PRESS RELEASE – Horses & Horizons Therapeutic Learning Center, Inc. in New Ringgold is looking for volunteers to help with its special program of therapeutic horseback riding for children and adults with special needs. H.H.T.L.C., a registered non-profit organization, is located ten miles south of Tamaqua, near Route 309. It offers therapeutic riding lessons on Monday and Wednesday evenings from May through October.
Lesson volunteers must be at least fourteen years old, in good health, and able to walk for an hour at a time. They must successfully complete a volunteer training session, provided by H.H.T.L.C. While experience with horses and/or people with disabilities is helpful, it is not necessary. H.H.T.L.C. also welcomes the volunteer assistance of allied health fields professionals and people with horse experience.
Therapeutic horseback riding has been shown to improve balance, posture, strength, and coördination. It also helps to increase self-awareness, self-confidence, attention span, and independence. Often, riders also gain improved social skills.
The center will hold a required volunteer training session for lesson volunteers on Saturday, August 23, 2014 from 1 PM to 5 PM at the center. Anyone who wishes to volunteer to help with riding lessons must attend this hands-on training.
In addition to lesson volunteers, H.H.T.L.C. also needs volunteers to assist with other duties. If you would like to become a volunteer, contact Janie Miller at (570) 386-4280 (wintsprg@ptd.net) or Elaine Smith at (570) 386-5679 (elshhtlc1@gmail.com). For additional information, stop by the center (375 Zions Stone Church Road in New Ringgold) or visit their website at www.horsesandhorizons.org or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/horsesandhorizons.