Luncheon to boost riding charity

By Carol Cormaci

Feb. 5, 2016 10:59 AM PT

The annual Valentine Luncheon and Chinese Auction event to benefit AHEAD With Horses will be held Friday, Feb. 12 at 11:30 a.m. at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena.

The Foothill Auxiliary of the organization is sponsoring the luncheon and has announced the theme this year is “Jack and Jill.” Tickets are available by calling (818) 790-1947.

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Now in its 47th year, the nonprofit AHEAD with Horses, located in Shadow Hills, offers a developmental therapeutic riding program for children with disabilities. Vaulting — gymnastics on the back of a moving horse — is taught to the young participants.

“Through vaulting ... even severely disabled children learn to achieve with the goal of enabling them to lead more independent and productive lives,” according to the organization’s website. To learn more about the efforts of AHEAD With Horses, visit www.AWHLA.org or call the office at (818) 767-6373.

Carol Cormaci, carol.cormaci@latimes.com

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Carol Cormaci

Carol Cormaci is executive editor of Times Community News’ Daily Pilot in Orange County and pens the TimesOC newsletter. She is a native Southern Californian and a proud UCLA Bruin. She previously served as managing editor of three former Times Community News publications: the Glendale News-Press, Burbank Leader and La Cañada Valley Sun.