DFKDC Therapeutic Horse Riding

10800 Belmont Blvd.,Mason Neck VA 22079

27 February, 2022

Description

Dreams For Kids DC will be partnering with Simple Changes to host a therapeutic horse riding clinic. DFKDC THERAPEUTIC HORSE RIDING WITH SIMPLE CHANGES! Dreams For Kids DC will be partnering with Simple Changes to create a therapeutic horse riding event that will be COVID-19 compliant. This will be a fun event to ride horses, while also adhering to social distancing and CDC-compliant guidelines. Although this event will look and run differently from the previous Dream For Kids DC events, we are excited to make the event enjoyable and safe for everyone. Who: This event is open to youth and young adults from 10-30 with disabilities of any type. Participants must be able to get onto the horse by themselves. Due to the size of the horses, participants must be under 150 lbs. Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions about this. When: The event will be held on Sunday, February 27th from 1:00 - 3:00 PM. Due to Covid-19, we will be doing time slots. Participants will reserve a ticket from 1:00 - 2:00 PM OR 2:00 - 3:00 PM. (Parents: Please arrive no later than 1:15 PM or 2:15, depending on what time slot you have, or you will be asked to leave). Where: Simple Changes Farm at 10800 Belmont Blvd, Mason Neck, VA 22079 BY REGISTERING AS A GUARDIAN/PARTICIPANT, YOU ARE AGREEING TO SIMPLE CHANGES LIABILITY WAIVER, OUR DFKDC WAIVER, OUR COVID-19 WAIVER, AND OUR CONDUCT AGREEMENT. Please note: Masks will be required. Please dress in approriate clothing, long pants, and sneakers or boots. We want to send a special thank you to Simple Changes for making this event possible. Dreams For Kids DC clinics are 100% FREE and enable children with disabilities to enjoy sports and other activities to realize their full potential to succeed in all walks of life. To get involved with this and future programs/events, please contact our program manager, Marissa Trubatch, at [email protected]. This event may be subject to change due to Covid-19 or weather conditions. About Simple Chnages: Simple Changes opened in 2005 so that individuals with disabilities could develop meaningful connections with horses, which would help them grow stronger physically and experience more joy and independence in their lives. For the past 15 years, Simple Changes partnered with the federal government to operate as a community outreach program on a portion of their equestrian facility at Meadowood. All that changed in 2020, as a new lease for the entire equestrian facility was implemented. Simple Changes is committed to providing each individual with an experience of purpose and independence. We encourage spirits to soar and bodies and minds to find their true strength and abilities. Dreams For Kids DC provides free life-changing activities to empower children with physical and mental disabilities to unite with their peers and realize their potential. Dreams For Kids DC (DFKDC) provides adaptive sports clinics for children with disabilities between the ages of 4-24. Many of these children are bullied in schools and left out of activities with their able-bodied peers. DFKDC clinics empower this often isolated group to come off the sidelines and participate in activities such as waterskiing, dance, football and ice hockey, sometimes for the very first time. The self-confidence gained through these programs carries over from the field and rink to the home and classrom, allowing each participant to realize that theie disability will not prevent them from fulfilling their dreams.