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First Place Belt Buckle Julie Sparrow and Tikki Sebastian Arizpe and Cayenne Proud SIRE participants at the Top Hands Closing Ceremonies |
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SIRE Quick Links
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Visit our website for more information on volunteering, becoming a client or making a donation.
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| Top Hands Horse Show |
The weekend of February 15th through the 17th forty five SIRE riders from all three sites competed in the annual Top Hands Horse Show held at Reliant Arena. Our riders earned twenty one first place belt buckles, twenty two second place trophies and twenty third place trophies. Many, many thanks to all of the volunteers who put in long hours to make all of this happen.
You can read all about it here and visit our photo gallery here.
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| Houston Pet Talk Magazine |
Houston Pet Talk Magazine featured SIRE in the March 2013 issue. You can read the digital version here.
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Upcoming 2013 Educational Events
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PATH Intl On-Site Workshop and Certification
Wednesday, Mar. 13 to Saturday Mar. 16, 2013
Developmental Vaulting Clinic
Sunday, Mar. 24, 2013 - New Date
Skill Progression Clinic
Sunday, Apr. 14, 2013
For additional information or to request a Registration Packet please contact Anthony Busacca at: (281) 356-7588 ex 208 or anthonyb@sire-htec.org
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Mark Your Calendar
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Triple Play Celebration
Sunday, March 10th 2:00 to 5:00pm
Minute Maid Park
Spring Break - NO CLASSES
Monday, March 11th - Saturday, March 16th
Birdies For Charity, Shell Houston Open
March 25th through March 31st
Special Olympics Regional Horse Show
Saturday, April 6th
Lone Star Cowboy Church, Magnolia
Triple Crown Gala - NEW MONTH
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Westin Oaks Galleria
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SIRE's Pinterest
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 Therapeutic Riding
 Apps for kids with special needs
Visit our Pinterest page here for these Boards and more . . .
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Triple Play Celebration
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Triple Play Celebration
Sunday, March 10th
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Minute Maid Park
All SIRE Volunteers, Clients, Staff and their families are invited to the SIRE Triple Play Celebration at Minute Maid Park.
At this event we will show our appreciation to all of the wonderful SIRE volunteers, celebrate the successes of our clients, and kickoff SIRE's 30th Anniversary Celebration - a triple play!
- 2012 in review
- 30 years of SIRE
- activities for all ages
- refreshments
- guest speaker - Jimmy Wynn
Click here to RSVP
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2013 Birdies For Charity
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Help spread the word about SIRE and also raise funds for our program by pledging a penny or more for each birdie made in the the 2013 Shell Houston Open! Guess the exact number of birdies for a chance at the grand prize. We have brochures available at all three sites. Take as many as you like and pass them around! Or you can pledge online or download the form. Don't wait to get started! The 2012 Shell Houston Open Birdies for Charity generated nearly six million dollars for local worthy causes. The deadline is March 25th which is when the PGA TOUR event begins at the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club.
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| SIRE's Triple Crown Gala |
We're moving Uptown!
We're hosting our 30th Anniversary Gala at the lovely Galleria Westin Oaks Consort Ballroom. Another change is that we are moving months from May to
Saturday, April 20th.
There are many different ways you can join in the gala festivities now. You can identify potential sponsors and sponsorships to underwrite the gala's cost so that money raised from individual seat sales and the auctions can go straight to SIRE programs. Lots of room still exists for committee members. Please email us (committee chairs and staff) if you are interested in joining a committee. We are also looking for auction items such as professional services, a vacation home with some free weekends or a favorite business you would like others to try. Think of every place you like to go or everything you like to buy, especially those things you would love to receive as a gift or to splurge on. Then think of how much fun it would be to bid on such an item or win it at a discount, with all the money spent going to SIRE programs. That's what the gala auction is all about. Please email Bonnie Knowlton with your donations and ideas.
We are planning a spectacular night of fun and fundraising with our Triple Crown Gala including a reception with cocktail music, dinner and dancing, a silent auction, big board and live auction, special commemorative items for our 30th anniversary (think pearls) and so much
more. To mark Pat Roddy's years of volunteering and working for SIRE, most recently as managing director, we are recognizing Pat and her husband Bob Creasy as our honorary co-chairs. This very special night is a salute to years of hope and healing through therapeutic horseback riding and related equine assisted activities for thousands of Houston area children and adults with disabilities.
We hope you will join us in continuing the support of SIRE and hope to see you at the 30th Anniversary Triple Crown Gala.
For more information, to sponsor, underwrite and/or purchase individual tickets please click here.
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Around The Barn . . .
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Ft. Bend Site Director and Head Instructor Joelle Devlin was featured in the Winter edition of PATH International's Strides Magazine. Her article is titled Masterful Mentoring and you can read it in its entirety here.
Ft. Bend rider Derrick Perkins is the subject of a case study on spinal cord injuries and therapeutic horseback riding that has been published on line. You can read the complete case study here.
Spring rider Zach Christian was featured in the Rodeo section of the Houston Chronicle . . . more
The Hockley site is getting ready to host their next PATH International Workshop/Certification March 13th to 16th. If any SIRE volunteers are interested in auditing they should contact Anthony Busacca.
SIRE was featured in the Houston Chronicle's 2013 Houston Gives Special section published on Sunday, February 24th. Click here to read the full article.
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Pat Roddy Retires . . . Again
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Pat Roddy has once again retired. But we're not letting her go without making a little bit of a fuss and showing her how much she means to us . . . more
Pat holding the Pat Roddy Perpetual "Here to Serve" trophy
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Volunteer Corner
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All three sites still have openings for volunteers. If you know of someone who would like to participate as a volunteer please have them contact the Volunteer Coordinator at your site.
HOCKLEY
Janet Hopkins or Kelly Henderson
281-356-7588
SPRING
Kathy Bigelow
281-353-6160
FT. BEND
Maryann Gerity
281-344-4308
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