Grab the bull by the horns, pack up the kids and head off to Keen Ridge Equine Center on Saturday, May 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. A Fun Fair and Stick Horse Rodeo is scheduled to take place at their arena in support of South Central ASD Family Support Group.
Many fundraisers are going on, but this one will be especially exciting since it includes a desire to help others in need, the love of children and of animals, and the element of fun. You and your family can enjoy an afternoon of fun with events like Stick Horse Rodeo, Games, and Farmer’s Fix. Everyone takes home a prize.
Dress up for the event or choose a costume available at the Dress-Up Center on site. Photos of the memorable moment will be available for you. Grab a snack from the concession and you’re on your way.
Stick Horse Rodeo events include barrel racing for 10 and over, musical sack races and regular sack races. Egg and spoon races and toilet paper races will keep you in stitches. And then there’s Jack Benny. What is Jack Benny, you ask?...that’s our secret.
If rodeo is not your specialty, the games will definitely grab your interest. They will include Eggs in the Haystack, Farm Yard Dunkin’, Chore Time, Wild Cow Milking, Cow Patty Toss and Farm Fix includes Tie That Dogie, Rope that Dogie and Ride Blueberry. Featured as well will be a craft table, face painting and a petting zoo.
Keen Ridge Center is a great choice for an event such as this. It has been proven that animals are very therapeutic with special needs children. Here horses do the teaching, with Brenda Seward and Terry Keen acting as certified, equine-assisted specialists and talented facilitators. Using the ‘Building Block’ program, they maximize the progressive learning potential and focus on developing individual skills for each child.
All funds raised at the rodeo will go to the South Central ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Family Support Group. The group’s area is large: from the Canada-USA border at the south to as far north as Treherne, and west from Crystal City as far east as Morris and St. Jean. To learn about this disorder visit their blog at southcentralasd.blogspot.com. E-mail them at southcentralasd@yahoo.ca for more information or to provide support. If you are a newly diagnosed family, attend one of their meetings at Boundary Trails Health Centre on the first Tuesday of every month.
Keen Ridge Equine Center is asking your help. Dress-up clothes are needed for this event. If you can provide these items, wish to donate time to this event, or provide support by way of cash donation, call Brenda Seward at 242-2101 or Dianne Munroe at 822-4587.
Keen Ridge Center is located 3 miles south of Darlingford on Highway 31 and 2 ½ miles west on Mile 10. Watch for directional signs to get you to a centre of fun for the entire family.
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The Southern Shopper Article
South Central ASD family support group is up and running
By Donald McLeod for Southern ShopperOnline
The South Central ASD family support group is now up and running. You are invited to join them the first Tuesday evening of each month. They meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Boundary Trails Health Centre meeting room and welcome you to attend and share the challenges and triumphs of living with Autism Spectrum Disorders. You can also check out their blog for updates and for the location and time of tele-health sessions. The blog site is at southcentralasd.blogspot.com. Their email address is southcentralasd@yahoo.ca. You may also contact Dianne at 822-4587 or Celeste at 331-3357.
The mission is to support, improve and enhance the lives of ASD children and their families in the Pembina Valley and surrounding areas. the goals are to prioritize information sharing, education and proactively support each other. Educating and involving our communities in the lives of people living with ASD is also one of the groups goals. You are invited to be a part of making families living with ASD thrive in our communities.
Cases of ASD increased dramatically in the 1990s and early 2000. One in every 91 people are born with some type of ASD. You can read more about this on the blog. Autism Spectrum Disorders are a neurological developmental disorder. Autism forms the core difficulties with communication, learning and behavior problems. Asperger Syndrome is closest to autism in signs and likely causes. Unlike classic autism, Asperger Syndrome people have no significant delay in language development.
Pervasive development disorder not otherwise specified PDD-NOS diagnosed when criteria not met for a more specific disorder such as Autism or Aspergers. Some sources include Rett Syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder which share several signs with autism but may have unrelated causes. Some sources combine ASD with these two conditions into pervasive developmental disorders.
To view other articles in The Southern Shopper, click here.
By Donald McLeod for Southern ShopperOnline
The South Central ASD family support group is now up and running. You are invited to join them the first Tuesday evening of each month. They meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Boundary Trails Health Centre meeting room and welcome you to attend and share the challenges and triumphs of living with Autism Spectrum Disorders. You can also check out their blog for updates and for the location and time of tele-health sessions. The blog site is at southcentralasd.blogspot.com. Their email address is southcentralasd@yahoo.ca. You may also contact Dianne at 822-4587 or Celeste at 331-3357.
The mission is to support, improve and enhance the lives of ASD children and their families in the Pembina Valley and surrounding areas. the goals are to prioritize information sharing, education and proactively support each other. Educating and involving our communities in the lives of people living with ASD is also one of the groups goals. You are invited to be a part of making families living with ASD thrive in our communities.
Cases of ASD increased dramatically in the 1990s and early 2000. One in every 91 people are born with some type of ASD. You can read more about this on the blog. Autism Spectrum Disorders are a neurological developmental disorder. Autism forms the core difficulties with communication, learning and behavior problems. Asperger Syndrome is closest to autism in signs and likely causes. Unlike classic autism, Asperger Syndrome people have no significant delay in language development.
Pervasive development disorder not otherwise specified PDD-NOS diagnosed when criteria not met for a more specific disorder such as Autism or Aspergers. Some sources include Rett Syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder which share several signs with autism but may have unrelated causes. Some sources combine ASD with these two conditions into pervasive developmental disorders.
To view other articles in The Southern Shopper, click here.
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