Family Rides at Windrush Farm

Have you always wanted to take a riding lesson? Why not make it a family affair!! We are offering mother, daughter, father, son, grandma, grandpa, cousin, aunt, etc. rides with Windrush Farm students. These would make a fabulous holiday gift!! No experience required! When: Tues. Dec. 27, Wed. Dec 28 or Thurs. Dec. 29 / [...]

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Marblehead Reporter: Congratulations Kate

Marblehead — During the week of June 7-11, the riders with disabilities at Windrush Farm, including Kate Wilhelm of Marblehead, participated in a show during their weekly lesson time. Spectators of family members, friends, neighbors and donors cheered on the 170 riders. Throughout the school year, the riders at Windrush work on personal goals some [...]

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Congratulations Show Week Riders!

You all did a phenomenal job. Congrats on a wonderful year.

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Art Contest Continues – Deadline extended to May 28!!!!

If you haven’t already – get your artwork in! And check out these incredible entries. Congratulations to everyone who entered. Find out more at: www.windrushfarm.org/art.html   What Windrush Farm Means to Me!

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Horsemanship Program for Children on Autism Spectrum

Today, Susan taught a Horsemanship Program for Children on the Autism Spectrum. These five youngsters, all eleven years old, explored the world of horses through observing, grooming, handling and leading their horse through an obstacle course. Each child had a volunteer partner who guided them through the hands-on activities all centered around the horses. Encouraged [...]

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April Vacation Week @ Windrush = Anything But Vacation

Q. What happens during “school vacation week” at Windrush? A. Many different programs for a wide range of clients!! For the entire week of School April Vacation, Tina taught her youth “at risk” program for teens from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC). Learn more and see pics… On Monday, [...]

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EFL Program for Adolescents from ACCESS STARR

A group of adolescents from ACCESS STARR in Salem (an adolescent intensive family reunification program) attended a one day Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL) session at Windrush on Thursday. EFL is an educational approach that includes equine facilitated activities incorporating experiences of the equine/human interaction in an environment of learning or self discovery. To compliment the goals [...]

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Growing Up at Windrush

Contributed by Hayley Barrett For many horse people, the love of things equine arrives early. In Kate Wilhelm’s case, she was just a toddler, only 18 months old. Accompanying her mother, Carley, to an appointment one day, curly-haired Kate spotted a small figurine of a horse under a chair. She was allowed to keep it [...]

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Nina’s Story

Last February, my friend called me and said that she thought I should take my nine-year old daughter Nina, to Windrush Farm for therapeutic riding lessons. She had just been there to observe, since her daughter was volunteering there, and she couldn’t stop raving about it! She loved the feel of the place, the way [...]

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Fact or Fiction

Fiction: Therapeutic Riding clients are only capable of riding at a low level. Fact: Our therapeutic riders progress in a manner comparable to those in our recreational programs. In fact, our TR clients very frequently are integrated in a class with recreational riders and have achieved like-wise milestones including, walk, trot, canter, and jumping. Fiction: [...]

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