Why we love her: Pascale has been a dedicated sidewalker and helps in the barn. She recently earned her horse leading certification. Path to The Shea Center: Pascale had been a long-time volunteer for local non-profits, including the local chapter of the American Red...
Lana is six years old and loves coming to her occupational therapy treatments using equine movement at The Shea Center! A client for just four months, she is making great progress. Lana was reaching all her milestones until at age 1, she began to regress. She...
Lizzy has been a client at The Shea Center since 2013, when she was 16 years old. Now, almost a decade later she is still riding every week. Today, Lizzy rides Oakley once a week in her Adaptive Riding lesson with Ellie, a Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor...
Please join us in congratulating Susan as our newest Volunteer of the Month. Why we love her: With her upbeat personality, Susan is a bright light at the barn and in lessons. Her infectious sense of humor helps create a fun-loving relationship with her clients. Susan...
Ryan is a cute 6-year-old girl diagnosed with right side hip dysplasia; her hip socket is shallow and the ball at the top of her femur slips out. Ryan’s hip dysplasia was not diagnosed until age three and a half. She then underwent three hip surgeries to make...
The Offield Family Foundation has offered a $50,000 matching gift for donations received by The Shea Center throughout the rest of 2022! Please consider a donation to The Shea Center. Help us transform lives, foster inclusion, and enrich our community! At The Shea...
Concerning mental health statistics, including rising rates of depression and anxiety, along with increasing awareness about the importance of mental health, and its interdependence with physical health for overall individual and communal well-being, became the...
Adaptive Riding allows access and opportunity for those with disabilities to participate, and learn riding and horsemanship skills while building independence, responsibility and confidence. Plus, it’s fun! Riding contributes to cognitive, physical, emotional and...
Serving and supporting our community is a core value at The Shea Center. Your gift to Stand With Shea helps connect us and grow opportunities to support military veterans, first responders, and more. Our Military programs have more than doubled over the past...
Stand with Shea raises money needed to keep The Shea Center running. Initially launched during the pandemic in 2020 to help sustain our essential services, this annual campaign funds operations that ensure access to our life-changing programs. Demand for these...