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October 2013 EAT Newsletter

EAT News

From the Director’s Desk …

It’s been a wild and crazy couple of months at Equine-Assisted Therapy. We’ve had events and con-

struction and work parties and presentations and site visits. We’ve added a new horse to our equine

family not to mention lots of new volunteers and participants which we welcome with a heartfelt

“YEA!!!!” Read about all of these happenings those still to come in this October Newsletter! Enjoy!

Welcome Saint Florian! (aka Midnights Dream) On August 17th, at the Concord Bowl

Sand volleyball courts, dozens of St Louis Firefighters from 21 departments came

together to claim the title of Volleyball Champions of 2013!

This was the firefighters 21st year of

doing this charitable event, giving all

the proceeds of this tournament to a St Louis non-profit.

The weather was perfect for the games, silent auction,

raffle, food and drink! With CRI Karen Ernst being the

“face of EAT” , her nieces hawking the raffle tickets and

EAT volunteers Scott Smith, Vicki Vogt and Caryn Mun-

dell cheering from the sidelines, the firefighters

reached their goal to purchase EAT it’s long-wished-for

Gypsy Vanner horse.

Named Midnights Dream at birth 7 years ago, he is now

being called Saint Florian after the Patron Saint of fire-

fighters.

Thanks to Karen's brother Mark Chrun (Captain with the

St. Louis City Fire Department) for heading up this event

all these years, St Louis Firefighters Local 73, St Louis

Firefighters Credit Union, Tom Hessel, Keith Hill, Nike

IHM, Jim Davis from Inspirational Paintings, Rocky Dollarhide of Aberdeen Golf Club, Tommy and

Andy Karendzieff of Crown Candy and Arteaga Photos. ( p.s. the minute Saint Florian stepped off the trailer EAT volunteers Eileen Palmer and Gaye Ragen

grabbed the shampoo and Cowboy Magic and gave him a bath! )

The construction of our final step of the development plan for the property

in Wildwood is complete. The new building will house our hay and grains to

keep them dry and safe, a tack room, and space for storage – one can never

have too much closet space! This building is being built thanks to the Mary

Lou Shannahan Foundation. And I think this means we’ve finally moved in!

More Closet Space . . .


EAT News

EAT’s first-ever Hoe Down was held on August 24th at our Wildwood facility thanks to a really creative and ambitious committee of ladies, Vicki Vogt - our

Special Events Coordinator, Jody Delf, Lulu Bogolin, Liz Baisch and Liz Johnson and sponsored by Design for To-morrow, Waddell Concrete, Helen Wetterau, Robert Hu-man & Associates, TECH Manu-facturing, Maxs Meats.

We’re so excited to announce that with the money raised at the Hoe Down EAT was able to

acquire this beautiful John Deere 5200 tractor with cab, loader, top link, quick-change bale spike, front to back service, fluid filled tires…delivered!

All this through the help and generosity of Wm Nobbe Tractor in Waterloo, IL and our salesman, Jason Hess as they worked with Gary and Board member Cal Kretsinger to do their best for EAT.

EAT’s First Ever Hoe - Down . . .

Thank you to: Catering – Max’s Meats Band – Roadhouse Dance floor – donated by Beyers Lumber and built by McCarthy Construction Printing by Straatmann Printing & Design

DONORS -

Lukas Liquors Keith & Linda Weber Straatmann Feed

All the Participants families who donated to our Wheelbarrow of Booze for raffle Leslie Faust Mark Fletcher Woodard Tandy Leather Bryan Hayes Dave Glover Front Porch Jody Delf Jeanne Dalba Baisch & Skinner Keith Weber Ron Ragen Mid America Freight James & Cynthia Coyle

Liz Baisch Hager CO Justin & Ida Baisch George Delf Kelpe Contracting Mark & Jill Rawlins William James Meghan Miers Elder & Elder Linek Plumbing Eureka Auto Collision Center Fred O Thatcher Broker Cal & Jan Kretsinger Jeremiah & Elaine Halley Scott Smith Joe & Michelle Ennenbach The Eckelkamp Family Ed & Karen Ernst Shelby & Donna Anderson Dr Michele Kemp Mary Wyatt David & Wendy Alexander Robt Hardcastle Michael & Jo Diane Carbrey John & Judy Baisch Peter & Mary Zimmerman Carter Smith Rickie Rubin Kerckhoff Steve & Miriam Rotskoff Accurate Fire Protection Systems Sackett Family Foundation William & Mary Waddell

