Pony Tales, SIRE's Monthly Newsletter

PONY TALES
SIRE, Houston's Therapeutic Equestrian Centers

May, 2013

In This Issue

Special Olympics Pictures

Upcoming Educational Events

1st Annual All-SIRE Horse Show

Rider's Painting Sets Record Bid

Area Special Olympics

Around The Barn . . .

Mark Your Calendar

Volunteer and Horse Opportunities

Area Special Olympics

Hockley Rider Nathaniel Hunter

Spring Rider Michael Kendrick

Ft. Bend Sebastian Arizpe

Hockley rider Kevin Moore

Click here for more SIRE pictures

SIRE Quick Links

Visit Our Website

Visit our website for more information on volunteering, becoming a client or making a donation.

You can also view the Volunteer Manual

here.

SIRE.smugmug.com

View our photos here

Find Us On Facebook

Visit Our Blog

Upcoming 2013 Educational Events

Volunteer Horsemanship Course

Beginning June 13th

Thursdays, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Hockley

PATH Intl Mentor Training

Friday and Saturday, June 21st and 22nd

Communication and Behavior Management Strategies for Riders With Autism Clinic

Sunday, July 14th (Tentative)

PATH Intl Equine Skills Mental Health and Learning Workshop

Aug. 13 - 16th (Tentative)

PATH Registered Instructor Workshop/Certification

Sept. 4th - 7th

Horse Selection and Analysis Clinic

Sunday, Sept. 29th

Showmanship in Halter Clinic

Sunday, Dec. 8th

Developmental Vaulting Clinic

TBA

For additional information or to request a Registration Packet please contact Anthony Busacca at: (281) 356-7588 ex 208 or anthonyb@sire-htec.org

SIRE's Pinterest

horse feed

The Feed Room

adjust bit

Equine Health and Management

Visit our Pinterest page here for these Boards and more . . .

1st Annual All-SIRE Horse Show

JUNE 8, 2013

8:30AM TO 5:30PM

SIRE'S FT. BEND FACILITY

2100 Preston St.

Richmond, Tx

We've planned a wonderful day of competition and family fun at our Ft. Bend site located at the beautiful RSSLC Equestrian Center. This is free and open to all spectators! Lunch will be available and the Houston Mounted Police will give a demonstration during the lunch break. We will also have four riders from a therapeutic riding program in Japan participating in our show. Activities will include:

Classes:

Dressage
Trail
Western and English Equitation
Showmanship

Fun Classes:

Suitcase Relay Race
Ring to Cone Relay Race
Ride-A-Buck

We're offering three options for featuring YOU in our program!

Rider's Painting Sets Record Bid at Gala

SIRE rider Megan Fry poses with her painting, Beyond the Storm

We had 200 in attendance for our 2013 SIRE Triple Crown Gala, tons of fabulous entertainment and auction items, a wonderful MC in Don Teague, touching testimony by SIRE parent Angela Dampeer and a great new video with thanks to Kiki Teague. We even had a special surprise from the Gala chairs Sandra Cortez and Sabrina Shumsky, an ice sculpture echoing the Gala logo presided over by the living statue of a mermaid. But nothing could top . . .

Area Special Olympics

Congratulations are in order for SIRE's Equestrian competitors in Special Olympics for Areas 6 and 22.

sogarrett

Spring rider Garrett Taylor with volunteer Jennifer Billiot

Around The Barn . . .

Spring Site Head Instructor Shayna Bolton and Volunteer Coordinator Kathy Bigelow were

invited to New School in the Heights on April 24th to participate in a round table luncheon to learn about the school and to share information about SIRE. They were also given a tour of the school grounds. Everyone was very interested in the benefits of therapeutic riding. Shayna is working on creating a partnership that would allow their students to participate in weekly riding sessions.

Spring rider Christi Roberts has been an active member of 4-H for the past seven years.

Mark Your Calendar

State Special Olympics

May 17th, 18th and 19th

New Volunteer Orientation

Wednesday, May 29th, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

All Sites

New Volunteer Training

Saturday, June 1st, 8:00am to 12:00pm

All Sites

1st Annual All SIRE Horse Show

Saturday, June 8th

Ft. Bend Site

Summer Semester Begins

Thursday, June 13th

Volunteer and Horse Opportunities

New volunteers can sign up for Summer Orientation and Training on our website. We also have a Volunteer Brochure that you can print out and share with your friends and family.

If you want to contribute your time and talents to SIRE but can't commit to volunteering on a regular basis please let us know here.

SIRE is seeking therapy horses. You can get more information on our website under the tab You Can Help. You can also print out our Horse Recruitment Brochure and pass it on to anyone who has a horse that they are interested in donating.

VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS

HOCKLEY

Janet Hopkins, Kelly Henderson or Kim McDonell

281-356-7588

SPRING

Kathy Bigelow

281-353-6160

FT. BEND

Maryann Gerity

281-344-4308

Please forward comments to

Kathy Bigelow, Editor

Email: vc.spring@sire-htec.org