FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Supporting a Child's Destiny
The Center for America's First Horse Announces New Scholarship Fund
Johnson, Vermont (April 5, 2014) - The Center For America's First Horse, Inc., (CFAFH) a non- profit organization in Johnson, Vermont is proud to announce the creation of Destiny's Legacy Scholarship Fund. Established in 2014, the fund offers tuition scholarships for children and adults to attend equine programs at CFAFH to discover personal growth and strengthen leadership and life skills through working hands on with rare Spanish mustangs. Recipients of Destiny's Legacy Scholarship Fund will be youth and adults who are disadvantaged financially or have experienced a significant change in their lives due to divorce, illness, death of a family member, or other emotional stress.
Please consider making a tax- deductible, personal, business or community donation to Destiny's Legacy Fund to provide children, at risk youth, and adults the opportunity to enhance their potential thus inspiring their "destiny" through working with horses. Contributions to support this scholarship fund can be made directly on its website, www.CenterForAmericasFirstHorse.org/destinys-legacy.html.
About the Center for America's First Horse
The Center for America's First Horse, Inc., was founded in 2010 by Stephanie Lockhart. Its mission is to enrich lives through the spirit of the Spanish mustang, America's first horse. CFAFH offers programs focusing on natural horsemanship, equine facilitated learning, breed preservation, rescue, community outreach and voluntarism. CFAFH is home to one of the largest and most diverse herds of Spanish mustangs in the eastern United States.
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More Information
About The Center for America's First Horse:
www.CenterForAmericasFirstHorse.org
About Destiny's Legacy Scholarship Fund:
www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/destinys-legacy.html
Please consider making a tax- deductible, personal, business or community donation to Destiny's Legacy Fund to provide children, at risk youth, and adults the opportunity to enhance their potential thus inspiring their "destiny" through working with horses. Contributions to support this scholarship fund can be made directly on its website, www.CenterForAmericasFirstHorse.org/destinys-legacy.html.
About the Center for America's First Horse
The Center for America's First Horse, Inc., was founded in 2010 by Stephanie Lockhart. Its mission is to enrich lives through the spirit of the Spanish mustang, America's first horse. CFAFH offers programs focusing on natural horsemanship, equine facilitated learning, breed preservation, rescue, community outreach and voluntarism. CFAFH is home to one of the largest and most diverse herds of Spanish mustangs in the eastern United States.
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More Information
About The Center for America's First Horse:
www.CenterForAmericasFirstHorse.org
About Destiny's Legacy Scholarship Fund:
www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/destinys-legacy.html
Press Contact: Stephanie Lockhart
(802) 730-5400
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Horseplay Leads to Enhanced Business Productivity
Expanding Employee Leadership through Equine Facilitated Learning Workshops Now offered at Center for America’s First Horse
Johnson, VT (January 9, 13) Partnering with certified Equine Facilitated Learning Coach, Janis Cooper, the Center for America’s First Horse is now offering Equine Facilitated Learning and Coaching (EFLC) Workshops, which focus on building leadership skills and strengthening corporate teams.
Today's businesses are looking for new and innovative ways to enhance employee participation and leadership. EFLC workshops can be customized for individual groups in either 1 or 2-day formats. No riding experience is necessary; all learning is done with the horses from the ground in a safe environment, and there is an indoor arena at the Center if weather doesn’t permit outdoor activity.
Cooper comments, “As a corporate leader for the past 20 years, I recognize the need to accelerate learning in areas of team building, leadership and relationship development. We’re excited to connect people and horses in a dynamic process where individuals learn to identify and shift their limiting behavior patterns. Workshop participants will become more successful as influential leaders in team building, conflict resolution, and interpersonal communication - all skills crucial in today’s marketplace.“
Teaming with Cooper on these workshops is Center founder and Natural Horsemanship educator, Stephanie Lockhart, who adds, "Horses have a powerful way of teaching us what our strengths and weaknesses are. They’re great at helping people develop skills necessary to succeed in personal and business relations. EFLC is the gateway to learning more about ourselves. "
Workshops are now being booked for the 2013 spring and fall seasons. Businesses may contact Janis Cooper at 802.496.2730/ info@eqnimity.com for booking and information,
The Center for America’s First Horse would be happy to assist those coming from a distance in securing affordable accommodations in the greater Johnson/Stowe area.
