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NARHA, INC.
volume 29 issue 1
January 24, 2008
IN THIS ISSUE:
LINKS TO THE NARHA
WEBSITE
Events (Workshops, Clinics, Seminars,
Training)
Classified Ads (A proven, inexpensive
advertising tool for employment, horses and products!)
NARHA Special Promotions
NARHA Regional News (Use this link to find
the Events, Conferences, and News in your region.)
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1) Volunteers
by Carol Nickell, NARHA
CEO
In the United States, residents’ involvement is
what makes the nonprofit sector work. American history is a story of people banding together to
make a difference.
H�ctor Ericksen-Mendoza and Aaron Heffron give
us the following statistics;
• More than 80 percent of nonprofit organizations in the U.S.
rely on volunteers.
• More than half use volunteers on a weekly basis.
• Volunteers do about a third of the work of all nonprofit
organizations.
• If all volunteers were paid employees, their work would cost
nonprofits over $200 billion per year.
• Half of the U.S. adult
population (49 percent) volunteers and about 60 percent of
American teenagers volunteer.
How does an organization tap into such help? By
asking. Most volunteers do so because someone asked them to
participate. Almost nine out of ten people say "yes" when someone
asks them to donate their time.
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2) Center
Renewals—Did you
return yours before the deadline?
The 2008 center renewal
booklet was due to the NARHA office by January 15 (a two-week
extension over last year). Hopefully you made the deadline and
won’t be facing that $50 late fee.
If you have any
questions or problems with your renewal please feel free to contact
Jama Rice, Director of Membership ([email protected], ext. 127) or
Waverly Quinby, Member Services Representative—Centers ([email protected], ext. 111). We
want to help make the process as easy as possible. The valuable
information you provide helps NARHA improve its center programs and
helps potential sponsors, contributors and exhibitors understand the
important work taking place at NARHA centers.
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3) What's New at
narha.org
To highlight
our new interactive vaulting instruction certification and the
changes to the NARHA driving certification program, we have created
a new interactive
vaulting section on the website and completely
updated
the driving section.
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4) NARHA
member wins achievement award
NARHA Region 9
Representative, Annie Mabry, of Anchorage, Alaska, recently
won a YWCA Woman of Achievement award and was honored at a
recent awards banquet. The banquet was attended by Alaska’s Governor
and the Mayor of Anchorage. Once the award was announced in the
paper last month, Annie received a phone call which has led to a
$100,000 challenge grant from a private family trust, to start the
land work and begin the first phase on the ten acres of land on
which her center had acquired a long term lease.
Annie said “We've been burning the
midnight oil these past few weeks getting the formal proposal ready
to complete with our project budget. These are the kind of
awards that I like, (the ones) that bring attention to our programs!
Suddenly, NARHA and therapeutic riding are becoming recognizable
words in Alaska. It's been a long time coming for us, and I'm
afraid the real work is just beginning, but we're so
excited.”
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5)
NARHA welcomes new
corporate member Markel Insurance
Markel Insurance Company
underwrites specialty insurance products for a variety of niche
markets. Markel offers a uniquely designed and priced insurance
program for NARHA Centers. Markel representative Debi DeTurk
Peloso seeks to provide quality products, excellent customer service
and educational resources for all NARHA Centers insured by
Markel. Markel is proud to be a NARHA Corporate member and
looks forward to many more years of association with NARHA
clients.
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6) DeBartolo
Family Foundation honors TRAVERSE with the Spirit of Humanity Award
 Photo: DeBartolo Family Foundation Presents
Spirit of Humanity Award to TRAVERSE. Shown: (From Left) Lisa
DeBartolo, Executive Vice President, DeBartolo Holdings LLC, Joseph
Callan, Clinical Director/Co-Founder, TRAVERSE, and Glenda
Henderson, Equestrian Director/Co-Founder, TRAVERSE.
TRAVERSE (Trauma Resolution And Victims’ Essential
Recovery Services) is
a NARHA premier accredited center (PAC) that operates a therapeutic
horsemanship program (“equine assisted psychotherapy”) for at-risk
children, specifically, children who have experienced severe trauma
or personal loss.
