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PATH
Intl. Disaster Relief Helps Center
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Megan Delmar, the
executive director of Staten Island Recreational Association, Inc., in
Staten Island, NY, sent a letter to PATH Intl. thanking members for the
assistance provided through the PATH Intl. Disaster Relief Fund. Read the full letter here.
"I don't
think I was mentally ready to handle what was ahead for us and I was a
little broken," Megan writes. Then two boys, both on the autism
spectrum and one a former participant, came to help in any way they
could. "Watching these two boys work so hard trying to make a
difference with their own limited abilities brought me right back to
where I needed to be. ... I was ready to rebuild what I lost. I thought
of all the kids we have helped over the years. How we had given them a place
where they were accepted and belonged. A place where they could go and
their disability didn't matter. It was in that moment that I asked our
instructor to contact PATH Intl. for help."
Click here for information on the PATH
Intl. Disaster Relief Fund. Click here to donate to the fund
or contact Megan Ferry, (800) 369-7433, ext. 107.
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Professional
Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International
Recipients
of the 2013 Equine Industry Vision Award
sponsored
by Zoetis, presented by American Horse Publications
August 20, 2013
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2013
PATH Intl. Conference and Annual Meeting
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Questions about
registration? Contact Karen Province or call her at
(800) 369-7433, ext. 111.
Everyone is looking for ways to diversify programming and
increase revenue. Create an inclusive
trail riding team! Presenters Teri Carroll
and Doria Fleisher will show attendees how to add team trail riding to
a program while attracting new participants and providing individuals
of varying abilities the opportunity to ride together.
More and more, research is being sought for the efficacy
of equine-assisted activities and therapies. Prepare
your EAAT center for research with this
session, which highlights issues to consider for developing quality
research, including infrastructure and collaboration. This session,
based in part on a collaboration between a center and a university
research team, is presented by Robin Gabriels and Amy Shoffner.
Join
us for Destination: Success!
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You work hard throughout the year.
You need a vacation! PATH Intl. has just the thing you need to turn
your 2013 PATH Intl. Conference and Annual Meeting into a great
vacation. Click here for ways
to extend your time in Orlando by buying discount tickets for Orlando
attractions, such as Disney theme parks, by making reservations through
an exclusive PATH Intl. partnership, or by participating in the PATH Intl. Destination
Vacation Online Auction. Have fun!
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PATH
Intl. Conference Scholarship Recipients
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Congratulations to
the following, who are the recipients of the PATH Intl. Conference
Scholarships! Thank you to all of those who took a good deal of time to
apply and weren't selected. Please apply again next year for the 2014
conference.
Thank you also to
our donors and sponsors who make these scholarships possible. (If you
would like information about donating to scholarships, contact Megan Ferry.)
General
Scholarship
Kim Bennett, Winter Park, CO
Charmaine Bouford, Smithfield, ME
Jessie Butler, Ft. Collins, CO
Allison Crook,
Loveland, CO
Rachaell Dockery,
East Stroudsburg, PA
Sharla Kershen, Argyle, TX
Katja Mehlhorn,
Pittsburgh, PA
Sarah
Newton-Cromwell, Murfreesboro, TN
Denise Quirk,
Warrington, PA
Susan Stapel,
Magdalena, NM
Rohana Swihart, West Richland, WA
Alexa Talkington, Alvy, WV
Marjorie
Kittredge Scholarship in Mental Health and Learning
Hallie Sheade, Denton, TX
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PAC
Featured in Newspaper Story
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Strides to
Success, a PATH Intl. Premier Accredited Center in Plainfield, IN, was
featured in an article in The Indianapolis Star June 23 titled
"The Horse Is the Whisperer" by Phil Richards. The story
focused on the veterans program at the center. One veteran, Doug
McLaughlin, is using sessions to help him deal with post-traumatic
stress disorder. Sessions have been healing. "What's the magic?
That's a good question," he told Richards. "The horse senses
there's a leader in everyone. You've just got to find it."
Congratulations to
Strides to Success for furthering the attention of the benefits of
equine-assisted activities and therapies to those who face
challenges.
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Individual
and Instructor Membership Renewal
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Starting September
1, 2013, membership renewal notices will be sent electronically.
Individual and instructor members will be able to renew online or by
downloading a membership renewal form and the instructor compliance
form from the PATH Intl. website on the My PATH Intl. Membership
page. To ensure that membership renewal notices are received,
members will need to be proactive in keeping their email address
current in their member records. If you have questions regarding
updating your email address, please contact Jorian Stuckey, (800) 369-7433, ext. 119.
