Chief Philanthropy Officer Agnes McGlone Swanson was raised on Long Island, New York, and moved to Southern California at the age of 14. She attended high school in San Dimas, attended Mt. San Antonio College, and received her degree from California State University,...
Rookie of the Year Patti Reed – Patti has been a wonderful addition to our volunteer team. Trained as both a leader and sidewalker she is hardworking, flexible, connects with clients and is a shining example of a Shea Center volunteer. Patti also assists in the barn...
Kyle and his wife, Kim, have been Shea Center clients for a year and a half. Kyle spent 23 years in the military, with two combat tours and two traumatic brain injuries, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder. When he returned from combat, Kyle was not the same...
The Shea Center horses and ponies serve more than 230 clients weekly during each program session. These three marvelous Shea Center horses are in need of your support with a partial sponsorship for the year (beginning at $3,000). Through generous donors like you, our...
Huge congrats to our Shea Center volunteer Phil Cooper who is our newest Volunteer of the Month. Why we love him: Phil began volunteering for Shea Horse Camp last year. He has served as a sidewalker, a barn steward, and is currently a leader. “I come early to pull...
Join us for the event of the year! The Annual Shea Center Gala is the place to be on Saturday, the 25th of June. There will be dancing, auctions, delicious food, whiskey tastings, entertainment, and more at the amazing Montage Laguna Beach hotel. Most importantly,...
On the horse stall signs “hands” is part of the description, such as 14.2 hands or 15.4 hands. Horses are measured from the ground to the horse’s withers (at the shoulder blades, about where the mane ends on the back). The hand is a four-base system of measurement. If...
Kristina, the mother of identical twins Chloe and Olivia, felt her five-year-old daughters seemed to hit a wall in their traditional clinical therapies for developmental delay. She started looking for a therapy that would be fun and keep the girls engaged. She found...
Most horses at The Shea Center wear conventional horseshoes, but there are many shoe types including therapeutic shoes that help distribute a horse’s weight and help with balance issues or arthritis. Although horses typically wear steel horseshoes, special...
Arthur M. is a happy nine-year-old who sits up straight riding his favorite horse, Shaw, with a big smile on his face. It hasn't always been this way. Arthur came to The Shea Center at age four with a diagnosis of autism. His mother, Claudia, explains that at the...