Champlain Adaptive Mounted Program

Since 1987, when Julie Horrigan and Carol Melcher founded CHAMP, we have been a volunteer driven, non-profit organization located in South Hero, Vermont, providing a therapeutic horse back riding program for children and adults with a wide range of physical, cognitive and emotional challenges. Our special riders arrive on foot, with canes or crutches and in wheel chairs. Once on a horse they are empowered in ways no other activity can provide.

Beginning in 2008 CHAMP became the lease holder of Good Hope Farm. We are in the process of major expansion of our program which will include friendly relaxed barns with excellent 24-hour care for boarded horses, on-site trainers, a full sized inside arena and two outdoor arenas. We now provide individual and group lessons for able-bodied riders as well as more flexible programs for our special riders including sibling lessons and a variety of new summer camps along with our new expanded fall and spring CHAMP sessions. We are growing to fit the needs.

Watch this site and your mail and e-mail for news about CHAMP at Good Hope Farm. Scroll down or click on the links at the left for more information.

Become a friend of CHAMP on Facebook and see the program in action on youtube including Bill Drew's wonderful essay on CHAMP for Merchant's Bank and Nichole Sicely's photo essay on CHAMP.

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Champlain Adaptive Mounted Program

CHAMP THIS WEEK

February 8, 2010

CHAMP is grateful for contributions
in kind, time and tax-deductible dollars.
Every little bit counts!
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CHAMP Volunteer Notes
Sue Tebbetts, Volunteer Coordinator

We’re grateful to all of you who volunteer to help with lessons. There are times listed below when help is needed that might fit your schedule. Even if you can only commit to a few hours a month please let me know. Hope to see you soon.
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Individual Lessons:

These lessons continue year round as weather permits (at least 10°).
• We’ll be hosting riders from the SNAP Program
         (Smugglers Notch Adaptive Program) and will need
         6 - 8 volunteers from 10:30 AM to 12:45
         on February 18th and March 11.
• We’ll be hosting riders from the King Street Program and
        will need 6 volunteers on Saturdays from 10:30
• Contact Jean or Sue for more specific info.

Watch this site and the CHAMP This Week e-mail for the latest info.

FMI and other current schedules:

Riders ask Jean Desranleau, Executive Director:

Lesson info or 802-372-4087

Volunteers ask Sue Tebbetts, Volunteer Coordinator:

Volunteer or 802-372-6015.

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The Spring Session
Mondays: April 5 - June 7 Volunteers needed 11 AM until 4
         No Monday classes on:   April 26
                                                    May 31 Memorial Day
Wednesdays: April 7 - June 2 Volunteers needed 11 AM until 4
         No Wednesday classes: April 28
Saturdays: April 3 - June 12 Volunteers needed 9:30 AM until 4
         No Saturday classes on: April 17

                    We will be at the NARHA Regional Conference.
                                                    April 24 Join us at Everything Equine
                                                    May 29 Have a good Memorial Day Weekend

Volunteers may choose to do some or all of the dates above. Schedules are flexible, but we ask that you let us know as much in advance as possible when you will or will not be able to help.

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We also need volunteers to help at Everything Equine and other events that help us interest people to volunteer with the program, to promote the good work of the CHAMP Program and assist with fundraising and grant proposals.
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Riding Creates!
CHAMP and VSAarts are again offering 2 weeks of Riding Creates! Camp
July 12-15 and August 9-12.

The two, four-day sessions will be1:00-4:00 PM, Monday through Thursday,
Volunteers needed from 12:30 to approximately 4:30
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Part time paid and/or volunteer barn help is needed 3-4 hours a day, every day, choose your schedule. Starting at $9/hour for paid help. FMI: Jean at 802-372-4087
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