camp and other camps are available to 4-H members.
Veterinary Science Program Ever wonder what a veterinarian does? Spend 4 evenings with one and find out.
County Council A delegate from every club meets to discuss community service, upcoming events, forming new clubs, and many other topics.
Ambassadors Ambassadors help form new clubs.
State Congress Senior 4-Hers from all over the state gather together for fun and competition.
We usually meet the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm in the Activity Center at Frying Pan Park in Herndon, Virginia. The park's address is 2709 West Ox Road. The phone number is (703)437-8261
