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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
KC Henry,
Executive Director
Advisory Council
Jane Fitzpatrick, PT
Leeda Fletcher
Marjorie Kittredge
Marion May
Pat Mullins
Kitty Stalsburg Harry Swimmer Patti Kortkamp
Scientific Advisory
Renee Casady, PT, MS, HPCS
Peter C. Dedon, M.D., Ph.D.
Victoria Haehl, Ph.D.
Brad Lewis, ACSW
Karyn Malinowski, Ph.D.
Nancy McGibbon,
MS, PT, HPCS
Deborah Silkwood-Sherer,
DHS, PT
Therese Schmalbach,
M.D, Ph.D.
Paul Spiers, Ph.D.
Jose Szapocznik, Ph.D.
Renee Taylor, Ph.D.
Clare Thomas
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Would you like to get involved?
Are you interested in learning more about how you might participate on the Fundraising Committee, Finance Committee or 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. | |
| Dear Friend:
Thank you for all you have done to support HHRF!
In order for us to keep supporting the kind of research we do, we need to ask you to continue to support us!
While monetary support is most appreciated, please consider these other options to help us continue to grow:
- Volunteer your facility/site for an HHRF awareness reception. Representatives from our board and staff will come to you.
- Recommend your area's community leaders interested in seeing EAA research flourish.
- Help identify collaborating associations and foundations that might join with us in research sponsorship.
- Encourage EAA associates to make individual donations to our research fund.
- Create an HHRF link on your website using a down-loadable logo from our site to help expand awareness of our research mission.
- Make HHRF's competitive research programs a priority of your program budget.
If you can help us in any of the listed areas, or if you have ideas of you own, please call (440) 543-8306 or send an email to info@horsesandhumans.org.
Thank you!
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 New England Information Sessions an Overwhelming Success
HHRF board, staff and advisory members toured New England in August, with Information Session stops at Green Chimneys in Putnam County, New York and High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Center in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
About 50 people attended each session. The host facilities were both big draws and the tours given by each organization gave purpose to supporters and stakeholders.
HHRF representatives reviewed the progress of the foundation's most recent research activities and provided information on how people can get involved with and/or assist HHRF.
Special thanks to the wonderful host sites for their outstanding efforts in organizing these events.
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 Call for Proposals
Next Grant Deadline:
May 15, 2009
Up to $50,000 in funding is available for equine assisted activities/therapies research in 2009. Learn More |
HHRF at Upcoming NARHA Conference
HHRF Executive Director KC Henry will be facilitating
the Research Track's Education Session at the upcoming NARHA Conference.
Taking place October 29-November 1, 2008, the conference will also feature Tim Shurtleff, HHRF grant recipient, who will present his Washington University team's HHRF-funded study on 'Changes in Head/Trunk Stability and Upper Extremity Function After Hippotherapy.'
View the Conference Registration Book for more
details on this and other planned events and sessions.
HHRF will have a booth at the conference and is looking forward to seeing everyone there!
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Formal Recognition of HHRF Donors
Donor Reception at NARHA Conference
HHRF is hosting a reception for our donors at the NARHA Conference. Please join us at the hospitality suite at the Hartford Marriott Hotel, Friday evening of the Conference, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.
Board members and staff will be on hand to discuss our latest grant awards, research results and to answer any questions and hear your thoughts. The atmosphere will be relaxed and fun. Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be served.
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Board Member Receives Honorary Doctorate
Octavia Brown of the HHRF Board of Directors recently received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Centenary College.
Currently an Associate Professor of Equine Studies and the Director of Therapeutic Riding at Centenary (TRAC), she has been involved with the College in various capacities since 1993. She is recognized for her strong leadership and her lifelong commitment to equine-assisted activities.
Congratulations, Octavia!
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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.
-IndependentSector.org
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Is it time to find a cause to support your marketing objective?
Join HHRF today! Benefits of corporate sponsorship include:
- A 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. Our website will be updated with a down-loadable version of our logo soon! If you would like to creat a link to our website before this is available, please email us! We will send the logo right away!
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Funding Award to Be Announced Soon
The Scientific Advisory Board reports the bar being raised higher and higher regarding the quality of grant applications submitted to HHRF.
To view our application policy please visit our information page.
For tips on how to make your application more successful, please read "Take off with a Pilot Study First" in our newsletter archives.
Current applications are in the final stages of evaluation and review. The award will be announced soon.
- May 15, 2009 is the deadline for next 2009 applications. Click here to learn more about the 2009 awards.
Would you like to be considered to serve on our Scientific Advisory?
Contact us at info@horsesandhumans for an application.
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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! | |
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