Bernard & Julie McIntosh Glenn & Patricia Sprich Jan Hess John & Mary Nies Joseph & Lynn Fink Craig & Lisa Steffens Noel & James Dwyer Adrienne & Michael Fink Jane Wendling Oliver & Helen Elaine Lerch Lee Steck Carol Ailor Louise Stevenson Kevin Mercer Wisniewski David & Paula Sewell Greg & Barbara Shepard Jim & Vicki Vogt Margaret & Stephen Culver Craig & Eileen Palmer David & Patricia Ahner David & Jane Muzik Deborah & Lawrence Goldfarb Susan Caito Michael & Marti Edwards Roberta & Jerry Pearson Michael & Catherine Olszewski Scott & Rhonda Pitzer Richard & Judith Davis Gloria Bahn Randy Waddell Linda & Dick Taylor Judy & David Kabbes

Carla Krakoviak JJ & SH Ryan Robt & Michelle Perotti Laura & Michael Williams Tracy & Lulu Bogolin Scott & Liz Johnson Susan & Jack Pritchett Brenda & Joseph Ryan Debra Holst Mark & Teresa Brenner Tim & Charlene Laughlin Sandra Taulbee Laura Holt Scott & Amy Eyler John & Ann Parish Robt Piskulich with RPA Construc-tion Services Mike & Melody Roberts National Charity League Moms & Daughters Trulaske Family Foundation, Sa-rah Trulaske, Judy Silk & Jeff Cole-man for the mega screen & video presentation St Louis Carriage Company Pony rides & Scott Pitzer and his trick horse - Trigger Decoration/set up/tear down – Hoe Down Committee, Gary, Scott Smith, Keith Weber Kubota Tractor company


EAT News

Bill Schmidt – provides Farrier services

St Louis Equine Veterinary Services – David Hunt –

cares for our WW horses

Homestead Veterinary Hospital – cares for

our T&C horses

Rick Turner – takes care of our

Tack needs

Our Barn Buddies – feed and care for

our therapy horses each and every day at

both locations

Our EAT Board of Directors

Scott Pitzer – Equine Specialist

Keith Pey – our Newsletter Editor

Kristin Downey for taking care of some of our re-

tired horses at Crescent Farm

Gaye Ragen and Susie Pace for their grooming vis-

its to our T&C and WW herds

Jennifer Smith, Shannon Haney, Kathy & Amanda

Frank, Denise Crow

South St Louis Rotary Club –

for welcoming EAT at their

August meeting and suffering

through our technical difficul-

ties and, of course, your gen-

erous donation!

Alan & Katie Hotards donation

through Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign

Karen Ernst & Kathleen Milton through AT&T Em-

ployee Giving Campaign

Lulu Bogolin – the beautiful Pathfinders photo

album she had made

Trudy & Tom Rider

Carla Krakoviak for completing our plaque for panel

donations to protect the walls of our indoor arena

Keith Weber – Hero-size fly mask

Dave Holst – new boots for Sox!

Thank you to Bill Barbieri of Ameren Missouri for

securing a lovely donation for EAT

Conrad Chun – donation thru The Boeing Co.

John, Susie and Tina for helping our farrier make

quick work of his early morning visits to our T&C

herd every 6 weeks

Eileen Palmer for heading up the Barn Buddy train-

ing program at Wildwood

In honor of Meghan Lawlors birthday EAT re-

ceived donations from Karen Klein, Blane & Char-

lotte Miskell, Erin Moran & Mary Lawlor.

In memory of: Jospeh Langowski

EAT participant parents dad – EAT received

donations in his memory:

We mourn with volunteers Becky and Sara Rekart,

the loss of their mom, Michele. She touched so

many lives as a mom, aunt, wife, nurse and friend.

She is greatly missed.

Thanks to Golden Horseshoe for including Equine-Assisted Therapy in this years annual sale giving us a ‘horsey’ platform in which to talk to ‘horsey’ folks about our ‘horsey’ program! It was a lot of fun and proceeds from the raffle at the sale go to EAT!

We want to thank Greg Shepard & Pat McDermott for their work in obtaining cases and cases of soda and water for our upcoming events as well as a fabu-lous donation from the West County Rotary Club!

NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY HORSE to be therapy horse of 2013!

