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...
Leeanna Rice, originally from Southeast Idaho, received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Idaho and attained her Master of Social Work degree, with an emphasis in military mental health, from the University of Southern California. ...
We are excited to announce that Shari is our newest Volunteer of the Month! Why we love her: Shari wears many hats at The Shea Center: Grooming and pulling tack; filling hay balls and scooping manure; serving on the BBQ and Drive to Ride committees. As a lesson...