August 11 - 15 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.
FAMILIES IN TRANSITION 
CAMP (FIT)
To creaTe a communiTy of supporT 
during TransiTion & beyond!
This is our second annual camp for 
military families who are undergoing 
or have recently undergone a 
deployment. Your whole family 
is invited to spend a week out at 
Smithfield Farm, learning about and 
working with horses. We will serve 
you dinner each night, and adults and 
children will break out into separate 
support groups after dinner. Adults will 
have “down time” to share challenges 
and to connect with local community 
military support groups. Youth will 
participate in a variety of activities 
including a lesson in drumming, 
arts & crafts, Life is Good interactive 
playmaker games and more! There 
will be babysitting on site for families 
with children too young to participate.
The MA Operation: Military Kids partnership is 
a shared initiative of the US Army Child, Youth & 
School (CYS) Services and is funded by the Army 
National Guard and Army Reserve in collaboration 
with the UMASS Amherst Extension 4-H Youth 
Development Program.
Funding for the 2014 Air National Guard (ANG) 
Camps is provided through the 4-H/Air Force 
Military Partnership Project via Kansas State 
University and UMASS Amherst.
Each day will consist of a formal riding lesson with Carol and Amanda, our head 
instructors, lots of hands on horse care, horse related activities (such as learning 
body parts or proper horse nutrition, bathing a horse, or how to porperly “time” 
a jump), Miniature Horse time (a camp favorite) and horse-related art and music 
activities. The campers will also be teamed up in groups of 2 or 3, in which they 
will work together to care for a particular horse. They will build the skills necessary 
to safely care for and enjoy a horse by practicing: leading a horse safely, tacking 
and untacking, preparing a horse for riding, grooming, mucking a stall, and many 
other necessary skills. Aside from the daily activities, each week will include a visit 
from a horse professional, such as a veterinarian or a blacksmith, and either a trail 
ride or a small horse show on the last day of the week!
All three programs are being o!ered in partnership with Operation Military Kids Cape Cod, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, UMASS Extension.
July 28 - Aug. 1 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
STARS, STRIPES & SADDLES
a week long day camp!
Offered to Air National Guard children 
(ages 8-14).
(The $295 fee for this program is waived thanks
 to the 4-H/Air Force Military Partnership)
July 14 - 18 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
STARS, STRIPES & SADDLES
a week long day camp!
Offered to military children (ages 8-14) 
who are currently experiencing the 
deployment of a loved one.
(The $295 fee for this program
 is waived thanks to OMK)
(Many thanks to Heroes in Transition 
for funding this valuable program).