Will it be Hero? Sox? Romeo? Brody? Q Tip?, Sarge? Dusty? Shoes? Patriot? Florian? Trigger? Obi? Goose? Picasso?

Or maybe a donkey or two? The winner will be an-nounced and awarded at this years Volunteer Thanksgiving Event on Nov 16th. Please plan on attending!

Thank You Thank You Thank You

Seeking Nominations . . .

John Gazda

Steven & Sherry Graf

James & Celia Toombs

Howard Yocum School Staff

Jennifer & Kevin Prickett

Pearl Mueller

Jill Isenberg


EAT News

EAT enjoyed visits from some of St Louis’ finest busi-

nesses like Ameren, Boeing, Castlewood Treatment

Center, Variety – the Children's Charity, and Whole

Foods Markets.

We love sharing what we do with everyone in the com-

munity and showing off our beautiful facility. They are

always surprised by the list of those

who made everything from the indoor

arena to the fencing possible through

their gifts of time or money.

Collectively, we are truly the “village”

it takes to raise a child !

A HUGE thanks goes out to our WildWood King of

Volunteers, Scott Smith, for pounding the pave-

ment and using his retirement time to raise

awareness of what Equine-Assisted Therapy is all

about. He got us a gig with the

Lions Club Southside St Louis

guys who made a lovely donation

– thanks guys! – and talked with

RPA Construction Services who

also handed Scott a check! Long

reign King Scott!

Equine-Assisted Therapy as we join with our Town & Country neighbors in sponsoring the annual Com-munity Days Event at Longview Farm Park at 13525 Clayton Rd

~ Saturday October 19 * (from 9am – 12 noon) ~ with fun for the whole family – lots of happy volun-teers needed to help that day! Reminder to our Wildwood Saturday riders – no classes that day. Come on up to Longview Farm Park and Join the Fun!

It Takes a “Village” Special Kids . . . .

Horses change lives.

They give our young people confi-dence and self esteem.

They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls.

They give us hope!

King of Volunteers . . .

Words of Wisdom

This was posted on Facebook by Julie Branson,

mom of past EAT participant, Taylor.

We at EAT are proud to post this in honor of

all of our wonderful participants, past, current

and future!

Community Days / Longview Park


EAT News

Carla has been with EAT since we held classes at

Crescent Farms as a volunteer with many talents.

Most recently, Carla has taken on the task of

managing our T&C facility, the handling of its

horses, overseeing the Barn Buddies, stock, and

helping the vet and farrier.

Meet Carla Abernathy

Here at EAT we realize that there are HUNDREDS involved in making this program all that it is every day.

Each person, helping in their own way, giving their own “little bit” so that our participants can receive the ben-

efits of riding our happy, healthy horses. We want to thank all of you again and again, over and over, but have

decided instead to hold a Thanksgiving benefit in your honor, Saturday November 16th at our Wildwood loca-

tion starting at 6 pm, so we can show you just a little bit of our gratitude.

For all those who:

feed, groom, catch, shoe, sidewalk, vet, sweep, paint, chop, chip, mop, donate, lead, teach, assist, answer calls,

write, shine, organize, prepare, file, dust, create, spread the word, brush, hose, swing a hammer, haul, tote,

muck, advertise, manage, text, e-mail, hold fund raisers, hold training days, attend training days, shovel, rake,

clean, refer, commit, advise, submit, watch out for, coordinate, guard, fence, mow, trim, medicate, report, pre-

sent, display, demonstrate, …..support!....Equine-Assisted Therapy.

Please join us for dinner, music, memories and the crowning of next years Kings and Queens of Volunteers.

RSVP – [email protected]

Participant families:

This is our time to thank all of the wonderful people who faithfully serve EAT every day. If you would like to

help with this event or have prizes, casseroles or desserts you’d like to donate to the event, please contact

Vicki at: [email protected]

Let’s hear it for Sabrina! Our Queen of Volunteers at WW sent in this e-mail of one of our riders who performed a beautiful routine at our horse show riding Hero BAREBACK!!!! while her father delivered a stirring testimony to his lovely daughter

I just wanted you to know how proud I was of Sabrina the day of the horse show. She

has been working so hard to show what she can do on Hero. She went out there all

by herself, with her father speaking and did a fantastic job riding Hero bareback.

