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Location

CHAMP is located on Good Hope Farm in idyllic South Hero, Vermont.

Address:

57 East Shore Road

South Hero, VT 05486

Telephone: (802) 372-4087

Email: info@vtchamp.org

Location

Key Contacts

Jean Desranleau, CHAMP Executive Director / Instructor
Pauline Gervais, CHAMP Volunteer Coordinator
Andrea Poirier, Barn Manager

Key Contacts

Our Credentials

The Champlain Adaptive Mounted Program (CHAMP) is a Premier Accredited Center of Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship, PATH International. To achieve and maintain this certification CHAMP is required to follow stringent regulations to ensure that “basic standards for health and safety to promote the well-being of all participants and horses” are followed. Accreditation status is reviewed every five years by PATH International and an Annual Statement of Compliance must be submitted. CHAMP also adheres to the PATH International Code of Ethics for Centers.  Confidentiality is of paramount importance.

All instructors are certified by PATH International. In order to maintain certification, instructors are required to take a CPR and First Aid course every two years, and to spend twenty hours each year upgrading knowledge and skills. Our volunteers are trained on-site with hands-on demonstrations. Training addresses rider safety and includes; horse leading, side-walking, mounting, dismounting, horse grooming and tacking.

Our Credentials
Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Pauline Gervais

President

Volunteer Coordinator

Michael Duany

Treasurer

Neal Blanchard

Vice President

 

Mary Tefft

Secretary

Instructors

Jean Desranleau

Jean Desranleau is a PATH Intl. Certified Instructor – Registered, CHAMP Executive Director and Program Director. She grew up at Contentment Farm which is now known as CHAMP at Good Hope Farm. She has been riding, working with horses and teaching riding for most of her life. She has helped develop the CHAMP program since its inception and is delighted to be back living in South Hero and working full time with CHAMP.

Sue Birmingham

Sue Birmingham successfully completed all of the Path-Intl. requirements for Instructor Certification, including written exams and two days of onsite evaluations in 2013. Sue has worked with horses most of her life. She attended Centenary College in NJ and received a B.S. in Equine Studies. She traveled abroad to England for her junior year in college and received the British Horse Society’s certification as well. Sue has volunteered for CHAMP since 2005, and lives in South Hero with her Husband Dave and dog Bentley. Sue owns Mr “T”, a thoroughbred adopted from a Florida racetrack and boards him at Good Hope Farm.

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