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CHUM Therapeutic Riding Children and Horses United in Movement

Built on faith and guided by grace, we provide therapeutic riding, the use of hippotherapy services by a licensed Occupational Therapist, sport and recreational ridiing, internships, volunteer opportunities, job coaching, and research in this and related fields.

10/01/2026

VERY IMPORTANT!!! If you have sent mail to our PO Box and it was returned…. Here’s the story:)!
With all the prep for for the accreditation visit and well deserved family time AND…. Well….life, I hadn’t gotten to the post office for a couple of weeks. They have a policy that it’s returned after 10 days!! I was floored and they said, ‘we put a note in your box’. The same box I hadn’t been there to empty 🙂! I look back and wonder why a simple text from them to come get my mail before it’s all returned would have been a hard thing to do 🙂!
We will continue to have the box into 2027 just to cover the transition BUT would like everyone to start using the site address of 2180 E Dexter Trail Dansville MI 48819, starting now 🙂! We will phase out the PO Box. Thank you all so much and I’m sorry for the confusion and inconvenience this has caused, and our own embarrassment as well! Have a blessed day and rest assured God has us still here!

What’s next??!!Fall term is underway and we welcome new faces all around!!Trick or Treat on Horseback is right around th...
09/30/2026

What’s next??!!

Fall term is underway and we welcome new faces all around!!

Trick or Treat on Horseback is right around the corner! Join us as we take your costumed kiddos on a path of treats and delights!! Sunday Oct 25 from 11-3! Donations of treats can be dropped off. We will decorate after our last class on Sat and volunteers needed to pass out treats on Sun! Come join us!!

We will be hosting the Michigan PEP instructor update on Nov 7 for 4H therapeutic riding instructors. No riding that Sat!

CHUM DERBY starts Nov 6! An online fundraiser from Nov 6 to Dec 6! Our therapy horses will ‘run’ in the CHUM DERBY where they move around the track dependent on the amount raised from you all as you sponsor your favorite horse! The race will be ‘announced’ by me from the introduction of each horse as they are in the saddling paddock to the starting gate and throughout the ‘race’. Each week will be 1/4 of the ‘race’ and I’ll announce where the field of horses are in the running, who is lagging and who needs more sponsors and the placings as they move into ‘the next curve’. You can sponsor once or throughout the CHUM DERBY until they cross ‘the finish line’ on Sun Dec 6 at our Christmas Open House NOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS HALL!!!

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Dec 6 11-3, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MASON!!!!
SANTA will be there, bring your kids for pictures! We want lots and lots of treats and eats for the season for everyone to enjoy! There will be booths with things to do and ways you can include helping CHUM as the year closes!!

Please join us in these fun activities!!!

Happy fall everyone! As always we have had a busy start to the fall term! First, August’s finale was a donation of a v...
09/30/2026

Happy fall everyone! As always we have had a busy start to the fall term!
First, August’s finale was a donation of a very nice and very much needed AED for us to have on hand here due to our varied and challenged people we serve! PLEASE GIVE BIG THANK YOUS TO FARM BUREAU INSURANCE AND THE STEVE BERG AGENCY!! And Jess who started it all for us!

Sept marched in with our PATH INTL Premiere Center reaccreditation visit!!! Summer is a crazy busy season between program classes, horse shows, family and more and the facility often looks like it’s been crazy. Stacks of this and totes of that and decorations come down! Doors have all been open so dust and dirt everywhere etc! THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO CLEANED US UP AND MADE EVERYTHING JUST AS IS SHOULD BE!!!! WE RECEIVED A 100% PASSING SCORE! This is good for another 5 years. My 8th accreditation or 40 years of being part of a community who make this possible!

We had the opportunity to present at the MiOTA conference at Eastrtn University!
We also were surprised by the Michigan Masonic Charitable Foundation with a donation for CHUM!! Thank you all so much! What a blessing for CHUM!
Also one of my riders has an ongoing pop can collection fundraiser she is doing and presented us with her first donation from that!!!

THANK YOU GOD IN YOUR FAITHFULNESS, IN PROTECTION AND PROVISION, BLESS ALL WHO COME, WHO HELP, WHO LOVE ON US AS YOU DO! CONTINUE TO GUIDE US PLEASE.

