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WELCOME!! Please download and read our introduction PDF, it has cost information as well as directions to our arena. We look forward to meeting you and your family!! Dear CHUM Families and Friends, Sunrise Aggregates have generously helped us again with landscaping product and are currently working on some excavating as well. Lynnman Construction let us know the wall metal and light panels will be delivered this week and hopfully the final touches will be put on the arena by the end of May. Then it is on to the expansion with bathrooms!! Ahh the little things that make us so happy!! On Tuesday we are taking horses to Red Cedar Elementary in East Lansing so that Renee Olance's class may show the school the skills they have acquired at CHUM! Thank you to all the volunteers who are helping make this possible for them!! The Second Annual CHUM Memorial Horse Show is this Saturday, May 23rd, starting at 9 am and running all day. Volunteers are needed both Friday to wash horses and set up as well as Saturday as volunteers in the arena during the show, in the food tent, etc. Classes are filling and it promises to be an outstanding day for our riders to showcase their love of horses and skills learned. Spring term ends June 6th and CHUM wishes all the families and our graduates a huge congratulations and God's Blessings as you begin this new chapter of your lives. Summer term begins June 29th, runs Mon through Thur and scheduling has started now. Please contact Bonnie as soon as possible to get on the schedule. The term runs through August 20. Watch for occasional 'non-riding' days announcements for riders at Fair etc. Stacy will also be teaching part of the time this summer as well. **Growing Together 4H News** June 16-18 Horse camp at the fairgrounds Summer term starts June 29 through August 20. Our annual Ride N Camp at Ionia State Recreation Area will be July 3-5. We have the group camp area away from the main campground. We take all the horses we feel we will need and families can experience a trail ride in a breathtaking park with a creek to ride across, a wooden bridge, open fields, hard woods and nature everywhere! You can come for the day on Sat or come and camp one or two nights. Many families had their first camping experience with their kids last year. It was great! We have a huge potluck on Sat afternoon with door prizes etc. Throughout the weekend there are activities like swimming in Sessions Lake with a large beach, two big bath houses and shallow areas for the kids. We often play volleyball, horseshoes, cards etc at the event. It is a great time for families to get away. There is a donation of $35 per trail ride per person. Well, that is the tentative news for now. Watch for exciting additions periodically and don’t forget to put us on your calendar! God Bless, Bonnie
Rider Fee Payments Donate to CHUM!! Specify Horse Sponsorships, Riderships, Building Fund, Memorial Fund, Technology and Adaptive Equipment, Research and education, and Special EventsC.H.U.M. Therapeutic Riding, Inc. |
C.H.U.M. stands for Children and Horses United in Movement. Chum is also the long time friend and companion of Bonnie DePue. Together they have been working in therapeutic riding and more recently ‘hippotherapy’ for almost 30 years. To view PDF docs on this website, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Free download, click on the logo.
Arena Gallery: watch the construction progress on our new arena! Click here CHUM has a new home! How Can I Help? Rider Registration Forms Click here... Plans for the new barn CHUMTherapy is a NARHA premier accredited center. CHUM IN THE PAPER: Lansing City Pulse article on CHUM Town Courier Article Click here to read... NEW SECTION FOR HORSES!! Photos, horse bios, riders, etc. Click here... CHUM Gives Thanks to our veterinarians and farriers. Click here... The Passing of Chum the Horse (PDF) Comments on the new website? Tell the webmaster!
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