Orange Firemen's Parade- TACO FLOAT!

The Orange Volunteer Firemen's Parade will be held Thursday, June 5. Line up is at approximately 5:30 pm. We will have more information about line up positions and meeting times closer to the parade!

If you would like to join us for the parade, please complete the sign up below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15Z06bExurUwYRV6eAYPorETM9sbcPX0njjg80iFzMC0/viewform

Our theme will be Hawaiian Luau! 

I will send out more information as I receive it.

At this time, the committee plans to meet again on Friday, May 30 to assemble any decorations that we can ahead of time. We would like if possible, to have all donations in by Thursday, May 29 so we know what we have. We will be shopping for any additional supplies needed Saturday, May 31.

You can drop supplies off at the Orange County Extension Office, at PHMS they can be given to Jessica Harlow, at OCHS they can be given to Renee Almondand at LGMS they can be given to Amber Thomas.

We will contact everyone with a time to meet for the parade and where we will be meeting closer to the date of the parade. We would like everyone to wear their TACO Shirt (any year, we'd like a mix of the past year's t-shirts) and a lea!

If you have any other decorations that will go along with our theme that we have not thought of, please feel free to bring them also!

Our wishlist for supplies needed in decorating our float is below! Please contact me if you are able to donate any of the items below! 

2014 TACO Firemen’s Parade Wish List

Skirt Around Trailer	60 ft. grass table cloths/ grass skirts **
	60 ft. lea garland/leas **
Props for volunteers/campers	Approximately 12 “fishing poles” (sticks with line)
	Approximately 12 blow up fish
	Coconut Cups (approximately 15)
	Leas  (approximately 25) **
	Ukuleles (fake) 3-5
	Beach Balls
Center of Trailer Decoration	Sticks (for fire)
	Inflatable pig (for a pig on a stick over fire) **
	Folding bagged chairs (max. 5) **
	Bamboo (approximately 12 pieces) **
	Palm Trees
TACO Cardboard letters	Cardboard for letters
	Leas to cover card board letters **
Rainbow Garland	Staples
	Paper
	String
Misc. Supplies	Zip-ties
	String
	Wire

TACO May News Letter

Button down shirts *wanted*

TACO is looking for some large button down short sleeve shirts to use as smocks for arts and crafts this summer! If you are cleaning out your closet and looking to get rid of some, please let me know!!

Raising awareness of TACO with in the community

When I started thinking of ways we could improve TACO in 2014, the main goal I have for this year is to raise the awareness of TACO within our community and schools!

On April 2nd I had the pleasure of doing a presentation for the Orange County Rotary Club. 

Today I had the pleasure of presenting TACO the special education teachers in Orange County! 

I would like to thank both of these organizations for allowing me the time to speak with them about TACO. Both experiences were fantastic and I was able to meet a lot of very helpful and interested people!

I also attended the Orange County Chamber of Commerce banquet last week and was able to speak with many community members about TACO. 

TACO has also joined the Chamber of Commerce this year in hopes of raising the awareness!

Thank you to everyone who has made this possible! 

Horse Education Activities Wanted!!

 We are looking for horse education activities for our upcoming camps! We would like to find activities  that special education students can participate in but that are "in depth" and time consuming also. We would love very interactive activities that can help the students learn about horses and also allow them to interact with horses and peers. 

If you think about any great interactive activities to learn about horses please send them our way so we can take a look and see if they would work for our campers!

Past examples of our horse education lessons have been: finger painting body parts of the horse, grooming, learning about tack, breeds, disciplines, markings and colorings. 

We appreciate any ideas that are submitted to us, because it eases our workload :)

Craft ideas wanted

Are you a "Pinterest-er??" We are looking for craft ideas for our upcoming camps! We would like to find crafts that special education students can participate in but that are "in depth" and time consuming also. We would like crafts that can be kept as keepsakes and are not overly costly.

So, if you come across some great craft ideas please send them our way so we can take a look and see if they would work for our campers!

We appreciate any ideas that are submitted to us, because it eases our workload :)

Auction Piece Ideas

Every year the 4-H Therapeuctic Adventure Camp of Orange (TACO) puts a piece into the Orange County Fair Auction to raise money for camp.

In the past we have done a wall quilt with campers art work. However last year the interest in the wall hanging quit declined. We are now looking for new ideas for an auction piece! We would prefer that it be something the campers can make or help make.

If you have any ideas we would appreciate everyone's input.