Life Strides Therapy presents…

5th Annual Hippotherapy Camp for Kids

It is time to register for summer camp 2010.  Spots are filling fast.

We look forward to seeing you at camp.

Camp Highlights

• Limited individual sessions will be offered in the afternoon for campers with needs that are not suitable for group sessions. Please notify us of this need on the registration form.
• Life Strides Therapy is a non-profit corporation and you may solicit sponsors to assist with registration fees. Sponsorships may already by available.
• Registration fees will cover all costs including daily snacks, T-shirts, activities, and certificate of achievement.
• Camp dates have been set for July 12-16.  Groups 8-12pm, and individual sessions from 3-5pm.
  
• Location of the camp will be the same as last year (3 miles south of Ash Flat on Hwy 167).  Look for the sign.
• Registration Fee: $150

Meet Our Horses

Sweet Pea

Sweetpea is our mascot and ambassador for the organization.  She has a calm disposition (like her name) and welcomes campers everyday.  She is the first horse that the children will interact with and always makes a great first impression.  Sweetpea helps teach grooming and leading techniques as well as safety.  Sweet pea is a three year old miniature horse and was donated by a local patron in 2008.  Sweetpea suffered as a colt from a hip and joint disability and received physical therapy from her owner.  She was left with a slight abnormality in her gait, but compensates without any problem.  Sweetpea is a testament to our campers, and she encourages them to believe that anything is possible.

Ding

Ding is our “Old Faithful”.  She has been with us since 2006, and is the first horse we began using.  Ding is an appaloosa and stands 14 hands tall.  Ding is twenty-four years old but hides her age well.  She began service as part of a matched pair of horses, “Ding and Dong,” that gave carriage rides in North central Arkansas.  When her partner passed she became part of a trail riding group until she was retired by her owners and donated to us.  Ding has an even tempered, friendly disposition.  She always seems eager to see the children at camp, and all the kids love her.  Ding is a valuable asset to our team.

Sponsor A Child

If you would like to sponsor a child Contact Us

Hippotherapy reinforces appropriate behavior and encourages each child to put forth maximum effort in therapy. Children and animals are a wonderful combination of energy and spirit.

2009 Camp Donors

Life Strides Therapy Inc. is a non-profit (501c3) organization in Ash Flat, AR.  Life Strides Therapy provides a summer day camp each year for local children with disabilities.  Sponsorship of children for the camp is almost totally funded by local businesses.  Life Strides Therapy would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their donations to lastyear’s hippotherapy camp:

AZ industries

Shelter Insurance: Jody Dillard Agent

Safe Ride Transportation

The Interior

Liberty Bank

B& B Supply

Watson Dental

Cushman Electric and Mechanical

Johnson Supply, Inc.

Tri County Farm and Ranch

William C. McBryde, M.D.

Bank of Cave City

Pulaski Bank

First National Banking Company

First Community Bank

Sharp Office Supply

Anthony Clark Insurance

Wal-mart, Ash Flat

Alco

Subway of Ash Flat

Davis Drugstore

Grapevine of Ash Flat

Select Rehabilitation Services Inc.

Without the support of the above sponsors, many children would not have such an important opportunity to achieve their potential.  Thanks!!