On May 1 our Director Peggi Noon and our Chairman Mike Cross were luncheon guests of Garlana Matthews, President of Select One Network at the Lions Club of Savannah, one of the oldest in the country. Peggi gave a presentation on the role of Therapeutic Horseback Riding in the treatment of Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome and other disorders. The […] Continue Reading
PRA is taking four special riders to Sylvania, GA for our first horse show sponsored by Special Olympics! We wish we could take every rider. One day we will have more horses! You can not imagine how uplifting this experience is for our children. We couldn’t be more excited, but we still have so much preparation and we could use […] Continue Reading
Pegasus Riding Academy sponsored a St.Paddy’s breakfast yesterday at a wonderful location on Bull Street. It was more of a FUNraiser, as a great time was had by all. Many thanks to Alison & Rob Sutter for their support and hospitality!
PRA is so proud to have completed another riding session with happy, productive children! Great progress was made such as sitting up straight in the saddle to wearing sunglasses for the first time in years. Remember folks…it is the little things. There are children that I would love to serve, but we need support to complete our mission. If your […] Continue Reading
Volunteer training takes place next Saturday Jan 18th, please come along, all welcome! Pegasus Riding Academy is a therapeutic riding program providing equine assisted activities for individuals in Savannah with physical, mental or emotional disabilities. Winter session is starting January 27th and volunteers are needed to assist these special children. Experience with horses not required. Volunteer orientation will be 10:30 […] Continue Reading
Great story in the Savannah Morning News today. Please read it and share it. Perhaps it will touch the heart strings that are attached to the purse strings. Horses are expensive. However, to quote a friend, “you can’t do this with golf carts”. Thanks Savannah Morning News & Clea Hernandez. The title of the article is “Pegasus Riding Academy Gets […] Continue Reading
Pegasus Riding Academy is proud to have completed its first riding session. Six students soon bonded with nine volunteers for a truly productive experience. In addition to better riding skills, we saw our students challenged in social skills make eye contact with other riders, they began to mouth the words or make sounds to queue the horse and they showed […] Continue Reading
Riding Centers could not exist without volunteers and donations. Mrs. Rhetta Yount made a generous donation of a horse trailer. This trailer will no doubt in the future carry riders to Special Olympic competitions. The trailer had been sitting waiting on repairs. Mike Cross is a one man army and volunteer extraordinaire! With assistance from Tom and myself (very little […] Continue Reading
A great crowd of supporters, volunteers, kids, family and friends gathered for a gorgeous fall day of activities to celebrate the first special event to be held at Wicklow for Pegasus Riding Academy Savannah. Attendees learned about involvement opportunities, plus enjoyed pumpkin carving, delicious chili, bobbing for apples, pony rides and more. Robin Jenkins and I teamed up again for […] Continue Reading
New amenities for Pegasus have been completed at our Wicklow Farms location. A new mounting ramp to allow wheelchair bound riders to safely mount a horse, a wooden training horse to get riders used to adopting the correct posture before trying the real thing, and our own dedicated access directly on to the arena, wide enough for the horse and […] Continue Reading