Roxy's House

10/20/2025

When you’re a horse but you think you’re a kid who likes to play with toy horses.

10/15/2025

When you’re reading a Halloween book in therapy and the black cat literally jumps off the page and comes to life.

10/08/2025

The pollinators are not done with the season. Our flower field has been infiltrated with hundreds of monarch butterflies. What a wonderful surprise so late in the year!

10/04/2025

Love is in the air this weekend…and it’s not Mini May and Vino, although they are in love 💕 What a beautiful day for a wedding!

10/03/2025

Skunky boy is a barn cat who doubles as a therapy animal. He has helped countless children, in countless ways.

10/02/2025

When Vino came to us, we weren’t sure about his ability to partner with us in therapy. He was really only here as a companion for Mini May. However, he has proven to show the most gentle nature along with his spirited side. He came out today and completely turned a session around. He patiently waits for children who are disregulated or upset. He knows what his job is. He stands quietly until they’re ready to proceed with his favorite game of follow the leader or whatever else we may be doing. We are SO PROUD of VINO!

10/02/2025

Today’s nature-based speech therapy involved harvesting! Did you know many of our children participated in planting our pumpkin/squash/gourd/glass gem corn patch back in June and they’ve been watching it grow?
We target speech and language goals throughout the process. Goals are specifically tailored for each individual child. Some examples are:
-Expanding core vocabulary using an AAC talking device for nonverbal children
-literacy skills in reading a book about planting a pumpkin patch, identifying letters and sounds and working on comprehension
-using gestalts (scripts common in autistic children) and mixing those up while working in the patch
Using past, present, future language to describe the stages of growth as well as sequencing (what did we do first?) and So many more!

09/09/2025

Therapy animals take time, patience, and training. Our new miniature cow, Rip, was born on April 25th, 2025 and was only recently weaned from his mama. A halter is new to him, people are new to him, and basically everything is new.
We are currently halter training him and socializing.
Today, he gave Izzy and I his first kisses! 💋🐮
His mama, Liya, and family come every weekend to spend time with him and help with training. What a lucky little cow!

08/29/2025

08/29/2025

💚 Grief Support Workshop 💚

Are you grieving a loss or walking alongside someone who is? You don’t have to go through it alone.

Join us for a free Grief Support Workshop at Danville Area Community College, in partnership with Two Roads Wellness Clinic. Together, we’ll explore healthy ways to process grief, find connection, and support healing.

📅 September 11th
🕓 4:00 PM | 3-hour workshop
📍 Hegeler Hall, DACC (2000 E. Main St.)

✨ Open to anyone in the community who could use support.

For more info, contact Kaylee at 217-443-8562.

08/23/2025

It’s a beautiful day for a wedding!
Did you know custom charcuterie boards are complimentary for every bridal party at Roxy’s House?

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.