Reins of Life trains new volunteers to work with disabled children

by Tristan Henry (thenry@wsbt.com)

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Reins of Life volunteers practice (WSBT Photo)

New voluntees learn the ropes at Reins of Life on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008. (WSBT Photo)

By WSBT News1

Story Created: Jan 12, 2008 at 3:00 PM EST

Story Updated: Jan 18, 2008 at 12:46 PM EST

SOUTH BEND — A local organization that helps disabled children work with horses held a training session for its new volunteers.

Reins of Life in South Bend provides therapy through horseback riding.

Saturday volunteers learned how to help children get on the horses, and how to help them stay on the horses.

"I love horses and I love working with young people and I thought this would be a great combination, two in one," said new volunteer Chris Chrapliwy.

Frank Petriko has been volunteering for three years.

"Some friends of ours have a son who rides here and when we moved to our new home in Michigan we were looking for a place to volunteer and he was telling us about this so we came out here and fell in love with it," he said.

Organizers say safety for the riders, the horses and the volunteers is their number one goal.

Reins of Life is still looking for more volunteers. They ask for a two hour per week commitment.

Click here for more information on Reins of Life.

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