Gateway Stables - Day Camps

The Riding Camp program at Gateway Stables is divided into three groups: the Explorers, Trail Blazers, and Rough Riders. The campers are grouped, after a riding evaluation, by individual experience and ability. The emphasis in all programs is on safety, education, and fun. We want your children to have a wonderful camp experience while making new friends, four-legged as well as two.

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Gateway is noted for its staff/camper ratio excellence.

What You Should Bring
- Lunch (no glass containers, please)
- Shorts, extra T-shirt, and sneakers that can get
wet, for water games
- Raincoats (for rainy days only)

What You Should Wear
- Long pants and short-sleeved T-shirts
- Protective hard-soled shoes for stable area
- Sunscreen and insect spray that repels ticks (should
be applied at home).
- For winter camps please bring or wear the appropriate
jackets and gloves for that day's weather.

Gateway Stables will provide all campers with the required ASTM standard SEI 2 helmet. If you want to purchase your own "approved" helmet, we will provide you with the phone numbers of various local tack shops.

Sample Camp Day
8:30 a.m. arrival: Arrival and sign in.
(All campers MUST be signed in.)
* Horse Grooming and Tacking
* Horse Safety
* Riding Instruction
* Mini Trail Lesson
* Crafts
Lunch
* Horse-Related Games
* Trail Ride
* Care of Horse
* Care of Tack
3:00 p.m. Dismissal & Sign Out (All campers MUST be signed out)
Actual start and end times may be diffrent for each camp... please check on time when you register.

Day's activities are tailored to meet the children's needs.

Last Day of Camp
On the last day of each camp session a small Horse Show will take place at 1:30 p.m. so that the children can demonstrate what they have learned. Parents, relatives, and friends are encouraged to attend. Ribbons will be awarded. Campers will receive a Certificate of Achievement and a photograph of themself with their horse. Campers will receive a Gateway Stables T-shirt to wear to the Horse Show. More information and directions will be given to you the first day of your child's camp session.

Additional Info
· Extended Care is available for campers who need supervision before or after camp hours. Please notify Gateway Stables in advance if you require extended care.
· There are NO make-up sessions.
· Camp activities will continue, RAIN or SHINE.
· PLEASE put your child's full name and camp session on your check.
· Up-to-date tetanus shot is recommended.

Summer Camp Staff
Gateway is a member of the American Riding Instructors Certification Program (ARICP), Horseman's Safety Association (HSA)- (certifies the trail guides at Walt Disney World), and the American Medical Equestrian Association

Marie Jakubauskas, founder of Gateway Stables, is a certified instructor with the ARICP and a Master
Clinician with the HSA. She is the North East Coast Regional Director of the HSA's instructor certification program. Marie selects our riding instructors/counselors based on their equine experience, safety record, and certification.

Jan Dietz is the Business Director and Public Relations Coordinator. She has a BS in nursing and biology from the University of Delaware and is a registered nurse currently licensed in Pennsylvania.

Donna Park is the Camp Director. Donna has a Master of Arts in Elementary Education Administration. She has 28 years experience as an educator of primary age children.

Senior counselors are either university students or graduates. Every member of our staff is currently CPR and first-aid certified.

For Reservations or More Information about Summer Camp please call 610-566-2749 or email at ridingcamp@jkpark.com.
For Reservations or More Information about other camps and Gateway Business call 610-444-1255