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PATH
Intl. Equine-Facilitated Learning Survey
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EFL is a rapidly
growing part of the equine-assisted activities and therapies industry
that is large and sometimes ambiguous as far as definitions, practices
and professional pathways. A survey has been created that will help
PATH Intl. as an association better understand the needs of its
members, and the information gathered will help guide us as this
industry evolves. For taking part in the survey, one member will
receive an EFL package, which includes the PATH Intl.
Equine-Facilitated Learning Manual, a PATH Intl. ESMHL Certified
Professional shirt and Marvelous Minis curriculum donated by Strides to
Success, a PATH Intl. Premier Accredited Center in Plainfield, IN.
Winner to be drawn randomly.
Click here to take the
survey.
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PATH
Intl. Webinar on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
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PATH Intl. will
hold the webinar "Riding in the Moment: A Program for Persons With
Alzheimer's Disease and Other Forms of Dementia" on August 21,
2013, at 5 p.m. Mountain time. It will be presented by Stef Vikora,
Program Director at Hearts and Horses, a PATH Intl. Premier Accredited
Center in Loveland, CO. If you would like to attend this pertinent and
informative topic, contact Denise Fager or call her at
(800) 369-7433, ext. 114.
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Welcome
New PATH Intl. Centers
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Please join PATH Intl.
in welcoming these new centers. These centers joined PATH Intl. in July.
HorseBuds Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc., Greeley, CO
Intermountain Equestrian Center, Billings, MT
Therapeutic Riding Center South Jersey, Logan Township, NJ
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PATH
Intl. Strides "Great Idea" Offers Great Discount
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Be sure to check out the
summer issue of PATH
Intl. Strides magazine's "Great Idea" on page 50.
Lynn Petr discusses the profitability of composting. The system she uses,
O2 Compost, was a PATH Intl. 2012 Conference exhibitor. O2 Compost is
offering discounts to PATH Intl. members who purchase its systems through
August 31, 2013.
Compost System
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Regular Price
(plus shipping)
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Discount
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Micro-Bin
(1-4 horses)
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$875
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$100
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Benchmark
(4-8 horses)
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$2,375
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$250
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Cornerstone
(8-20 horses)
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$3,875
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$500
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Questions? Contact Peter Moon or call him at (360)
568-8085.
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Educational
Materials Grant for Therapeutic Horsemanship Centers
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The Parelli
Education Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to the teaching of natural
horsemanship, is giving away $1,000,000 in educational materials to
therapeutic horsemanship centers, horse welfare organizations, youth
programs and individual youth under age 19. Click here for information
and to apply for the grant, which is made possible by Parelli Natural
Horsemanship. The giveaway ends November 15, 2013.
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Last
Day for PATH Intl. Membership Purchasing Survey
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Help PATH Intl. and
possibly win a prize by taking 10 minutes or less to tell us about your
purchasing habits. In order to serve our members best, we seek to partner
with appropriate industry organizations and companies. So every couple
years PATH Intl. gathers purchasing data on its membership to help us
align with those organizations.
Click here to complete the
survey by August
20, 2013. This survey should take less than 10
minutes. Respondents who would like to be entered in a drawing can win 16
prizes, including feed coupons, bags of horse treats, dewormers, books
and even a $25 American Express gift card! (Thank you to Bimeda/Equimax,
Triple Crown Nutrition and Horse Sense of the Carolinas for these
prizes.)
If you have any questions, please contact Megan
Ferry at PATH Intl. Thank you in advance for your participation.
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PATH
Intl. Events Calendar
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Unless otherwise
noted, contact Denise Fager at (800) 369-7433, ext. 114, with
questions. All dates are subject to change. To register for an event,
please contact the host site directly. You can locate its contact
information under Find a Center on the
PATH Intl. homepage or on the PATH Intl. events calendar.
PATH Intl. Equine
Specialist in Mental Health and Learning Workshop and Practical Skills
Testing
September 11-15, 2013
Special People United to Ride (SPUR) in Lincroft, NJ
September 26-29
Appalachian Therapeutic Riding Center in Burnsville, NC
September 27-30, 2013
Horse Power at Touchstone Farm in Temple, NH
October 17-20, 2013
Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center in Bend, OR
October 23-26, 2013
Hearts and Horses, Inc., in Loveland, CO
PATH Intl. Driving
Workshop and Certification combination event
Workshop is held the
first 2-1/2 days, certification held the last 2-1/2 days. Specific
schedule sent by host site.
October 15-19, 2013
Horse Power at Touchstone Farm in Temple, NH
PATH Intl.
Advanced Certification Event
September 7-8, 2013
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center in Woodinville, WA
October 18-20, 2013
Horses Help in Phoenix, AZ
December 13-15, 2013
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center in Chagrin Falls, OH
PATH Intl. Mentor
Training
December 7-8, 2013
Pegasus Therapeutic Riding, Inc., in Brewster, NY
Evaluator Training
August 24-25, 2013
Equest in Wylie, TX
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