In November the DeBartolo
Family Foundation recognized the humanitarian initiatives of
Traverse and their dedication to these special Tampa Bay area
children and their families, by honoring the organization with a
$10,000 donation along with the Spirit of Humanity
Award. TRAVERSE has already re-fenced their arena, with part of
the funds and a crew of United Way Hands On Tampa Volunteers. Next
they will renovate the stable and paddocks.
Located
in Thonotosassa, Florida, TRAVERSE encourages the at-risk children to participate in
group therapy and riding instruction twice weekly, and are required
to set personal, family, horse, and school goals. TRAVERSE
professional staff members conduct the riding classes, group therapy
sessions, and monitor each child’s progress carefully. Parents also
participate in weekly group sessions that ultimately improve the
child’s self-esteem while simultaneously eliminating personal pain
and social isolation.
The DeBartolo Family
Foundation annually awards scholarships to deserving students,
provides grants to individuals and organizations with exceptional
requirements, and presents the Spirit of Humanity Award, honoring
non-profit, grass roots organizations that provide extraordinary
assistance to Tampa Bay residents with special needs.
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7) NARHA
Region Conferences on the NARHA Website
With the first month of 2008 quickly
coming to a close, it is once again time to start thinking about the
upcoming NARHA Region Conferences. In the next three months,
Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7, will all be hosting their NARHA Region
Conferences. Online registration is currently open with links
to each region's information on the region
conference page. Also, registration brochures are currently
being mailed to NARHA members in each region. Please take the
time to visit your region’s conference page and take a look at all
of the great learning opportunities especially selected to fit the
needs of your region.
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8) Research assistance requested
Liz Ylitalo with Texas
A&M University's Texas Engineering Extension Service,
specifically the Technology and Economic Development Division, wrote
to NARHA to request assistance. She is researching national
fairground and expo trends and events. She contacted us because of
our role as a valued horse organization. She said, "please feel
free to forward this to any appropriate party."
Any
information will be valuable to her as will suggestions for relevant
associations to contact, specific staff members, periodicals,
published documents or studies, books, research, websites,
etc.
Her questions are as follows:
1. What are
you seeing in the way of successful national trends and events for
fairgrounds/expo/convention centers? (and those specifically for
Texas or nearby locations)
2. What equine competition/showing
needs are not being met by such venues?
3. What is the future for
non-fair events/activities concerning the equine industry?
4.
What industries, organizations or associations are instrumental to
this market?
5. What are the challenges your industry faces in
utilizing existing event facilities?
6. Any other insight,
resources, studies or other information would be incredibly valuable
to my research.
Please contact Liz by email
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9)
Women LUV Horses essay
contest for California 2008 event
Lynn Palm, Women LUV Horses equestrienne event
founder, announces a “Why I Love Horses” and “My Favorite Horse
Publication” essay contest for Women Luv Horses™, a three-day
celebration of horses and women to be held in City of Industry,
California’s Industry Hills Expo Center, (near Los Angeles),
December 5th, 6th, and 7th,
2008.
The essay is limited to
500 words or less and must include why the writer loves horses and
why they love their favorite horse publication. The publication can
be print or web based.
Submit essays via e-mail
to [email protected]
. Include name, mailing address, contact phone number, contact
e-mail, and age division. Age divisions include: 12 and
under, 13–18, 19 –35, 36–55, and over 56. One winner will be
selected from each age division and each winner will receive two
free weekend tickets to the Women Luv Horses, City of Industry, CA, 2008 event. The free weekend
tickets include VIP seating at event’s Fashion Show and Cowgirl
Party. Deadline for submitting essays is May 15, 2008. Essay contest
winners and their favorite horse publications will be publicized
daily at the event as well as on the lynnpalm.com
website.
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| 10) Member
to Member Q & A
Have a question for our
members?
Please send your
questions and
answers to
Barbara on or before February 14.
We may not be able to publish all
questions or answers in NARHA News ...
but we will
compile and summarize the answers in the publication and we'll
publish those we feel will be of the greatest value to the most
members. Of course we will be happy to forward them to the person
who submitted the question.
As is the case with all NARHA
publications, NARHA
reserves the right to reject, accept and edit submitted
material. Since NARHA News is intended as a free exchange of
information and opinion, the opinions, practices or products
presented may not necessarily reflect NARHA policy, imply NARHA
endorsement, or comply with NARHA
standards.
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