The Carriage Barn Equine Assisted Therapy Programs

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The Carriage Barn Equine Assisted Therapy Programs

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10 Trundlebed Ln, Kensington, Nh 03833
Phone (603) 378 - 0140
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Our mission

To promote the health and well-being of individuals of all ages with disabilities by enhancing their physical, psychological, cognitive and emotional healing and strengthening through equine activities.
Opportunities

Therapy Program Volunteers

Volunteers assisting directly with the therapy program are trained to side walk, lead, and assist before, during, and after riding sessions. Experience with horses is not required.
  • Occasional, Weekly, Monthly
  • Teens, 55+, Adults
  • Individuals
  • Outdoor
  • Formal
  • Weekdays, Weekends

Horse Care

Volunteering to assist with horse care involves: turning out horses (bringing horses to outdoor paddocks), horse training & conditioning, grooming & tacking for a lesson, mucking stalls, cleaning tack, grooming arenas & paddocks, gardening, and landscaping.
  • Weekly, Monthly
  • Teens, Adults
  • Individuals
  • Outdoor
  • On-site
  • Weekdays, Weekends

Fundraising

Volunteering to assist with fundraising involves: helping to set-up & serve a meal, baking for a lunch/dinner, donating food, cleaning up after a lunch/dinner, donating raffle or auction items, finding partners or donors for raffles and auctions, selling raffle tickets, helping to organize an event, or writing grants.
  • Occasional, Monthly
  • Teens, 55+, Adults
  • Individuals, Groups (2-10)
  • Event support
  • On-site, Formal
  • Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends

Office Help

Volunteering to assist in the office involves organizing files, assembling mailing packets, and making copies & collating.
  • Occasional, Weekly, Monthly
  • 55+, Adults
  • Individuals
  • Office work
  • On-site, Formal
  • Weekdays

Publicity

Volunteering to assist with publicity can be done in the barn office or in your own home and involves: writing & sending press releases, writing feature articles, photography & video recording, updating info for our website, finding sponsors for riders, making a scrapbook/picture album, or collating responses to marketing.
  • Occasional, Weekly, Monthly
  • 55+, Adults
  • Individuals
  • Indoor
  • On-site, Formal
  • Weekdays
How you help

Volunteers are the heart of the Carriage Barn. As volunteers, we are fortunate to help students find their potential, doing something they not only grow to love, but achieve at any level they choose.
About us

The Carriage Barn Equine Assisted Therapy Programs seek to promote the health and well-being of individuals of all ages with disabilities by enhancing their physical, psychological, cognitive and emotional healing and strengthening through equine activities. Program activities further this purpose by utilizing horses to provide opportunities for participants to form unique relationships that nurture and empower them in a way that brings new insights, self-confidence, improved communication, and relaxation.