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Accomplishments Around the Camp - Fall 2009

 

   
   

 The Camp had a joyous experience this past summer.  We were able to have our first overnight campers.  These campers were teenagers dealing with cancer.  They were a great group of young people who look at life with the glass half full and live each day fully.   They want all of the good times "normal kids" have and all of the experiences they can manage.  We heard comments such as "this place is awesome" and "I can see the world around me".  This is a testament to the value of Camp Horsin' Around.

   
   

The Dream is not Complete

The camp is well underway but not complete.  We need to construct a dining hall/multipurpose building, a swimming pool, two more cabins, an office, caretaker's home, the lake and endow the camp.  While this is an ambitious list we are confident we can get it done!  Our camp family is large and happily it grows on a daily basis.  With so many folks caring and sharing with us that old expression "many hands make light work" is certainly true. 

As we continue our journey to make this camp all it can be for so many special kids we hope that you will join our family and finish the dream with us.  Our goals are lofty but the rewards of helping these kids have the time of their lives with others who truly understand is the true meaning of sharing to help others.

It has been said, by a physician who cares for the children while they are at camp, "children come to camp to recharge their energy and their spirits for their continuing struggle with their illnesses and their future health".  How special it is to be an enabler for these children. 

Please join our family and help us finish the dream! 

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 We Remember the Life and Legacy of Mr. Paul Newman

It was Mr. Paul Newman who inspired us to build Camp Horsin' Around, and whose foundation; Newman's Own, supports us financially. 

Our inspiration is best summed up in a quote from Mr. Newman "...I wanted, I think, to acknowledge luck; the chance of it, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others, made especially savage for children because they may not be allowed the good fortune of a lifetime to correct it."

 

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With a little help from our friends...

"We want to be part of building this wonderful camp for children right here in Kentucky." - Eddie Montgomery

Indeed Eddie Montgomery and his wife Tracy have been extremely helpful in raising funds for the camp.  They graciously agreed to chair the fundraising campaign, supported two recent fundraisers - the Annual Camp Out and "Eddie Rides for the Kids".   They have also recruited their friends and family to be a part of the camp family.  Two very special recruits by the Montgomerys are Tommy and Gwen Mitchell of Rocky Top Furniture.  The Mitchells have designed and furnished our first cabin and were instrumental in organizing the first annual "Eddie Rides for the Kids".   

As neighbors of the camp, the Montgomerys have helped with oversight, mowing, and have purchased, boarded and cared for a horse named "FLASH".  "FLASH" can not wait for the children to get to camp! 

 
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Camp Horsin' Around
P.O. Box 22276
Lexington, KY 40522
Phone: 859-381-9998
Fax: 859-381-0811
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