HR 881: McKenna Farms Therapy Services; commend

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors McKenna Farms Therapy Services, a nonprofit founded in 2001 in Paulding County that serves children ages 0 to 21 with special needs from Northwest Georgia and metro Atlanta. The resolution describes the organization's growth from 10 children and 2 horses at its start to now serving over 500 children per week through 25 therapists, 258 volunteers, and 15 horses. The resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally recognizes the organization's work providing physical, occupational, and speech therapy as well as therapeutic riding, including hippotherapy (therapy using horse movement), and directs the Clerk of the House to send a copy of the resolution to McKenna Farms Therapy Services.

• Formally recognizes and commends McKenna Farms Therapy Services for its work serving children with special needs.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the organization.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a ceremonial statement of praise.

McKenna Farms Therapy Services, its staff, therapists, and volunteers, and the children ages 0 to 21 with special needs it serves from Northwest Georgia and metro Atlanta counties who receive its therapy and therapeutic riding services.

The resolution carries no legal or funding effect but gives public, official recognition from the Georgia House of Representatives to a nonprofit therapy provider, which can raise its profile and acknowledge its work serving hundreds of children weekly.

• The resolution recites McKenna Farms' history, growth, and current scale of services as background (whereas clauses).
• The operative resolving clause states that House members recognize and commend the organization's work.
• A further resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to provide a copy of the resolution to McKenna Farms Therapy Services.

1. 2025-03-31House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-03-31House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-03-31House Hopper (House)

• Joseph Gullett (R, HD-19)Primary sponsor
• Trey Kelley (R, HD-16)
• Kimberly New (R, HD-40)
• Tyler Paul Smith (R, HD-18)
• Ginny Ehrhart (R, HD-36)
• Martin Momtahan (R, HD-17)

• special needs services
• therapeutic riding
• nonprofit recognition
• Paulding County
• disability services