Horses & Hands

A Special Partnership for Equest’s long term experienced and established volunteers. These volunteers are partnered with specific horses by staff and and program leader Marie DeRegnaucourt.

 

A true friend reaches for your hand

and touches your heart…

The Horses and Hands program was created to give our dedicated 4 –legged Equine therapists some special attention and TLC away from their working time in Therapy Classes. Volunteers in our Horses & Hands Program are paired up with a specific horse and asked to spend one on one time with “their horse” grooming, grazing, massage, stretching, and walking.  Throughout the year we have group events that are horse educational, everything from Natural Horsemanship to fun Horsey Spa Days.  The benefit of this program is that the horses enjoy barn time without working and the individual attention.  Volunteers enjoy being able to spend quality quiet time with their equine friend and getting to participate in Equest in another capacity.  Volunteers interested in joining Horses & Hands must be committed volunteers to Equest and must request and obtain the approval from our Horses and Hands Coordinator, Marie DeRegnaucourt, MarieDeRegnaucourt@equestcenter.org  and be over 16 or accompanied by an approved adult.