Flying Horse Farms
Flying Horse Farms provides magical, transformative, camp experiences for children with serious illnesses and their families–free of charge. Located in scenic Mt. Gilead, Ohio, camp first opened its gates in 2010 and hosts about 900 campers each year.
What Sam's Fans does
Sam's Fans funds an arts therapy spotlight club program at Flying Horse Farms. This club targets youth and middle village campers, and consists of several 90-minute sessions, and a short performance. The club focuses on providing behavioral support and respite in unique, innovative strategies tailored to promote resilience, cultivate a sense of community, and further peer-to-peer bonding in an emotionally supportive environment.
Spotlight Specialist 2018
Sarah Degirolamo
Sarah holds a minor in Applied Music from Baldwin Wallace and helped develop creative, emotionally healthy outlets for campers through multiple skills building activities in the arts.
She has years of experience in improv, dance, and theater. The program includes the use of ukuleles to teach music to campers as well as other activities that use music, rhythm, dance, and improvisation.