4H Therapeutic Adventure Camp of Orange

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

2021 Wednesday Camp

Today seemed a little cooler :) But what didn't change from yesterday... the smiles!

As you can see, the ring was once again full of smiles! Our morning started out with Jim saying "I need someone to go buy me a mailbox!" Umm... what?! Well.. here is what he needed a mailbox for.

So, today in the ring the campers stretched, did egg and spoon races, relay races, and worked on getting mail from the mailbox! One group even got to barrel race!

In arts and crafts, campers made thank you cards, cloud dough and yarn letters.

We had a special visit from A Little Magic - Miniature horse therapy team and everyone got to groom and play with their minis.

Today snack was provided by Christ Anglican Church in Orange and St Thomas Episcopal provided ice pops.

Tomorrow is our last day of camp for the year and our horse show!

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

What an absolutely amazing second day! I told all of our new side walkers on Monday, today is an easy day... enjoy it while it lasts! I don't know if they believed me or not, but our campers showed up ready to RIDE and ride FAST today and they put their side walkers to work! If you have never experienced it, I can't explain it to you, there are no words to even begin to explain it! The smiles, the "let's go," "go again," "keep going," "don't stop" make all of the hard work worth it! Just LOOK at this smile!

and this one...

As you can see, in the ring there was no shortage of smiles and riding! Today campers started with a nice warm up and practiced carrying an egg and spoon. Then they got to speed it up and carry their egg and spoon while trotting! Before we were done we practiced steering around a barrel and picking up a stick out of a bucket and putting it back. But of course we couldn't stop there.... we had to speed it up! Side walkers.... I hope you get plenty of rest tonight because now that our campers have gotten a taste of the faster pace... tomorrow they will be ready to go!

In arts and crafts, campers painted river rocks to turn into picture holders, made pour paint pots that we will paint later this week and made "splat" pants!

Today we had a special guest, Lindsay Latham who did musical activities with the campers.

At the end of the day campers enjoyed a snack provided by Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Rapidan and ice pops by Orange Presbyterian Church.

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Monday, July 12, 2021

2021 Monday Camp

We are so happy to be back at camp after a year long break due to COVID. Our first day back was a HOT one, thank goodness for the breeze and indoor! We LOVED seeing so many new and returning faces this morning! This year we have 10 campers and thirty five volunteers! Our first day of 2021 went amazing!

In the ring, campers worked on grooming their horses, mounting, learning to stop, back and steer. Campers also practiced giving thumbs up to Jim and petting their horses. Today was a great day for our returning campers to get accustom to being back in the saddle and for our new campers to meet their camp ponies!

In arts and crafts campers made home made instruments and hand print animals. They will get to use their instruments tomorrow with Ms. Lindsay in music time.