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Like and Feel Great: Bimeda/Equimax on Facebook
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From now until
Labor Day, September 1, 2014, for every like received on the PATH Intl.
Sponsor Bimeda/Equimax Facebook
page, Bimeda will donate $1 to PATH Intl., up to $1,000. We are at
nearly 200 likes from when we started!
It couldn't be easier! Click the link, like their page, and feel great
for helping PATH Intl. Thank you!
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DAV
Charitable Trust Grant
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Does your
nonprofit center serve veterans? If so, you may be eligible to apply to
the DAV Charitable Trust for a grant to fund veterans services. Their
next grant cycle starts October 1. For information, visit their website.
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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 5, 2014
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Message
From the CEO
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 My first couple of days
as CEO of PATH Intl. are nearing the end. As tired as I might be by the
move from Seattle to Denver, I have been energized by these two days
full of information and possibilities. Although I know PATH Intl. well
from my earlier time as a center executive director and as a PATH Intl.
Board Member and Past President, having this opportunity to learn yet
another perspective and ultimately take all of that knowledge to lead
the association forward is exhilarating. Thanks to the strong work of
the board, staff leadership and community input, we have a bold
strategic plan to execute that will benefit the membership and the
clients we serve. I look forward to working with all of you to
strengthen and build this industry in the days ahead.
All the best,
Kathy Alm
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Register
for the 2014 PATH Intl. Conference and Annual Meeting
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Renewing
Sponsor and Special Conference Auction Item!
We are pleased to
announce that Equicizer has renewed their pewter-level sponsorship of
the PATH Intl. Conference and will once again donate a Classic
Equicizer to be auctioned prior to the annual banquet. This is an
excellent opportunity to get one for your center, so come prepared to
bid. Thank you, Equicizer!
Registration for
the 2014 PATH Intl. Conference and Annual Meeting is now open. Click here to register
and pick your sessions. If you registered through the special
promotion, you may now go in and select your sessions.
 The hard copy registration booklet
and form was polybagged with the summer issue of PATH Intl. Strides,
so check your mail, or you can click the cover of the registration book
(left) to open in your browser.
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Two
Scholarship Opportunities for Veterans
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PATH Intl. is
proud to offer two scholarship
opportunities for veterans of U.S. military service in order to
promote their continued growth and to give back to them for their
service. The PATH
International Equine Services for Heroes Conference Scholarship for
Veterans will award one conference registration to the
2014 PATH Intl. Conference and Annual Meeting in San Diego to a
veteran. The PATH
International Equine Services for Heroes Therapeutic Riding Instructor
Certification Scholarship for Veterans will reimburse
to a veteran the cost of pursuing PATH Intl. Therapeutic Riding
Instructor Certification. Visit the website
for information and applications.
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PATH
Intl. Exhibits at American Psychological Association Convention in DC
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The PATH Intl.
Medical Advisory helped identify the 2014 medical tradeshow at which
PATH Intl. will exhibit. The American Psychological Association Convention,
August 7-10 in Washington DC, is a perfect fit to help broaden outreach
for the association and EAAT. The last time the event was held in DC,
2011, there were 13,633 psychologist attendees! We have heard from
many PATH Intl. Certified Professionals who are attending the
event as they currently play an active role in this vibrant
association.
Medical advisory
member Dr. Robin Gabriels will be presenting at the convention on her
recent research: "Expanding rural intervention options for
children on the autism spectrum: Results from a four-year randomized
control trial of therapeutic horseback riding." Joahn Hall, MD,
also a medical advisory and PATH Intl. Board of Trustees member, has
graciously offered to attend to help with the outreach. The goal is to
educate the attendees about the essential role PATH Intl. plays in
EAAT, including equine-facilitated psychotherapy and why it is vital
that they seek PATH Intl. Professionals and Centers for their clients
and professional needs.
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BraveHearts
Therapeutic Riding and Education Center Offers PATH Intl. Member
Discount for Veterans Conference
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 The education event Providing with Purpose:
Serving Veterans to the Best of our Abilities will focus on
strategies for individuals serving veterans with an emphasis on those
working with horses. Clinician Monty Roberts will be the keynote
speaker! The event is August 22-24, 2014, at BraveHearts at the
Bergmann Centre, 4950 Route 173, Poplar Grove, IL 61065.
PATH Intl. MEMBERS
ONLY may register one free guest with the purchase of one full
registration. The deadline is Friday, August 8th at 5 p.m. CST.
Click here for the tentative schedule or for more information.
Have a question? Email: meggan@braveheartsriding.org.
To redeem this discount offer call: (815) 943-8226.
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James
Brady, 1940-2014
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 It was with sadness that
PATH Intl. heard the news yesterday of the death of James Brady, the
press secretary to President Ronald Reagan who was shot during an
assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981. The failed attempt left Brady
paralyzed.
To make his physical therapy more enjoyable, Brady began therapeutic
riding with his horse. It was so beneficial that he improved rapidly
and eventually was able to walk without a cane. He said that the riding
helped him improve his balance and muscle control more than traditional
physical therapy.
PATH Intl. named its professional achievement award after James Brady. The PATH Intl. James
Brady Professional Achievement Award Winners are listed on the website.
The winner of the 2014 James Brady Professional Achievement Award,
which is sponsored by The Equus Foundation, will be announced at the
PATH Intl. Conference Awards Banquet, October 31, 2014, in San Diego.
Our thoughts are with Mr. Brady's family.
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Bayer
Offers Free Webinar on Equine Health
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Mark August 19 on
your calendar for a free Bayer HealthCare Animal Health webinar on Equine
Protozoal Myeloencephalitis. Dr. James Little will present "EPM: The
Cause, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment" at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time. Watch your email inbox for more information coming soon.
