Like to help take care of horses and maintain their barns?
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SMART with HEART sits on a beautiful 23 acre horse farm -- we currently have 15 horses in our herd and three barns to maintain. We can always use assistance in taking care of the horses and barns -- early in the mornings or early in the evenings. Our horses are fed in their stalls twice a day, then spend much of the day in the pastures. Their feed buckets need to be cleaned after each meal, their water buckets always kept fresh and clean, and their stalls mucked out. The horses benefit from the tender care of volunteers who help groom, and occasionally wash them. Your reward as volunteers is contributing to healthy horses who will help our SMART with HEART riders who are facing life challenges -- physically, mentally, emotionally. We look forward to hearing from you.
About Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy, Inc.
SMART with Heart provides an all-encompassing horsemanship program--where participants learn to groom and tack up their horses, ride to the utmost of their ability, and care for their horses afterwards. All of these horsemanship skills provide the participant with many physical, emotional and cognitive benefits. Some of these benefits include an increase in physical strength and stamina, an improvement in posture, balance and coordination, and an increase in attention span and independent skills. An increase in self esteem and a sense of empowerment are also gained from fostering a respectful, affectionate, working "partnership" with their horse. At SMART with Heart the movement of the horse, the connection to the horse, and the natural environment are all used to help heal the body, mind and spirit of each participant.SMART with Heart is a PATH Int'l, Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International, Premier Center providing equine assisted services since 1987.
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