Post by jennifergentle on Apr 13, 2010 2:53:39 GMT
Hi gals and guys. I know I'm new here and I don't want to seem like a spammer, but I really like everyone here you all seem like warm, funny, awesome people! So I thought I'd reach out here.
I am a volunteer for a therapeutic horseback riding program called Horseability. They give therapeutic riding lessons and hippotherapy (horse therapy, literally) to child, adolescent and adult riders with physical and mental disabilities and emotional problems. Anyone who has ridden or known a horse knows about that magical connection and energy between horse and rider.
Seriously, seeing someone who cannot walk on their own two feet get up on a horse and move, run faster than they ever could on their own is so moving. I could literally cry every time I see their faces LIGHT up, and see the improvement in their mobility and confidence!
We rent our ring (or corral as some know them!) on another stable's property, since we're non-for profit we have to cut corners like having our OWN stable and barn. And they are TAKING IT AWAY FROM US, with hardly any warning. We'll have to discontinue
So please, please take a few minutes out of your day (you can vote every day and there are lots of other great causes too!) and vote for Horseability
www.refresheverything.com/connectpeopleofspecialneedswithhorses
It would really mean the world to me. We just need to get into the top 10 and stay in until voting ends.
Thanks SO much to anyone who does vote, and I'm sorry to have made such a long winded post to anyone this annoys!
I am a volunteer for a therapeutic horseback riding program called Horseability. They give therapeutic riding lessons and hippotherapy (horse therapy, literally) to child, adolescent and adult riders with physical and mental disabilities and emotional problems. Anyone who has ridden or known a horse knows about that magical connection and energy between horse and rider.
Seriously, seeing someone who cannot walk on their own two feet get up on a horse and move, run faster than they ever could on their own is so moving. I could literally cry every time I see their faces LIGHT up, and see the improvement in their mobility and confidence!
We rent our ring (or corral as some know them!) on another stable's property, since we're non-for profit we have to cut corners like having our OWN stable and barn. And they are TAKING IT AWAY FROM US, with hardly any warning. We'll have to discontinue
So please, please take a few minutes out of your day (you can vote every day and there are lots of other great causes too!) and vote for Horseability
www.refresheverything.com/connectpeopleofspecialneedswithhorses
It would really mean the world to me. We just need to get into the top 10 and stay in until voting ends.
Thanks SO much to anyone who does vote, and I'm sorry to have made such a long winded post to anyone this annoys!
Good luck.
