A GREETING FROM THE PRESIDENT (Please take a moment to read this)

Before proceeding forward to find out all the many things we do to help neurodevelopmentally disabled children, please take a moment to consider the following...
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Several months ago I pleaded for your support to help us save Chesapeake VICTORIES. We were up against true financial distress and were wondering how we were going to make it through the winter with our program. Thanks to your support, we were able to sustain the program throughout the winter. The horses were well taken care of and are willing, ready and able to provide therapeutic riding this Spring and throughout the Summer. Many of you were exceptionally generous. Rather than listing all the names, some of you requested to remain anonymous and I would not want to miss anybody, I have tried to reach out to each of you in a more personal way to show our appreciation. Some still continue to give and you will have a special place in the hearts of the children and the horses. Thank you.

Mike Dow, President, Chesapeake VICTORIES

A special thanks to Kristen Dwyer and Carlton Brannock for your support.

A Sad Note to Report: We lost one of our best therapeutic horses this past winter. Sweetie passed away in March after several days of around-the-clock care. Sweetie made a lot of children happy during her five year career with our program. She will be missed. Like a lot of our children, Sweetie was immuno-compromised and could not handle the stress of vaccines. On orders by one of her vets, she was taken off of vaccines during the last several years of her life. Elaine Dow is to be given credit to adding the last three years to Sweetie's life. Unfortunately, the damage had been done and shortened her life. Sweetie was also a "cribber" which did not help. Slicorice will be trained this year to take Sweetie's place in our program.

Note: A bale of hay costs us $6.00. A bag of grain costs $20.00. A bag of shavings is $6.00.
Any amount will help. Please visit our "Donations" (above) link.

Welcome to Chesapeake VICTORIES. We hope to provide you with pathways towards recovery for your vaccine injured child. The two main focuses of Chesapeake VICTORIES are 1) providing biomedical information, education and support from some of the leading researchers in the country and 2) providing therapeutic riding for neurodevelopmentally challenged children combining the two teasures of the state of Maryland...the child with the thoroughbred horse.

1) In this site, we will provide links to the top research to help educate and inform parents. Since many of the families of vaccine injured children have incredible financial difficulties due to the enormous costs associated with special needs diets and testing, it is our desire, wherever and whenever possible, to assist parents by providing funding for medical tests and providing coupons, gift certificates to various health food stores.

2) Victory Farms is located in scenic and historic Church Hill, Maryland. It is owned and operated by Mike Dow, President of Chesapeake VICTORIES and is the dream of Elaine Dow, Treasurer of Chesapeake VICTORIES. It was Elaine's dream which has made Chesapeake VICTORIES (a 501c3 corporation) a reality. When Mike and Elaine began their own journey to the recovery of their own vaccine injured child, Joe; it was always thought that someday that they would establish an organization which would help other children make the improvements which Joe was able to make. Elaine has always loved horses, especially thoroughbreds. All of the horses at Victory Farms have been rescued from the racetrack. Dakota, Sweetie and Slicorice were taken from the vigorous, fast paced training at the track and given a second chance at a slower more easy-going pace at the farm. Thoroughbreds are known for their abilities as being fast and sometimes unpredictable while being trained but once removed from the environment of the race track can easily be trained to be sweet, well-mannered pets. Research has proven that an association with a horse can be very therapeutic for neurodevelopmentally challenged children. Dakota, Slicorice and especially Sweetie are more than willing to bond with a child.

The Vice-President of Chesapeake Victories is Cyndi Greene.  Cyndi is extremely knowledgable in various different biomedical treatments and therapies. Cyndi is also one of the co-founders and moderators of MARC (Maryland Autism Recovery Coalition) marylandautismrecoverycoalition@yahoogroups.com  This group of concerned parents assist each other in providing information on services and therapies. We consider our organization fortunate to have the capabilities of these wonderful people.

The 50/50 Raffle to benefit Chesapeake Victories was won by Mike Allaire from Glen Burnie, MD. Congratulations to Mike and many, many thanks to all who participated. Donations are still needed. Please link to Donations page above.

We need your help!Please see "Donations" link ( tab above) for more information!