4STEPS Therapeutic Riding Program
5367 Sixty Foot Road
Parsonsburg,
Maryland 21849
410-835-8814
Copy and paste email: giddyup4steps@aol.com
Enhancing Lives Through
Equine Activities
Therapeutic
Riding is a unique and holistic approach to therapy, rehabilitation and
recreation. 4STEPS is a PATH* International Premiere Accredited Center and
provides a safe environment introducing children and adults with disabilities
to the benefits and joys of the healing powers of the horse. The team consists
of instructors who are certified through PATH Intl and friendly, fired up, and
fantastic volunteers who offer their expertise and caring. And of course our
wonderful horses! *Professional
Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International
Autism and Brain Injury, Cerebral
Palsy and Multiple Sclerosis, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Spina Bifida…
There are many families on the Eastern Shore caring for children
and adults with these and other cognitive, physical and emotional disabilities.
Over the past 10 years more than 500 individuals with special needs have
experienced the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding and animal partnership
programs in the 4STEPS Therapeutic Riding Program.
Congratulations on 10 years
of service to our community!
As we head into our 11th year of service, we are happy
to announce that we now have a covered riding arena. This facility, of which we
have dreamed for many years, will enable us to provide a greater number of
program sessions. No longer will sessions have to be curtailed or rescheduled
because of inclement weather. We are also delighted to welcome two new
instructors to the program. Both the covered arena and the additional
instructors will enable us to meet a growing demand for our services and allow
us to expand the program to meet the needs of a wider variety of clients.
Over its first decade, the 4STEPS
program has grown from a new program on the Lower Eastern Shore serving a small
number of physically disabled children, to an established part of the array of
services offered to the disabled population in our community, serving both
children and adults with a wide variety of physical, cognitive, emotional and
behavioral disabilities. Our program has expanded to accommodate new referrals
from juvenile service agencies, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and
social service agencies. We continue to expand our programs through pilot
programs designed to address the needs of additional specific populations
Special thanks to our
donors
Many,
if not most, of the clients we have served – and many of those we seek to
include in expanded services – simply could not afford to participate without
the financial assistance of
scholarships we are able to offer because of the generosity of caring people
like you. Even with a modest service fee
paid by or on behalf of clients, we could not afford to provide services to the
disabled without donors like you. Facility maintenance, procuring adaptive
equipment and instructional aids, retention of qualified instructors and
training of volunteers are but a few of the costs of providing services.
You
have helped us get to where we are and we need your continued support to
continue providing services and enable us to both meet the growing demand for
services and expand the program to serve a wider variety of disabilities. So
many depend on us – individuals and families of disabled dependents, as well as
agencies and institutions serving the disabled and socially deprived. Your help
allows us to help the less fortunate gain benefits including increased
mobility, confidence and strength and improvement in social adaptation,
balance, coordination and physical abilities.
Please
demonstrate your support by making a tax-deductible donation to 4STEPS
today. Together, we will ensure that
children and adults with special needs will “walk on” into the future because
of your heartfelt gifts.
A thousand apples to each of you!
TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, TO PARTICIPATE, TO VOLUNTEER,
OR TO MAKE A DONATION CONTACT
4STEPS
Therapeutic Riding Program
5367A
Sixty Foot Road
Parsonsburg,
Maryland 21849
410-835-8814
copy and paste E-Mail: giddyup4steps@aol.com
4STEPS is a
501c3 Non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible
