PHOTO: Trish Hanks, Vice President at F&M Trust, presents check for $1500 to Stephanie Corum, president of the Franklin County Therapeutic Riding Center.  Joining them is Teddy, a  19-year old quarter horse that came to the center in 2011. Teddy is sponsored by the bank through the center’s “Sponsor a Horse” program.

(Chambersburg)  F&M Trust presented a check for $1500 to the Franklin County Therapeutic Riding Center in financial support of their “Sponsor a Horse” program.

The Franklin County Therapeutic Riding Center, located on Franklin Farm Lane in Chambersburg, provides recreation and therapy through horsemanship to persons with special needs. The Therapeutic Riding Program is an all-volunteer supported horse riding program for the disabled. No riding experience is necessary for participation and individuals ride once per week from April through October. The program is administered by the Franklin County Cooperative Extension and the Penn State University Cooperative Extension. The bank’s financial support will be used for the feeding and boarding of Teddy, a nineteen-year old quarter horse that arrived at the Therapeutic Riding Center in 2011. For more information on the program, visit www.horseridingtherapy.org

F&M Trust is an independent community bank headquartered in Chambersburg with approximately $1 billion in assets.  With twenty-five community-banking offices in Franklin, Fulton, Huntington, and Cumberland Counties, the bank has offices in Chambersburg, St. Thomas, Waynesboro, Marion, Mont Alto, Greencastle, Shippensburg, Newville, McConnellsburg, Warfordsburg, Hustontown, Orbisonia, Camp Hill, Carlisle, and Boiling Springs.

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