OSAGE CITY—Eleven area children participated in back-to-back weeklong camps through Three-Lakes Cooperative. Students took Karate lessons at the first camp, but got a chance to stretch their legs during therapeutic horse riding sessions last week.
“We’ve seen a big improvement in all of the kids’ attitude, focus and posture,” said organizer and Three Lake Cooperative physical therapist Sandy Smith. “Kids who don’t talk a lot are talking more and louder. It works on communication skills as well as the whole body, and it’s an activity most kids don’t get the chance to do.”