We first got her to ride with one foot out of the stirrup and then two feet. Then we

progressed to two feet out and no reins. Then we went to two feet out and her arms

up and out. Her balance was so good, we told her we would then try bareback the

next week. She really loves to ride bareback. She has such determination and defi-

nitely has the skill to handle Hero who can be stubborn at times. When Sabrina

puts her mind to something she is such a huge success. I love watching the progress

Sabrina has made in the few short years I have been here. Working with Sabrina is

such a thrill and I look forward to it every week. ~~“Queen” Lee

Join the “Little Bit” Campaign !

Words From Lee, Queen of Volunteers . . . .

mailto:[email protected]


EAT News

EAT’s Third Annual Horse Show …

“They see within us the feelings and emotions, the uncertainties and fears, which we try to hide and keep secret. Yet that is their magic. For they do not judge and

condemn. Rather, they accept us as we are and help us to heal.” Our participants brought their A Game out for Equine-Assisted Therapys’ 3rd Annual Horse Show on Sept 21st where friends and relatives gathered to watch an amazing demonstration of acquired skills in horse-manship as well as strengthened physical and mental abilities! It was a wonderful day!

Many thanks to our rain-defying prep group who set everything up on a rainy Friday : ~ Carla Abernathy ~ Lulu & Nick Bogolin ~ Jody Delf ~ Liz Johnson ~ Judy Kabbes ~

~ Mary Ladd ~ Eileen Palmer ~ Brandon Roberts ~ Marti Schlegel ~ Allysa Weihe ~

As well as those who came out to help our participants show their stuff! Thank you from the Equine-Assisted Therapy Instructors, participants and our participants families for what you do to make riding possible for this program!

Brantley Treu

Joe Barnett

Kiersten Birmes

Joanne Bowen

Peggy Browne

Margaret Coates

Mary Costello

Denise Crowe

Kathy Church (correction

from earlier e-mail)

Pilar Gonzalez

Julie Gustafsen

Daniel & Jamie Hartke & sons

Gary Hartke

Jon Hartke

Amanda Hollander

Ellen Houston

Brandi Jungels

Joe Jackson

Liz Johnson

Allison Klipfel

Lauren Ruzicka

May Kay Sandhu

Paula Schroeder

Claudia Sharp

Lauren Siebel

Our Silver Saddles Riding

Team

Scott Smith

Steve Smyth (soloist)

Lee Steck

Ally Uchitelle

Kevin Mercer Wisniewski

And the SLU Equestrian

Team!

Kristin Downey for taking care of some of our Retired Horses at Crescent Farm. Gaye Ragen and Susie Pace for their grooming visits to our T&C and WW herds.

All our new and old Barn Buddies: Mary Wyatt Susie Pace Stuart Percy Donna Halwe Suzanne Cambell John Robinson Cathy Dufour Sabina England The McCoys Megan Gale Tina Kramer Marti & Jim Schlegel Eileen Palmer

Tara Frate Jeff West Patti Abele Mary Kay Sandhu Mary Kate Wiese Marty & Jamie Tobben Tracy & Taylor Kaddouri Tina Kramer, Jennifer Smith Bobbi Pearson Shannon Haney Denise & Jody Crowe Kathy & Amanda Frank

Thanks to those who care for our herd …


EAT News

Collage of EAT’s Third Annual Horse Show …


EAT News

Welcome to Lindsey Roscoe, EAT’s new Office Manager in

our Wildwood office.

Lindsey will cheerfully answer any and all questions you

may have if you’d like to contact her at 314-971-0605 or

[email protected].

She is also the Admin for our Facebook and Webpage dis-

tributions.

If you haven’t met Lindsey yet come on by….

I guarantee you’re gonna love her!

New to the Herd . . . Lindsey Roscoe

Equine Assisted Therapy - Contact Info

Office Manager

Lindsey Roscoe

Phone: (314) 971-0605

Executive Director

Ginni Hartke, RN

Phone: (314) 221-3642

[email protected]

Email EAT [email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Scott Pitzer – Equine Specialist [email protected]

Equine-Assisted Therapy – Program Addresses

EAT - Business Office

5591 Calvey Creek Rd

Robertsville, MO 63072

EAT - Longview Farm Park

13525 Clayton Rd

Town & Country, MO 63141

EAT — Wildwood

3369 Hwy 109

Wildwood, MO 63038

Newsletter Editor : Keith Pey

visit our web-site: www.eatherapy.org

Thank you to Lindsey, our new office manager, for so seamlessly transitioning both locations from session 4 to session 5 on very little notice..

Lindsey Roscoe






http://www.eatherapy.org

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