Ivy Hill Therapeutic Equestrian Center has received a grant from the Foundations Community Partnership to help secure their future.

Ivy Hill Therapeutic Equestrian Center - the leading therapeutic equestrian center in the region serving individuals with cognitive, physical, emotional, behavioral and psychological needs – is overjoyed to have received a grant from the Foundations Community Partnership to assist with the center’s COVID-19 relief.

Ivy Hill applied to the Foundations Community Partnership’s COVID-19 Response Grant and has been notified it will be receiving a $4,500 grant. This grant will be going towards supporting riders who want to return to their needed equine assisted therapy, but due to COVID-19, may have a new financial hardship.

Ivy Hill has always put a large effort into finding ways to provide therapy to people of all financial backgrounds. The Bonnie Sames Financial Assistance Program was established at Ivy Hill with a vision of having no rider turned away because of their financial situation—that all who need or want to experience this life-changing program would always be able to do so.

“We are so grateful to be the recipients of this grant,” said Laura Brockett-Strausser, Executive Director of Ivy Hill Therapeutic Equestrian Center. “The special needs community has been uniquely affected by the current public health crisis with their much needed equine therapies being postponed. We cannot wait until we can safely welcome riders back to our facility”.

To learn more about Ivy Hill Therapeutic Equestrian Center visit our website at https://www.ivyhillequestrian.org/ and don’t forget to check out the Foundations Community Partnership at https://www.fcpartnership.org/.