Lessons Stick on Horseback

Hugs for Horses is an equine therapy program in Georgetown, SC. One of their most frequent visitors is Cory Baldwin, a special education teacher in Georgetown. He brings his class of elementary school students out on a weekly basis. Many of his students are overcoming challenges like autism. He loves watching his students open up around the horses and thinks it’s amazing how much they’re able to learn and retain at Hugs for Horses.

He knows his students can do anything. You just have to give them the right opportunities, and sometimes the right opportunity is on a saddle.

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A Letter to Hugs For Horses

Hugs for Horses, an equine therapy program in Georgetown, SC, loves to hear how their program impacts their riders. One of the many special letters they’ve received from previous clients shows how impactful riding a horse can be.

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Rodgers’ Big Deal

Hugs for Horses is an equine therapy program operating out of Georgetown, SC. Like a lot of equine therapy programs, they help visitors accomplish goals with the help of therapy horses. But unique to Hugs for Horses, their therapy horses are champions, competing in shows across the Carolinas.

For Rodgers, one of the riders in their program, the most important of those shows is in the ring at Hugs for Horses. Every year Hugs for Horses puts on a horse show for all of its riders. And every year Rodgers looks forward to competing. His dad calls it Rodgers’ “big deal,” and it is a big deal. It’s a playing field where all of the riders at Hugs for Horses can feel like they’re on level ground with everyone else. And for Rodgers’ father, it’s a chance to show off how proud he is to have such a great son.

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Hugs for Horses

Hugs for Horses operates out of Georgetown, SC. They use current and former show horses to provide equine therapy. The riders they see face various physical, mental, and social disabilities, and they come in all ages and sizes. Hugs for Horses provides stimulation for those who need it. It’s a chance for those riders to have fun on a horse.

And the staff at Hugs for Horses will tell you, it’s a chance to receive therapy without even realizing it. They say that it’s the therapy that doesn’t feel like therapy. Watching a class, it’s easy to see what they mean.

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