Sonrise Camp Receives NARHA Accreditation

2007 - Sonrise Camp, Inc. is proud to announce its recent accreditation by the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA).  Just as other professions use accreditation and licensing systems to improve the well-being of their industries, therapeutic equine professionals have a distinction of their own thanks to NARHA’s Premier Accredited Center Program. The Premier Accredited Center Program offers NARHA centers the chance to demonstrate their excellence in providing quality, professional equine assisted activities. This voluntary process recognizes NARHA centers that have met established industry standards. The accreditation process is a peer review system, in which trained volunteers visit and evaluate centers in accordance with NARHA standards. Centers that meet the accreditation requirements based on the administrative, facility, program and applicable special interest standards become Premier Accredited Centers for a period of 5 years. Centers must renew that accreditation by the end of the fifth year. 

Horse Ride-A-Thon

2007 - Sonrise Camp is excited to announce its first ever Horse Ride-A-Thon!

The event will take place at Watson Mill State Park in Comer on Saturday, November 3rd.  Start thinking about who you could get to sponsor you for our 12 mile ride.  If you are not a horseback rider, the event is also open to walkers/joggers.  More information will be posted soon.

Sonrise Camp Completes Another Successful Year

2004 - Thanks to the support of many individuals and organizations in our community, Sonrise Camp has had a wonderful year of expanded services.  Seven weeks of day camp were held during June and July.  Children from age 3 to 14 enjoyed activities such as horseback riding, swimming, crafts scavenger hunts, and singing.  Of course, everyday, they had a chance to feed and pet the animals.  All of our campers are very special.  Many of them have special needs such as spina bifida, cerebral palsy, cancer, hearing loss, Down syndrome, autism or other physical or mental challenges.  All children are welcome and it is a tremendous learning experience as everyone brings their own abilities to blend with those of others.  We all learn from each other.  A week of music camp was also held in July.  Tommy Shapard and Janice Gardner donated their time and talents to teach a dozen campers basic guitar, hand chimes, voice and keyboard.

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