Equine Assisted Therapy Alaska

02/09/2024

With deep regret, EATA’s Board of Directors announces that the summer riding therapy program is cancelled for 2024.

Janie Call, our wonderful Program Director, let us know in January that she is retiring. She has given her all for the program for the last 14 years, including wintering the EATA horses on her ranch in Oregon and driving them up the Al-Can and back every year. She has been the heart and soul of our program and has given selflessly of her time, patience and kindness. We will miss her greatly and wish her well as she spends more time with her family.

Also retiring are three of our four horses. Rocky and Hank have gone to live with Janie’s sons on nearby ranches. Blondie is retired on Janie’s ranch, sponsored by a long-time EATA volunteer. We appreciate our horse friends and are happy they have a beautiful place to live out their lives.

So what does this mean for EATA? We simply do not have the funds or time to recruit a new director or buy horses in time for the summer season. We are sorry to disappoint our riders, who we know look forward to their summer horse time. We are also sorry to disappoint our amazing volunteers, who get as much back as they give to the program.

Going forward, we hope at some point to reorganize and be able to offer equine assisted therapy once again. We know the value it has to the community. The Anchorage Horse Council will continue to operate the William Clark Equestrian Center and provide that service to Anchorage horse lovers.

We will let you know of any future developments. Thank you to our many followers and friends for your support over the years. Not good-bye but until later!

EATA Board of Directors

01/19/2024

Thanks again to all who donated to keep the EATA horses fed this winter!

12/13/2023

Holiday greetings from the EATA herd! Feeling festive in their winter pasture!🎄

12/03/2023

December Mystery Bag is HERE!
This month we are featuring Equine Assisted Therapy Alaska. Join us in giving a helping hand to this amazing charity!

Equine Assisted Therapy Alaska (EATA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our mission is to enhance the physical, psychological, and social well-being of Alaskans living with disabilities through therapeutic horsemanship. We offer equine-assisted activities and therapies for children and adults.

12/03/2023

Thank you to Sara’s Gift Cache for sharing December proceeds with EATA! Go by and do some shopping!

December Mystery Bag is HERE!
This month we are featuring Equine Assisted Therapy Alaska. Join us in giving a helping hand to this amazing charity!

Equine Assisted Therapy Alaska (EATA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our mission is to enhance the physical, psychological, and social well-being of Alaskans living with disabilities through therapeutic horsemanship. We offer equine-assisted activities and therapies for children and adults.

11/28/2023

Need a warm dry place to ride? Contact EATA for rentals. Rental fees help support our summer therapy season.
Https://equineassistedtherapyalaska.org

☃️ Winter updates from WCCEC ☃️ - https://mailchi.mp/d1900f73d258/first-events-at-wccec-in-20298808

11/28/2023

The need is still there. We appreciate your support! Https://equineassistedtherapyalaska.org/donate

11/22/2023

If you placed a winning bid during our in-line auction, please check your email for a contact to collect your item(s). We can arrange for you to collect them if you live in the Anchorage or Mat-Su areas. Out of area bidders will need to pay for shipping costs. Thank you!

Https://app.galabid.com/eatawintercampaign

11/21/2023

Thank you to everyone who bid on items during our recent on-line auction. The funds raised will help to provide feed and care for our horses during this winter.

11/19/2023

Here is your chance to help out an AMAZING Non-Profit!
Equine Assisted Therapy Alaska(EATA)
Click on the link below to bid and donate to this GREAT organization!

https://app.galabid.com/eatawintercampaign

11/18/2023

2 DAYS LEFT!
Greetings to our fans, volunteers and supporters! We wanted to let you know that Equine Assisted Therapy Alaska is holding an on-line auction from November 4-19. Money raised is needed to maintain a high level of care for our horse friends as they winter over in Oregon. Please consider bidding on items and let your friends and family know about this event! https://app.galabid.com/eatawintercampaign
This is a great way to support a charity that does amazing things for individuals of all ages! Please check this out and MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Great gifts for CHRISTMAS!

11/18/2023

EATA Winter Auction-2 Days Left-Check out this great art piece for bid.
An original oil painting art piece named "FLICKER FLIT" by Sandra Spencer. It is an 11 x 14 canvas! Retail value $750

https://app.galabid.com/eatawintercampaign

11/16/2023

EATA AUCTION
$500 Henry's Janitorial-HOME CLEANING/CARPET Gift Certificate-BE THE FIRST TO BID-$200.00 Start
Henry's Janitorial Services has generously provided $500 towards any of their services. If you are the winning bidder, you will be provided the gift certificate in your name and can redeem it when it is convenient for you.

Henry's janitorial services include: commercial office cleaning, daily condo maintenance, complete floor maintenance, construction clean up, commercial and residential carpet cleaning, residential move in / out cleaning and more!

https://app.galabid.com/eatawintercampaign

11/16/2023

Check out this item on the EATA Auction-AMAZING Frank Serrano Art-Starting Bid $500.00

Frank Serrano is considered to be one of today's top painters of the Western Landscape and currently resides in the beautiful Owens Valley of California.

