Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center, Inc. (FETC), a non-profit organization led by a retired police officer which provides therapeutic equine activities for children with disabilities who live in Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, and Screven Counties, is now accepting summer camp applications. Camps run June 1 through July.

“We have safety protocols in place,” Bonnie Rachel, FETC’s founder and executive director said. The Center will have week-long camps for able-bodied children and for children with disabilities. According to Rachel, FETC serves children with a wide range of disabilities including Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, and vision and hearing impairment.

The Center has been hit especially hard in recent months due to closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and is safely opening up and adhering to guidelines.

Then, in August, “the therapeutic riding will start up again if we still have a green light to operate and are financially able to continue,” Rachel said. The Center has been hit hard by the pandemic and needs the summer camps and donations in order to keep providing these valued services.

Horses Helping People Help People: Faith Equestrian Center Is a Premier accredited member center of the Professional Association for Therapeutic Horsemanship International. FETC has received the Rotary Club’s “Service Above Self Award”, the Low Country Down Syndrome’s “President’s Award”, and a Certificate of Recognition from the Social Workers Association of Georgia. 

Anyone interested in the camps and/or helping FETC should go to www.faithetc.org or email Bonnie Rachael at  [email protected]