Free therapeutic riding classes at Salish Spirit
Salish Spirit is offering free therapeutic riding this summer for youth ages 8 and up along with adults with special needs.
Lessons are set for …
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Ann Perrot (left) walks beside Scott Mickelson, riding Furiant, as Joan Sommantico leads during a therapeutic horseback riding session, part of a program led by Mary Craft in 2015 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The program back then was a precursor to the program that is now being offered, Salish Spirit. Photo by Allison Arthur
Free therapeutic riding classes at Salish Spirit
Salish Spirit is offering free therapeutic riding this summer for youth ages 8 and up along with adults with special needs.
Lessons are set for 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on June 20 and 27, July 11, 18 and 25, and Aug. 1, 15 and 22 at Jefferson County Fairgrounds.
To sign up, visit salishspirit.org and clicking “participate.” Instructors are PATH certified, insured and have current CPR training. Funding comes from United Good Neighbors, Port Townsend Rotary and other local friends and supporters.
A physician’s statement must accompany the application. Riders are accepted on a first come, first served basis.
Volunteers are also welcome. Volunteer training is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on June 14 at the fairgrounds. To learn more, click “volunteer” on salishspirit.org.
Connected Hearts serves breast cancer survivors
Connected Hearts Equine Healing is offering by-donation classes for women who are in need of developing coping skills in the wake of trauma following completing the medical aspects of breast cancer.
Four-week training sessions are available by appointment. Connected Hearts, located on the Coyle, is staffed by certified, trained volunteers, including a therapeutic riding instructor and equine mental health facilitator, and therapy horses.
Connected Hearts has in the past worked with foster teens struggling with eating disorders and other self-harming behaviors, and is now directing its energies toward breast cancer survivors.
For more information, call 570-430-2547 or email SweetAlyKat@gmail.com.
