Blue Sky Acres in Effingham County offers a program that is giving young adults the chance to not only learn a new skill but use it to make money and perhaps more importantly prove to others and themselves what they’re truly capable of.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. LETTER TO THE EDITOR: FETC Board of Directors closes eyes, hearts
Tom Keathley and his fellow members of the Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center Board of Directors have left me at a loss for words. How can they profess to be committed to the lives of veterans and children with disabilities when all but one of them voted to close out the 2019 audit without even studying evidence of problems that Chairman Karen Signal tried to present at a November meeting? They stated that they hadn’t seen the audit deficiencies prior to the meeting and still voted for it to be closed?
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. United Way reviewing Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center discord
RINCON The ongoing saga at Faith Equestrian Therapuetic Center (FETC) has drawn concern from one of its primary funding sources, United Way of the Coastal Empire.
In the wake up multiple staff resignations during Wednesday s FETC Board of Directors meeting and the ouster of board chairman Karen Signal, United Way issued the following statement Thursday morning: Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center has been a valued funded agency partner of United Way of the Coastal Empire since 2012, helping children with disabilities to grow and thrive through therapeutic horseback riding. We have recently been made aware of, and are reviewing, the concerns raised with regard to Faith Equestrian’s 2019 financial statements and internal controls. United Way holds o
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Faith Equestrian Board of Directors backs Rachael, lets staffers walk Signal ousted as chair
GUYTON Karen Signal buckled emotionally even though she had braced herself for the expected blow. Tears filled her eyes as soon as the Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center (FETC) Board of Directors ousted her as chairman Wednesday evening.
Signal and five of FETC’s staffers in recent days have voiced concerns about the findings of the charitable nonprofit organization’s 2019 audit that revealed $16,000 in disputed expenditures by FETC founder Bonnie Rachael. FETC offers equine-assisted therapeutic and education activities to help improve physical, behavioral, cognitive and emotional functioning in children and veterans with disabilities.