09/17/2026

Volunteers needed 🙂! Hey gang, fall term has started and as many of our crew have gone on to college and careers, we welcome from our hearts the new faces in our staff! Welcome to Darcy and Amanda!! And welcome Jordyn our OT intern this term! The schedule is busy and WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! If you have even just a couple of hours that you would be able to give on Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday to walk with the riders or lead a horse etc, we would love to welcome you to the CHUM family! Text Bonnie at +15172040974 for more information!

09/16/2026

BINGO IS CANCELED:(! Sorry guys but the anticipated BINGO FOR CHUM in Sept is canceled for now!! Please share this 🙂!

What a crazy busy summer and now we are on to school AND Fall Term Riding at CHUM!! We have a busy schedule with some c...
08/30/2026

What a crazy busy summer and now we are on to school AND Fall Term Riding at CHUM!! We have a busy schedule with some changes….

Our sweet and talented Sarah will be moving into a new chapter of her life and so I will be covering Saturday classes this fall! We hope to see her continuing her hippotherapy. Jess continues to teach as her other work schedule allows and we are excited for this! Evelyn is now a college student and excited as we are for her, we will have to have her here on a limited basis as she moves into this new part of the amazing life God has planned for her😞!

With these changes, God provides! We have some new staffing to start the fall off! We also finally have our PATH PREMIER CENTER REACCREDITATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS! So last minute clean up from summer’s activities are happening.
THIS IS A CALL OUT FOR VOLUNTEERS!

We need you this fall! If you would like to help in the barn, with the riders and horses, and at upcoming events please reach out to me in a text, 517-204-0974. We teach Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat, come have fun with us!

Congrats Evelyn and Mac, and Laurie and Synderella for there victories at States! The UP outreach was full of victories every day!

What an amazing fair!!! Growing Together Equestrians from CHUM just came home from being at the Ingham County Fair sinc...
08/05/2026

What an amazing fair!!! Growing Together Equestrians from CHUM just came home from being at the Ingham County Fair since last Friday!! All smiles around the exhaustion, dirt on the beautiful show clothes, and ribbons to take home!!!! So many great moments, moments that even a ribbon can’t outshine…because it’s in the relationships that shine the most!!! The love, respect, and friendship between each child and their horse, regardless of the outcome of a class. It’s the close’family’ of our club as they help each other, cheer on each other, support each other and lift each other up when they are down!! It’s the knowing that no matter what, we are there…together….growing….becoming…sharing…and being loved! It’s the community of the horse lovers outside of our club who would come to your aid, cheer you on, and make sure you get to shine too. It’s the adults and communities who support us having this amazing fair for our kids to experience all of this. It’s the safe…the fun…the love poured out. It’s the Ingham County Fair!! Thank you everyone!!! And our horses were also thankful to be home and run and run in the fields! Families please share what’s pics you would:)!

07/16/2026

Hey Volunteers! Next Friday, July 24, I’m looking for several volunteers to help with a special group of visitors. I need people to lead horses and sidewalk next to our visitors! Volunteers are needed 8-4. Please text me at +15172040974 if you can come help!

07/12/2026

Sorry riders, families, volunteers and staff. A second week of extreme heat! Right now we will have classes Monday AM ONLY before the temps ramp up. No afternoon or evening classes on Monday.
All of Tuesday is canceled including 4H, sorry kids!
Stay tuned for the rest of the week.

I know it’s mid July 🙂…but I’d like to summarize the very busy month of June 🙂!!!The month of June started with a very s...
07/12/2026

I know it’s mid July 🙂…but I’d like to summarize the very busy month of June 🙂!!!

The month of June started with a very successful second Golf For CHUM!! Please thank these sponsors! Lynnman Construction, Zielinski Dental, Wick Buildings, Henderson Flooring, Driven Collision, Kennedy Law, and Sheehan Consulting!!
Thank you Lakeland Hills, Amy, Nick, Amber, and Amanda for making that great day happen!!
NEXT YEARS DATE…June 5!!

We finally finished the new Genelle Galliher Memorial and Glynis and William Fenn Foundation Play area!!! 168 pages of directions later, it looks great guys, and more important…the kids love it! Enjoy the pics!

June also saw the beginning of our show season at the fairgrounds. First the Ingham Co Leaders Open Show and then our FUNDS For CHUM Open Show! Thank you to all who supported both! We appreciate you! Pics below:)!!!

On to INGHAM CO FAIR!!!

Address

2180 E Dexter Trl
Dansville, MI
48819

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+15172040974

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