Craft Fair and Equine Trail Sports Event Happening This Weekend
Get excited! We have a great weekend coming up at our Conover Farm with our first ever craft and vendor fair along with Equine Trail Sports events taking place Saturday and Sunday.
It’s time to Shop for Good CLT!
Did you know that you could support our work by shopping for the items that we need most from our Amazon wish list on SHARE Charlotte’s Give Shop®? Shop for us and hundreds of other local nonprofits August 4th-9th at shopforgoodclt.org! In just a few clicks, items we...
First Ever Equine Trail Sports Event Held in North Carolina
Over the weekend of March 30-31 Shining Hope Farms hosted the first ever Equine Trail Sports event in North Carolina at the Conover farm. The event went off without a hitch and we are incredibly grateful for such an amazing event where we had the opportunity to meet some incredible individuals, beautiful and talented horses, and top notch volunteers.
What is Therapeutic Riding? Meet Amy and find out.
Meet therapeutic rider Amy, her sister Frankie, and her instructor Verena. You will see firsthand what a therapeutic riding lesson looks like at Shining Hope Farms and the types of impacts it can have on a rider.
Shining Hope Farms Hosts International Hippotherapy Workshop
We recently hosted an American Hippotherapy Association (AHA) Level II workshop at our Mt. Holly farm. Licensed speech, physical, and occupational therapists from all over the United States and as far as Northern Ireland were onsite for four days January 17-20 diving deep into hippotherapy as a treatment strategy.
Confidence and Joy: Hippotherapy Goes Beyond Physical Benefits
Ethan has spent the majority of his days in different therapies for his entire life, so “to have a therapy that’s fun and doesn’t feel like therapy has a huge impact [on him],” – said Ethan’s mom Terre. Receiving occupational therapy at Shining Hope Farms has definitely had significant physical benefits for Ethan, but it’s also done something else…