Horses & Humans Research Foundation
E-News, April 2008
In This Issue
Call for Proposals
Michael Kaufmann joins Board
Jane Fitzpatrick, others join Advisory Listing
2007 Annual Report
Cause Marketing Opportunity
Moving Toward Publication
Fashion Showcase a Success
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Board of Directors

Molly Sweeney,

   President

Judith Lightfoot,

   Vice President

Alan Young,

   Treasurer

Robert J. Crump, J.D.,

   Secretary

Octavia Brown, Ed.M.

Michael Kaufmann

Patti Kortkamp

 

KC Henry,

   Executive Director

 
 

Advisory Council

Jane Fitzpatrick, PT

Leeda Fletcher

Marjorie Kittredge

Marion May

Pat Mullins

Kitty Stalsburg

 
 

Scientific Advisory

Renee Casady, 

   PT,MS,HPCS

Victoria Haehl, PhD

Brad Lewis, ACSW

Karyn Malinowski, PhD

Nancy McGibbon,

   MS,PT, HPCS

Deborah Silkwood-

   Sherer, DHS,PT

Paul Spiers, PhD

Jose Szapocznik, PhD

Renee Taylor, PhD

Clare Thomas

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Would you like to get involved?
 
Are you interested in learning more about how you might participate on the Fundraising Committee, Finance Committee of the Scientific Advisory?
 
Or perhaps hosting an HHRF educational outreach event?
 
Contact KC Henry by email or by phone at 011.440.543.8306 to learn more.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Greetings!
 
A flurry of international research interest has been shown leading up to the May 15 research grant deadline. We look forward to reviewing this new crop of proposals next month.
 
Meanwhile, the Washington University team is wrapping up their yearl-long HHRF-funded research project, which explores the impact of hippotherapy on children with cerebral palsy. The team is now presenting findings and preparing to publish.
 
Read more about all of this below, or on our website. May the April showers bring May flowers...
Call for Proposals
Next Grant Deadline:
May 15, 2008
 
Up to $100,000 in funding is available for equine assisted activities/therapies research in 2008 (single grant awards are typically up to $50,000)! Learn More

Michael Kaufmann joins the HHRF Board of Directors

piton projectMichael Kaufmann, of New Mildford, Conn., has been recognized as a resource in Animal Welfare, Animal Assisted Activities/Therapy and in Humane Education for 20 years and is currently the Farm and Wildlife Director of Green Chimneys Children's Services/Green Chimneys School... Read on
 
The Board of Directors officer lineup also has some changes for 2008: Molly Sweeney remains President while Judith Lightfoot steps in as Vice President, Alan Young as Treasurer and Robert Crump as Secretary. Meet the entire HHRF Board here.
Founding HHRF Board member Jane Fitzpatrick and others join the 2008 Advisory Listing

HHRF sincerely thanks outgoing Founding Board Member Jane Fitzpatrick for three years of loyal service. Jane, one of the founders of American Hippotherapy Association, assisted with fundraising and other areas during her HHRF Board tenure. She hosted our most recent strategic planning meeting in Florida and was the Board representative working with the Scientific Review Committee for our last grant application process. Jane will continue to serve HHRF in the capacity of Advisory Council member, and will also stay on the Fundraising Committee. Thank you, Jane!
BOD in FL
Strategic Planning Meeting attendees in Florida, January 2008
Back row: Bob Fitzpatrick, Alan Young, Bob Crump    Front row: KC Henry, Debbie Silkwood-Sherer, Jane Fitzpatrick, Octavia Brown
 
Marion L. May, MS, OTR, of Woodstock, Ill., also joined the Advisory Council this year. Ms. May, an Occupational Therapist, has been involved with therapeutic horseback riding since 1969. She has been active as a board member and president of three centers located in the Chicago Metro area, as well as a board member and president of NARHA...(read on
 

The Scientific Advisory welcomes two new members this year as well:

 

Debbie Silkwood-Sherer, of Holt, MI, has bachelor and advanced Doctoral degrees in Physical Therapy and a master's degree in Rehabilitation Administration...(read on)
 
Renee Taylor, PhD, of Chicogo, Illinois, is a professor of occupational therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago...(read on)
 
Meet the rest of HHRF's Advisory Council and Scientific Advisory here.
2007 Annual Report now Available
 
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View the 2007 HHRF Annual Report online 
here or email us to have a copy mailed.
 
Cause Marketing Opportunity
EAA/T and research-related business partners invited
 
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84% of Americans say they are likely to switch brands, when price and quality are equal, to help support a cause. More than 7 out of 10 Americans (75%) say a company's commitment to causes is important when they decide which products and services to recommend to others, according to a recent Cone Corporate Citizenship study.

The same study concludes that employees whose companies support social issues are 40% more likely to say they are proud of their company's values and nearly 25% more likely to be loyal to their employers than those whose companies do not have such programs.

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Is it time to find your business a cause marketing objective? Join HHRF today! Benefits of corporate sponsorship include:
 

         Highlight in the news section of the HHRF website for two years from time of sponsorship.

         Recognition in HHRF prints and email newsletters (circulation 1900+) four times per year for two years from time of sponsorship.

         Recognition as an official Research Sponsor in HHRF Annual Report for two years from time of sponsorship.

Contact us by email or by phone at 011.440.543.8306 to learn more.
 
HHRF's First Funded Project Moving Toward Publication
 

A Washington University research team, supported by a $50,000 grant from HHRF, has completed data gathering and is now finalizing analysis and statistics of their year-long project. "The exciting results are that the changes we saw in the pilot study and which I earlier reported to you still hold. The kids make the change in trunk and head stability after hippotherapy and the change sticks," reports lead research er Tim Shurtleff.

 

"We are [also] finding very interesting Upper Extremity results...We are finding statistical links between the trunk stability results and the UE results that support our hypothesis that the improved stability of the trunk may lead to improved upper extremity function," he adds. 

 

Mr. Shurtleff recently reported these results at the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Conference in Richmond, VA, and

plans to start on an article for publication. 
 
See the team's research updates, their winning proposal and more here.

International Lusitano & Fashion Showcase a success
Thank you to all who assisted
molly sweeneyHHRF wishes to thank Dr. Paulo Gonzaga, the owner of Interagro Farm, and the rest of the participants for a wonderful event. Special thanks also to the Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center volunteers and to the HHRF silent auction participants/donors Fawn McNeill and Anne Skidmore. HHRF was honored to be featured as the charity beneficiary for the event.
 
Image: Molly Sweeney at the Lusitano Event.
 
Horses and Humans Research Foundation exists to facilitate universal understanding and appreciation of the significant influence of horses on humans.

The primary goal is to support, promote and fund scientific research that explores the claimed, yet unsubstantiated benefits of equine assisted activities and therapies, leading to the discovery of the most effective methods and techniques for conducting thousands of existing and future programs.
 
The secondary goal is to educate the public (including parents, donors, insurance companies and physicians) on research findings so that equine assisted activities become more accessible to those in need.
 
We need your support to continue funding the highest quality research possible. Please consider making a donation to HHRF today. The generous matching gift opportunity is still in place, so every dollar donated is worth double that amount!