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Join
Us in Welcoming These New PATH Intl. Centers!
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Welcome to these two centers who have joined the PATH Intl.
family! If you would like information on starting a center, visit the Centers page or contact
Stefani Viktora-Anderson.
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Kiddy Up Ranch Therapy and Learning Academy, New Port
Richie, FL
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Stable
Place, Davie, FL
Silver Lining Riding Program, Waddell, AZ
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Colorado
Center Named Best of Business by Business Journal
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Congratulations to
Pikes Peak Therapeutic Riding Center, a PATH Intl. Premier Accredited
Center in Elbert, CO. The Colorado Springs Business Journal in its 2014
Best of Business honors named Pikes Peak TRC Best Physical Rehab Center.
"Pikes Peak Therapeutic Riding Center isn't full of complicated gym
equipment and stern, demanding physical therapists. Their therapy is of
the furrier sort - horses," states the CSBJ website. "The
center started out solely as a place for people with disabilities to ride
horses, and has grown to include hippotherapy, thanks to a partnership
with Memorial Hospital. They now provide equine therapy to people with
speech, occupational or physical disabilities. And they've grown more -
in recent years, they started the Horses for Heroes program to provide
equine therapy to soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. They've
just started a psychotherapy equine program to assist with cognitive and
emotional well being. Started as a small nonprofit, PPTRC was
incorporated in 1982 and now treats a range of cognitive, physical and
emotional disabilities."
PPTRC stated on its Facebook page, "We are here to serve the
community and thank you for allowing us to serve you."
We at PATH Intl. are proud of the work our centers and our certified
professionals do every day, and we are grateful that others outside our
industry recognize them too.
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Equine
Tips From the PATH Intl. Equine Welfare Committee
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Keeping
It Simple: Managing Manure in Your Paddocks
By Marcie Ehrman,
Member of the PATH Intl. Equine Welfare Committee
Ahhhh......turnout! Hopefully, most PATH Intl. Centers are able to
provide their EAAT horses with turnout, whether in a large herd over
massive acreage, in small, individual dirt paddocks or somewhere in
between. Keeping really small "playpen" paddocks clean is not
much more difficult than cleaning a stall. In huge open fields, however,
the prospect of wandering around, manure fork in hand, in search of
manure piles, is impractical at best. There are those very fortunate
centers (I taught at one of them) who are the proud owners of a
"poop-vac" (this is my term), which can operate off the back of
a Gator or farm vehicle and magically vacuums up the manure into a
receptacle to be emptied when full.
For those of us without a poop-vac, one very simple, very low cost option
for medium-small to medium-large paddocks is the tire drag. Read more.
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Needed:
Volunteer Management Software Recommendations
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We recently posted
on Facebook a question some members have asked about recommendations for
a good volunteer management software program. Gregg Goodman, executive
director of Horses Help, a Premier Accredited Center in Phoenix, AZ, and
Arizona State Chair, states that they are looking at a new program with
Nonprofit Easy, a one-stop shop for managing volunteers, fundraising and
other organizational data. Thank you for your input, Gregg!
When it comes to running our organizations, other members are often our
best resource. Do you have a volunteer management software program you'd
like to recommend? Send an email to Cher Smith.
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SmartPak
Horse of the Month
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Meet Daisy, the SmartPak PATH Intl. Horse
of the Month for July. Daisy is an EAAT horse at Hearts & Hooves,
Inc., a PATH Intl. Premier Accredited Center in Sherwood, AR.
Congratulations, Daisy! Hearts & Hooves will receive one month of
SmartSupplements.
SmartPak is looking now to choose the next Horse of the Month,
which will receive $100 of SmartPak products for a month. Nominate your horse in
August for a chance to win! Photos are highly encouraged!
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Scholarship
for Prospective Instructors
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 Don't wait to begin logging your
volunteer hours for the 2015 PATH Intl. Champion of Equine Service
Certification Scholarship, sponsored by the EQUUS Foundation. The
scholarship financially assists prospective instructors who achieve
champion status to obtain a PATH Intl. Registered Instructor
Certification. The EQUUS Foundation will award one scholarship to cover
the registration fee up to $1,000 for the recipient to attend a PATH
Intl. Registered Instructor Certification Workshop.
For more information about
the champions program, the PATH Intl. Scholarship and how PATH Intl.
members can achieve champion status by volunteering, visit the EQUUS Foundation website.
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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 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
August 7-10, 2014
SIRE, Houston's
Therapeutic Equestrian Centers, Hockley, TX
August 13-16, 2014
High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc., Old Lyme, CT
August 14-17, 2014
BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center, Harvard, IL
August 28-31, 2014
Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding (STAR), Lenoir City, TN
September 11-14, 2014
Calvin Center Therapeutic Riding Program, Hampton, GA
October 9-12, 2014
High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc., Old Lyme, CT
October 16-19, 2014
National Ability Center, Park City, UT
October 22-25, 2014
Hearts and Horses, Inc., Loveland, CO
November 20-23, 2014
Horse Power at Touchstone Farm, Temple, NH
PATH Intl. Vaulting Workshop and
Certification
September 24-27, 2014
Hearts and Horses, Inc., Loveland, CO
PATH Intl. Driving
Workshop and Certification
August 8-10, 2014 - Demonstration Only
Born 2 Be Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Aubrey, TX
PATH Intl.
Advanced Certification
August 20-22, 2014
ManeGait, McKinney, TX
PATH Intl. Mentor
Training
August 7-8, 2014
PATH Intl. Region 5 Conference, Middle Tennessee State University,
Murfreesboro, TN
PATH Intl. Approved Training Course
August 27 to November (contact the host site for ending
date)
High Hopes
Therapeutic Riding, Inc., Old Lyme, CT
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