Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center

“The Great Gatsby” and the roaring 20′s were back!

Guests donned festive finery and joined us for a lively evening.

All proceeds went to benefit our wonderful riding center.

Thank you to Clark Construction:   Our Corporate Sponsor

Your photographer had a great time at the gala. Congratulations to all who attended and contributed, and especially to Mari, for filling the very large shoes left behind by the amazing Judy Lazarus.

View the rest of the evening’s photos here.                   Thank you, Jim Pire

We finish our year with a horse show for all our children.  It is a happy and joyful day for all.  Our students show their families and friends what they have  accomplished.

I finally finished the horse show pictures. Click here to view the album. Enjoy!

Thank you Jim Pire.

Each student’s lesson is customized to meet his or her individual needs. Instructors work with the parents, teachers, and therapists to achieve each individual’s goals. Our instructors work one-on-one with each student teaching them riding skills and sportsmanship through different activities and games. The interaction with the instructor and volunteers, during the lesson, help the student learn important lessons about socialization.
Our students often form bonds with their horses. This bond helps our students learn responsibility and to rise above their disabilities with a newfound freedom of movement and skill.
Individuals with the following disabilities commonly participate and benefit from equine facilitated therapy and activities:

• Muscular Dystrophy
• Cerebral Palsy
• Brain Injuries
• Visual Impairment
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Down Syndrome
• Amputations
• Mental Retardation
• Attention Deficit Order
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Learning Disabilities
• Autism
• Deafness
• Spina Bifida
• Cardiovascular accident/stroke

Our program accepts students between the ages of 5 and 17. At the moment, there is a 1-2 year wait to become a permanent student. However, this doesn’t mean that your child will not be able to ride during that time. Once your child is on our wait list, he or she will become a substitute rider. When one of our regular students is unable to come to his or her lesson, we call our sub-riders to fill the spot.
First step is to contact us to determine the eligibility of your child. Please email info@xenophontrc.org. You will then need to complete and return the attached forms. They must be filled out completely. The Student Medical History and Physician’s Statement must be filled out and signed by the student’s medical doctor. This form must be updated annually.

• Student Application and Health History
• Medical History and Physician’s Statement
• Authorization for Emergency Medical Treatment

Please send the forms to Xenophon Program Director, P.O. Box 16, Orinda, CA 94563.
Once Xenophon receives the completed application packet, the student’s name will be entered onto our wait list. You will be called when there is an opening.
When your child comes for lessons, he/she will be provided with a helmet. We ask that students wear closed-toed shoes; tennis shoes are okay. The student may wear either shorts or long pants, whichever is most comfortable.

All lessons are weekly, for a duration of 30 minutes. Our program will start up in again in June.  We will have our 2010 program schedule posted shortly.

Lesson times are as follows:

• Weekdays (Mon – Thurs) 3:00 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 5:15 p.m.
• Weekends (Sat) 8:45 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:15 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.

Lessons are $270.00 per session. We require twenty-four hours notice if you will not be present at your lesson. Scholarships are available if needed; for more information please contact the Program Director.

What a great evening! Festive, fun, frivolous and sometimes foolish but always fashionable – Xenophon’s Gala Masquerade Ball was exactly that. We’d like to offer a heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended and made this year’s gala such a success! View the rest of the pictures!

We would like to thank our sponsors, donors, volunteers, parents and our wonderful riders for your kind and generous support and all you do throughout the year. We could not do it without you!
Wishing you and yours a magical holiday season and a wondrous new year!

Love,
Bandit, Cocoa, Kiwi, Pooh. Pal, Echo and all of us here at Xenophon

Xenophon closed its sixteenth year with our annual student horse show. It was a beautiful sunny day filled with happy students, grateful parents and a score of enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers. Xenophon honored Bill Lange for his continuing support of Xenophon and our horses. It was a fitting end to another successful season.





View many more pictures of the day’s activities here.

Our latest newsletter is ready for download here.

The 2008 Gala at the Orinda Country Club appears to have been a huge success. Thank you to all those who came to support Xenophon!




To see more pictures of the finest (and best-looking) group of people you’ll ever meet, click here.

…at Xenophon’s Annual 2008 Gala! There will be dinner, dancing, a silent auction and balloon pop with all benefits going to support our wonderful riding center.

Date: Saturday, March 8
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Location: Orinda Country Club
Cost: $85 per person

Reservations are limited so please respond by February 23, 2008.

For more information on this fun-filled event click here.

If you would prefer to respond via mail, click here
to download and print the response card and mail with your check to:

Xenophon
P.O. Box 16
Orinda, CA 94563

If you would like to purchase tickets on line, you may do so below.

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Please make one selection per attendee.
• Enter your name and your meal preference and select “Add to Cart”.
• Return to this page to add additional attendees.
• Click “View Cart” to verify purchases and procced to the checkout.
• Please email Zette Thierry at zthierry@xenophontrc.org if you have any questions or problems!

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beef salmon veggie

This year’s gala event is SOLD OUT!
Thanks to all who purchased tickets.

You may support our Arena Restoration with the purchase of a $500
inscribed fence post for the arena.

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…or a $250 fence rail for our arena.

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…or a $100 brick paver.

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Once again our end of the season horse show at Xenophon was a great success! A huge thank you to all who participated and our sponsors. None of this could happen without you.




View many more pictures from the event here!