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Founder of horse therapy academy speaks at Kiwanis Club meeting

Posted at 1:03 pm August 13, 2012
By John Huotari 2 Comments

The founder of an organization that helps people with disabilities and other challenges through therapy with horses will speak at a Kiwanis Club meeting at lunchtime Tuesday.

Lynn Petr is the founder and executive director of the Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding in Loudon County. STAR serves children and adults there and in 10 surrounding counties, according to information from the Kiwanis Club of Oak Ridge.

The club’s Tuesday meeting starts at noon in the meeting room of the Super China Buffet at 330 South Illinois Ave. in Oak Ridge.

Petr will discuss STAR’s activities and services, and a video will be shown to illustrate the STAR mission “to help persons with disabilities or challenges achieve goals by completing horse-related activities.”

The Kiwanis Club information said STAR depends on help from many volunteers.

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: horses, Kiwanis Club of Oak Ridge, Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding

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  1. JennisonL says

    August 13, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    This program is great. I encourage people to volunteer at STAR. They really do depend on their volunteers in helping with the riders, and barn helpers.

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    • John Huotari says

      August 13, 2012 at 5:41 pm

      I tried finding their website, but the links that I got were not working. Do you know if they have a website?

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