Donna Eckwortzel, president/founder at Hearts Landing Ranch, talks to El Dorado DAR and Women’s Fund members about their equine assisted therapy program. Courtesy photo
Donna Eckwortzel, president/founder at Hearts Landing Ranch, talks to El Dorado DAR and Women’s Fund members about their equine assisted therapy program. Courtesy photo
The Women’s Issues Committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution – El Dorado chapter, works to identify ways to improve the lives of women living on the Western Slope of El Dorado County.
This committee has been working with Hearts Landing Ranch, which offers an equine assisted therapy program in Granite Bay. The program uses rescued and rehabilitated horses to assist people living with emotional pain and mental health challenges. The program has particularly benefited veterans experiencing post-traumatic stress, troubled youth, people recovering from substance abuse and people struggling with feelings of shame, guilt and self-doubt.Â
Program participants do not ride the horses. Rather, they work in partnership with them.
A generous grant from Women’s Fund El Dorado has made it possible for five women to experience this eight-week healing program at no cost to them. Three scholarships are still available. For more information or if you wish to apply email semelberg@frontiernet.net.
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