FromAmountPurposeYear
$15K
BLUE RIDER STABLES' ADAPTIVE RIDING PROGRAMS SERVE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND THE TRI-STATE AREA. PROGRAMS SUCH AS OURS HAVE PROVEN TO BE EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE IN REACHING THOSE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS OR MANY OTHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES. A GERMAN STUDY (BAROLIN, G.S., & SAMBORSKI R. (1991). THE HORSE AS AN AID IN THERAPY. WIENER MEDIZINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT,) STATES "PHYSIOTHERAPY ON THE BACK OF THE MOVED HORSE HAS TWO IMPORTANT DIMENSIONS: 1) THE SOMATOTROPIC EFFECT REGARDS MAINLY SPASTICITY, ATAXIA, THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN, THE BASIS OF THE PELVIS AND THE SKIN. 2) A GENERAL PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC AND PSYCHO HYGIENIC EFFECT IS CREATED BY JOY, CHANGE AND NEW IMPETUS IN REHABILITATION AND BY THE EMOTIONAL CONTACT WITH THE "COMRADE ANIMAL".
2024
$10K
Provides therapeutic horseback riding
2024
$2K
TO BENEFIT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO AID CHILDREN AND HANDICAPPED RESIDENTS OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY
2024
$1K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$26K
HUMAN SERVICES, ANIMAL RELATED
2023
$22K
BLUE RIDER STABLES' ADAPTIVE RIDING PROGRAMS SERVE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT BERKSHIRE COUNT AND THE TRI-STATE AREA. PROGRAMS SUCH AS OURS HAVE PROVEN TO BE EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE IN REACHING THOSE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS OR MANY OTHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES. WE ARE REQUESTING FUNDING THIS YEAR TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO LIVE IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY FULL TIME AND REQUIRE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THERAPEUTIC LESSONS. ADAPTIVE HORSEBACK RIDING SUPPORTS EACH CLIENT'S INDIVIDUALIZED GOALS. THESE INCLUDE THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, VOCATIONAL, SAFETY, COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS. THE PROPOSED SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BENEFIT APPROXIMATELY TWENTY SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS AGES TWO TO SEVENTY SIX TO PARTICIPATE IN AGE APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS SUITED TO THEIR NEEDS.
2023
$20K
Provides therapeutic horseback riding
2023
$10K
TO BENEFIT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO AID CHILDREN AND HANDICAPPED RESIDENTS OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY
2023
$3K
TO HELP OFFER A HOLISTIC EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, IN WHICH PEOPLE AND ANIMALS CAN SAFELY INTERACT, AND THROUGH THEIR MUTUAL THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCES, BROADEN THE SCOPE OF THEIR LIVES.
2023
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$8K
TO BENEFIT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO AID CHILDREN AND HANDICAPPED RESIDENTS OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY
2022
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$1K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$8K
TO BENEFIT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO AID CHILDREN AND HANDICAPPED RESIDENTS OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY
2021
$7K
PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY THERAPY RIDERS
2021
$8K
TO BENEFIT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO AID CHILDREN AND HANDICAPPED RESIDENTS OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY
2020
$6K
TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO LIVE IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY FULL TIME AND REQUIRE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THERAPEUTIC LESSONS. THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING SUPPORTS EACH CLIENT'S INDIVIDUALIZED GOALS. THESE INCLUDE THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, VOCATIONAL, SAFETY, COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS. THE PROPOSED SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BENEFIT APPROXIMATELY TWENTY SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS AGES TWO TO SIXTY EIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN AGE APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS SUITED TO THEIR NEEDS.
2020
$8K
TO BENEFIT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO AID CHILDREN AND HANDICAPPED RESIDENTS OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY
2018
$6K
THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAMS WHICH SERVES INDIVIDUALS AND SCHOOLS IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY. BENEFITS OF THERAPEUTIC RIDING SUPPORTS EACH STUDENT'S INDIVIDUALIZED GOALS: SOCIAL, VOCATIONAL, SAFETY, COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS. [THE PROGRAMS WILL BENEFIT APPROXIMATELY EIGHT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, AGES 5-22, DURING THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR; AS WELL AS FIVE BRS ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS AND INTERNS, AGES 16-22 AND SEVEN ADULT SPECIAL NEEDS CLIENTS].
2018