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COMOX VALLEY THERAPEUTIC RIDING SOCIETY
Box 3666, Courtenay, B.C.
V9N 7P1 Canada
Phone:
(250) 338-1968
Fax:
(250) 338- 4137
Email :cvtrs@telus.net
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NEWS & EVENTS
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CVTRS is Expanding!!
We've expanded our services and we need you!!
CVTRS is now leasing the facility right next door at 4875
Headquarters Rd so we can expand our services. We're all very excited about this new adventure! But
we can't do it without the help of many volunteers. Click here to find out how you can be involved
in volunteering .
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THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY
Easter at the Barn was a great Success!
The Comox Valley Therapeutic
Riding Society would like to THANK OUR COMMUNITY for helping us make our annual Easter at the Barn
fund raising event such a SUCCESS! To our sponsors and donors: we couldn’t do it without
you!! Country Market, Comox Valley Record, Zellers, Walmart Charity Committee Thrifty Foods, NVIHA, BeamR the Clown, Rapunzel & Flynn from enchantedevents@live.ca, Julie Maxwell and Wayne Ste. Croix, Islander Pizza, Yummies & Gyros Creek Café, Santa’s Workshop, Gordon Food Service, CVEX, North Island Tractor, St. John Ambulance
Community Service, C.O.P.S. owners of all the critters from the petting
farm, Comox Valley Regional District and our bike sales team:
Norm and Liz, Alex Grey and Al Munday. A HUGE thank you to the
volunteers and riders, who not only help organize and run the event but they donate candy, cakes,
toys, stuffies and more! You are the heart and soul of our
society!
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Volunteer Orientation and Training
Schedule for Spring 2012
Volunteer Workshops
Thursday May 3, 2012,
12-2 p.m. at the barn A, 4839 Headquarters Rd. The topic will be horse handling and an introduction
to the new facility and Stable Program.
This workshop is for new and returning
volunteers. Please bring your lunch and dress for the weather.
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The Comox Valley Therapeutic Riding Society is a registered non-profit charitable organization operating since 1985 in the Comox Valley and Campbell River areas of Vancouver Island to provide therapeutic riding to people of all ages with physical, mental and emotional challenges.
We provide therapeutic riding three seasons of the year, four days a week.
Program participants are evaluated by a certified physiotherapist, interviewed by their family physician and the riding instructor. If the applicant is approved, they are scheduled for a ten week program of supervised riding.
THE BENEFITS:
Participants obtain a combination of physical, psychological and social benefits. Therapeutic riding can improve balance and coordination, strengthen muscles, increase circulation and motor function.
The participants experience a sense of challenge and achievement.
Communication skills are often improved through increased interaction with fellow riders, volunteers, instructors and the horses.
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