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| SCHOOL/GROUP PROGRAMMING: |
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| These activities, which include stable tours, hiking and nature walks, bird watching, lectures and cartridges, are available to public school youth and daycare children on a year-round basis. Youth groups are accommodated during the summer months. The purpose of these activities is to expose youngsters to the wholesome outdoor environment and to activities involving animals. It is also to encourage projects in biology, art and the natural sciences. There are many varieties of trees, plants, birds and small animals in the stable vicinity, not to speak of the horses. Stable tours show the range of functions activities performed in and around a stable. |
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| URBAN WESTERN & ENGLISH RIDING PROGRAMS: |
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| This program is directed at school children and is designed to improve their motivation and skills through classroom sessions on the aspect of animal physiology and care and on the mystique of the cowboy, focusing on his/her history, culture, language and inherent character in terms of physical fitness, decision-making, challenge-facing, tenacity, etc. The students would also work one-on one the horse and be instructed in good riding techniques. |
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| 4-H PROGRAMS: |
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| The 4-H horsemanship program uses the horse as a tool to develop the youth and to interest them in professional careers. This program prepares students for scholastic achievement in our colleges and universities through the disciplined training of their projects and the emphasis on scientific principles. We offer projects on all aspects of equestrian care. |
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| JUVENILE PROGRAMS: |
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| Short term work to ride program for court appointed juveniles. Program introduces alternative to criminal involvement in substance abuse drugs. Youth will participate in physical and mental activities involving park and horse facility maintenance, clearing trails involving then in the program. Youth and families will be encouraged to continue participation in the program after court appointed term is expired. |
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| URBAN RIDING PROGRAM: |
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| This program is directed at youth and is designed to promote self-esteem, motivation, decision making and social skills adopting trail riding for competition demonstration and judging, and principles of breeding management. |
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| AN INTRODUCTION TO WORM BINS: |
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| If you live in the city with limited space or just don’t have time to tend a benedictional compost pile, you can still enjoy making fabulous compost. You can use composting worms in containers to process your kitchen wastes into natures best fertilizer for house plants, flowers, lawns, shrubs, trisect |
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