Roxy's House

08/18/2025

We have some very exciting news!
We have just added a new resident and therapy animal partner! Meet Rip (do you watch Yellowstone?) He’s a baby Highpark mini cow!!!
Rip is owned and sponsored by the Rogers family. They purchased and picked him out, built his pen in our barn, ordered his supplies and will be feeding and caring for him financially. Our part is to socialize him and take care of his daily needs like feeding him and cleaning up after him. When he’s ready, he can partner with us in therapy. Here are some pics of him with his family. We are over the moon about this sweet boy!

08/12/2025

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08/09/2025

Circus in the Barn 2025 has wrapped up. What a wonderful group of children, staff and volunteers. We can’t wait for next year!

07/31/2025

Today was our last camp day. We started off with a circus rehearsal for our show this Saturday. Thank you Merrit Spicer for all you’ve done for these kids! We’re so busy when you’re here we don’t get pictures of you and we need them. We’ll take pics at the show!
Then we visited our pumpkin patch. These boys planted this patch from seeds and we were all so excited at seeing the progress! They found all the blossoms and many have tiny pumpkins growing. Then onto our zinnia patch where we harvested flowers then made bouquets. What a great camp day! Thank you to all of the U of I speech therapy graduate clinicans who are doing such a a fabulous job with these kids.

07/30/2025

What does circus camp look like at Roxy’s House? Here’s a sneak peak: learning hoops and ribbons, learn to take a bow, miniature horse lollipop jumps, alpaca obstacle courses, dancing, planting a pumpkin patch, nature hikes and more. It has been such a pleasure.
Our BIG SHOW is this Saturday, August 2nd at 1pm. It’s free if you’d like to watch. We are so proud of these children! These are pics from our younger Monday group.

07/03/2025

Circus camp needs your help!
Please share!
We are looking for people in our community (Danville, Champaign and surrounding areas) that would be willing to come in and work with our children on a brief act. Even if you can come once, we would love it!. Our show is August 2nd. We meet on Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons. Our children are mix of kiddos with and without disabilities You can perform with them on August 2nd or just come to camp and expose them to your talent! Here are a few ideas:

Body builder to help us with “strong man” act
Unicycle rider to ride with our amtrykes
Clowns
Silks
Gymnasts/acrobats/cheerleaders
Dog/canine fun or training
Jugglers
Singers
Dancers
Stilt walkers
Anything else

Thank you for considering. Please share.
Contact Roxy 217-260-0782, roxy@roxyshouse.org, or Merrit Spicer with Yoga on the Go.

07/03/2025

This is also why I left the bedside. In a hospital as an SLP and even in a school. We are inviting our souls back into healing.

Somewhere along the way, medicine lost its soul and we can all feel it.

What was once sacred became sterile. The healer became a technician. The patient became a case. The body was reduced to a machine, the story dismissed, and the soul forgotten entirely. We didn’t just lose bedside manner—we lost the bedside altar. The quiet reverence. The listening ear. The belief that healing is more than fixing—it’s remembering.

This is why I left the bedside. Not because hospitals aren’t needed—they are. But because I was being called to be a bridge. A bridge between science and soul. Between story and body. Between what we know and what we’ve forgotten.

True healing begins when the soul is invited back into the room.

06/14/2025

06/11/2025

How does working with animals improve communication?
****Animals are great communicators and they love it when we are listening to them. They are always communicating with their bodies! We can teach auditory comprehension skills by first showing our clients how to interpret and “listen” to the animals. (Ear twitching, tail swishing, turning away from us, toward us, stomping feet, etc). All of these movements have meaning!
Wonder what Vino is saying here?

06/07/2025

We’ll be here today at our table. If you’ve ever wanted to chat with us about our therapy, summer camps, or ask questions about gestalt language processors, come on out. There’s lots to do, and food trucks!

06/04/2025

Please meet Jen Hoskins! She’s a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant and and equine specialist. We are so excited to welcome her on board at Roxy’s House. She’ll be working with us in camps this summer. She’s already helped Mini May and Vino come so far! Watch her practice these jumps!

05/29/2025

We have openings for both age groups. Camp is for children with and without special needs. Camp can be funded with either private pay or insurance if your child qualifies for speech therapy.