Since 1993 he has developed his style of painting with incredible passion, capturing the dramatic
atmospheric effects and stunning light that infuses the landscape of the West. Much of Frank's
early education came from studying the works of highly accomplished painters of the past,
including Edgar Payne, Sam Hyde Harris, Hanson Puthuff, Frank Tenney Johnson and Maynard Dixon, but he also admired contemporaries such as, Clyde Aspevig, Bill Anton and Jim Norton.

Frank has had numerous articles written about his work in leading magazines such as,
Art of the West, Western Art Collector, Southwest Art, Plein Air Magazine and American Artist.
He is a signature member of the Historic California Art Club, becoming a member in 1997 and served as advisor and chairman of its prestigious Gold Medal Museum Exhibition for 3 years.

Frank's passion for painting goes beyond the studio, as he his also a teacher of the art, conducting painting workshops across the country, writing the well known book, Plein Air Painting in Oil and producing a couple of how to paint Plein Air DVD's. Franks knowledge of painting also led to an invitation from Disney Animation Studios to teach painting classes and to advise on painting techniques for 3D film application.

Frank Serrano's paintings can often be found in collections, museum exhibitions and galleries across the country.

https://app.galabid.com/eatawintercampaign

11/12/2023

Only a few hours left to get your bids in! The money you spend gives back to the community in supporting therapy for Alaskans living with disabilities - and you get something cool to take home. Win-Win!
https://app.galabid.com/EATAwintercampaign

Please see below for some testimonials on the amazing services EATA provides to the community:

"EATA has been an experience that has benefited my daughter on many levels. She has gained a love of horses, respect for working as a team, as well listening to her body when multiple parts are working together. She has learned to focus better, follow directions, and to communicate with those around her. It has provided her a way to try and be aware of her surroundings and body awareness that she continues to struggle with. We are grateful to be able to take advantage of this opportunity for her to make connections and grow!" - Michelle Kuehn

"Being able to provide hippotherapy every summer is a favorite of mine! I love that we are able to get the kiddos out to engage with nature, animals, and other people. The benefits I've seen over the years are life changing for some of our families. We've had kiddos who have said their first words and sentences while on the horse, who have transitioned from not being able to get into the barn due to anxiety to asking parents every day when it's time for horse therapy and jumping right on, and who have increased their skills over the summer to become community walkers. We love being able to provide this service!" - Sara Montgomery, PT with All for Kids Pediatric Therapy

10/15/2023

The Equidome is dry and ready for riders. You will find rental information on our website. Www.equineassistedtherapyalaska.org

Equidome Rental Rental of the Equidome requires a rental agreement AND liability release for every user for each calendar year of use, prepayment, and scheduling with EATA for use time. Step 1: Click here to download the rental form. Click here for the liability release form (required). Forms may be...

09/15/2023

08/19/2023

HOME, SWEET HOME!

08/19/2023

Here’s some of the science behind why equine assisted therapy works.

https://www.facebook.com/1404064595/posts/10231476528082058/?mibextid=aE13LE

Recent studies conducted by the Institute of Heart-Math provide a clue to explain the two-way ′′healing′′ that occurs when we're close to horses.
According to researchers, the heart has an electromagnetic field larger than the brain: a magnetometer can measure the energy field of the heart that radiates from 2.4 meters to 3 meters around the human body.
While this is certainly significant, perhaps more impressive than the electromagnetic field projected by the heart of a horse is five times larger than that of a human being (imagine an electromagnetic sphere around the horse) and it can influence straight into our own heart rate.
Horses are also likely to have what science has identified as a "coherent′′ heart rate (heart rate pattern) that explains why we can feel better when we're close to them. Studies have found a coherent heart pattern or HRV to be a solid measure of well-being and consistent with emotional states of calm and joy-that is, we exhibit such patterns when we feel positive emotions.
A coherent heart pattern is indicative of a system that can recover and adapt to stressful situations very efficiently. Many times, we just need to be in the presence of horses to feel a sense of well-being and peace.
In fact, research shows that people experience many physiological benefits by interacting with horses, including lower blood pressure and heart rate, higher beta-endorphins (neurotransmitters acting as pain suppressors), decreased stress levels, decreased feelings of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety, better social working; and greater feelings of empowerment, confidence, patience and self-efficacy.

08/19/2023

Road report: Back in the USA, overnighting in Okanogan, WA. Horses are stabled out of the smoke.

08/18/2023

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=201705306214285&id=100091244504711&mibextid=aE13LE

In 1975 when the Gunsmoke TV Series ended...Lorne Greene bought The Buckskin Horse whose real name was Danny, that he and James Arness shared riding in between Studios from 1959-1973...Lorne kept him until 1979 then he donated Danny to a Therapeutic Riding Center. where the Horse taught mentally and physically challenged children to ride until his passing in 1992 at the age of 45, an unusually long life for a horse. to live,-Dave

08/18/2023

Road report: overnight stop in Hixson. Everyone out of the trailer and enjoying some grass.

08/17/2023

Road report: bunked down for the night in Chetwynd.

08/16/2023

Road report: Leaving Toad River for Chetwynd, BC. Everyone is doing great!

08/15/2023

Road report: first full day on the road, and they have made it from Tok to Whitehorse - just in time for another downpour!