TACO

TACO

About Me

Orange, VA
The Therapeutic Adventure Camp of Orange, also known as TACO, is located in Orange Virginia. It is a 4-H sponsored event run by a committee of volunteers. The program serves special needs youth ages 9-19 that are Orange County residents. The campers participate in activities such as horseback riding, arts and crafts, and horse education. TACO offers a week long summer camp and Spring and Fall camp days.

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Fund Raising Opportunities

All items in this below are available for purchase. All proceeds will go directly to TACO to 

help fund our Spring, Summer, and Fall camp. 

T-shirts are on a first come, first serve basis.


Water bottles, picture frames, and photo books must be pre-ordered and pre-paid for.


20 ounces stainless steel water bottles. Each bottle is engraved with TACO's logo on one side and "TACO" on the other. They have a sports top that is removable and a lanyard attachment. The cost is $12 per bottle
2013 Summer Camp t-shirt. The small logo at the top of this photo is located on the front of the shirt and the larger design is printed on the back.

We have limited quantities of small, medium, and larges left. The cost is $20 per shirt. First come, first serve basis. 
5x7 engraved photo frame, includes a 5x7 group photo from TACO's 2013 Summer Camp.

The cost is $20. We have a few frames left from summer camp but we can order additional frames.
Picture Books
We are working on making an 8x8 photo book on Snapfish from our 2013 Summer Camp Photos. They will have approximately 20 pages in each book with between 60-100 photos in each book.

They will be available for purchase for $30, with all proceeds going to fund our Spring, Summer, and Fall camps! All photo books will need to be prepaid for. 

I am also willing to put together a photo book from 2012 Summer Camp if there is an interest in purchasing them.

Please let me know if you would be interested in purchasing either of these books.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Thank you!!

A huge thank you to all of our volunteers, campers, parents and everyone else who made TACO possible this year!

We had a great week and wonderful weather! Especially to be able to have the horse show outside- which I thought was much more enjoyable 

I am working on going through the pictures! However there are almost 4,000 pictures! 

Please watch our Facebook for photos from camp! I will also be posting a description of the awards the campers received at the horse show shortly! 

TACO's Facebook

Pizza Party Apology

I would like to apologize to everyone for the lack of pizza at our carnival on Friday! Unfortunately we placed the pizza order with Mario's Monday afternoon and they misplaced it. By the time we realized their mistake on Friday it was too late to have the pizza delivered in time.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Thursday's Camp

Wednesday evening we were a little unsure if we'd be here on Thursday or not! But thankfully mother nature cooperated with us and we were able to hold camp today!

We were running a little late and had to take a few breaks first thing this morning due to some rain showers but we were still up and running!!

The campers got to play another game of I Spy, work on their trotting some more, and of course practice for their horse show tomorrow!

In arts and crafts campers got to decorate their pillow cases, make lava lamps (these are really cool!!) and finish putting their "Ocean in a Jar" together. 

However, even as fun as riding and arts and crafts are, I think the highlight of their day was horse education! They got to paint a Rocky! They were able to learn about the horses body parts by putting their hand print with paint on areas of his body, identifying what part they were painting! I think Rocky enjoyed the attention as much as the campers enjoyed painting him! 

For entertainment Waugh's Motorcycles came out and gave rides in the side car and also Mike Simmons and PJ gave a Natural Horsemanship Demonstration! The campers loved both!!

We'd also like to thank Stephanie Satchell from CBS 19 for coming out and doing a piece on TACO. You can see the video along with the article at the following link: http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Orange-Co-Camp-Using-Horses-to-Help-Kids-with-Special-Needs-217951521.html?device=phone

Don't forget our horse show tomorrow from 8:45 to 10:30 in addition to our carnival and pizza party afterwards!! We are looking forward to being in the outdoor ring for the show tomorrow! We hope that all of our parents, supporters, and volunteers can attend the horse show so the campers can show off what they have learned this week! 

Fund Raising.. Items available for purchase at TACO's Horse Show

Just to let everyone know tomorrow at TACO's horse show we will have 2012 t-shirts available for purchase for $15, 5x7 engraved photo frames with a group picture from 2013 for $20 and TACO's water bottles available to order for $12.

We have a few picture frames available that can be purchased and taken home tomorrow and we can also take orders for additional picture frames.

TACO's Horse Show Information

The horse show will start around 8:45 tomorrow (Friday) morning and run until 10:30. Each group will ride back to back. 

Please come out and support our campers so they can show off all of the hard work they have done this week!