White Oaks Therapeutic Equestrian Center (WHOA) will be the recipient of the “Percentage of Sales Benefit” to be held at Culver’s in Rock Falls, IL, on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The location is 1901 Harley Davidson Drive.
Ace the Wonder Horse along with volunteers, participants, and staff, will be on hand to give demonstrations on grooming and saddling. They will answer any questions you may have on therapeutic riding.
Classes for the spring session of WHOA will start during the week of Monday, April 28, at Scuffham Farm, 12433 Prairie Center Road, Morrison, IL 61270. Harold and Mary Scuffham are proud hosts of the WHOA program.
White Oaks Therapeutic Equestrian Center provides recreational, educational, therapeutic, and social opportunities for persons with special needs. These services are centered around horse-related activities. The goal is to improve physical capabilities and functional skills, as well as furnish participants the opportunity of added leisure time, physical activity, and social interaction. Basic instruction is given to children (age four years and older) and adults in grooming, tacking, horsemanship, and riding. Classes include mounted exercise, reinforcement of learning objectives, games, and a great deal of fun for all involved.
Volunteers are the backbone of the program and make it work on a day-to-day basis. Training classes for volunteers are scheduled at Scuffham Farm on Thursday, April 24, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., and on Saturday, April 26, from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Choose one session only.
Volunteers must be 14 years of age or older and commit to at least two hours per week. Experience with horses is not necessary. Positions include leaders, side walkers, and helpers with grooming, saddling and unsaddling, and tack maintenance.
Packets for volunteers and participants are available
- at the WHOA website at http://www.whiteoakscenter.org/
- by emailing us at rideatwhoa@yahoo.com
- by calling 815-772-2669.
WHOA is a United Way agency.