Barn Tour aids SPCA animals
Explore several barns on Aiken’s Southside and help the animals at the Aiken SPCA.
The nonprofit organization presents its third annual Barn Tour on Saturday, April 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and invites the public to tour at their leisure nine barns in the equestrian corridor off Silver Bluff Road to benefit the dogs and cats that call the SPCA home until they are adopted.
A map of the tour is available upon ticket purchase with proceeds going to shelter operations.
“We just say, ‘Go enjoy the barns,’” said Ann Kinney, who helps with marketing at the SPCA. “They can go in whatever order they want or follow the suggested route on the map.”
Kinney said a person does not have to be a seasoned horse person to enjoy the tour. They can simply be interested in the architecture of the barns or intrigued by a farm’s operations.
New to the tour this year are equestrian demonstrations and complimentary lunch, coffee and dessert.
Specific barns on the route will show arena polo, natural horsemanship or freestyle dressage.
Stop five is Sharer Dale’s Greystone Farms, where lunch will be served. Other barns will offer coffee or dessert.
SPCA Executive Director Gary Willoughby said several hundred people have attended in previous years, much to the delight of Aiken SPCA staff.
“They (the barns) are impressive to a lot of them because of their detail,” Kinney said.
Tickets include a $5 coupon to the SPCA Thrift Store on 404 Richland Ave. E. Tickets are $25 each and are available at the SPCA, 401 Wire Road, the thrift store and Auto Tech, 460 Silver Bluff Road. For more information, call 648-6863.
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