About the Center for America’s First Horse
The Center for America’s First Horse, Incorporated (non-profit, 501(c )3), founded by Stephanie Lockhart in Johnson, Vermont, is home to the most diverse herd of Colonial Spanish horses in the eastern United States. Their mission is to enrich lives through the spirit of the Colonial Spanish horse. The Center offers programs focusing on education and public awareness, natural horsemanship, community outreach, work-study and promotion and preservation of the Colonial Spanish horse.
www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org
More Information
About Equine Facilitated Learning Leadership and Team Development:
http://www.eqnimity.com/working-together/leadership-team-development/
About Janis Cooper:
http://www.eqnimity.com/about/
About Stephanie Lockhart:
http://www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/board-of-directors.html
About The Center for America’s First Horse:
http://www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org
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(802) 730-5400
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Horseplay Leads to Enhanced Business Productivity
Expanding Employee Leadership through Equine Facilitated Learning Workshops Now offered at Center for America’s First Horse
Johnson, VT (January 9, 13) Partnering with certified Equine Facilitated Learning Coach, Janis Cooper, the Center for America’s First Horse is now offering Equine Facilitated Learning and Coaching (EFLC) Workshops, which focus on building leadership skills and strengthening corporate teams.
Today's businesses are looking for new and innovative ways to enhance employee participation and leadership. EFLC workshops can be customized for individual groups in either 1 or 2-day formats. No riding experience is necessary; all learning is done with the horses from the ground in a safe environment, and there is an indoor arena at the Center if weather doesn’t permit outdoor activity.
Cooper comments, “As a corporate leader for the past 20 years, I recognize the need to accelerate learning in areas of team building, leadership and relationship development. We’re excited to connect people and horses in a dynamic process where individuals learn to identify and shift their limiting behavior patterns. Workshop participants will become more successful as influential leaders in team building, conflict resolution, and interpersonal communication - all skills crucial in today’s marketplace.“
Teaming with Cooper on these workshops is Center founder and Natural Horsemanship educator, Stephanie Lockhart, who adds, "Horses have a powerful way of teaching us what our strengths and weaknesses are. They’re great at helping people develop skills necessary to succeed in personal and business relations. EFLC is the gateway to learning more about ourselves. "
Workshops are now being booked for the 2013 spring and fall seasons. Businesses may contact Janis Cooper at 802.496.2730/ info@eqnimity.com for booking and information,
The Center for America’s First Horse would be happy to assist those coming from a distance in securing affordable accommodations in the greater Johnson/Stowe area.
About the Center for America’s First Horse
The Center for America’s First Horse, Incorporated (non-profit, 501(c )3), founded by Stephanie Lockhart in Johnson, Vermont, is home to the most diverse herd of Colonial Spanish horses in the eastern United States. Their mission is to enrich lives through the spirit of the Colonial Spanish horse. The Center offers programs focusing on education and public awareness, natural horsemanship, community outreach, work-study and promotion and preservation of the Colonial Spanish horse.
www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org
More Information
About Equine Facilitated Learning Leadership and Team Development:
http://www.eqnimity.com/working-together/leadership-team-development/
About Janis Cooper:
http://www.eqnimity.com/about/
About Stephanie Lockhart:
http://www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/board-of-directors.html
About The Center for America’s First Horse:
http://www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Stephanie Lockhart, Stephanie@centerforamericasfirsthorse.org
802.730.5400
The Center for America’s First Horse in Johnson, Vermont, Rescues Rare Strain of Colonial Spanish Horse
Johnson,Vt (December 19, 2011)“Sometimes the best thing you can do is the hardest thing you have ever done.” These are the words of Annette Baca-Gonzales, of the Baca Chica Farm, New Mexico as she watched her father's horses loaded into trailers headed for new homes. Record-breaking drought and heat bore down heavily on the Baca Chica Farm this past year. Due to the driest and hottest summer recorded, grazing horses was wishful thinking, and hay was a crushing $12 per bale.
A rare and unique herd of over 30 Colonial Spanish horses from Baca Chica Farm is being dispersed from one of the last original families who have nurtured these horses for six decades. Due to ailing health and financial hardship, the family cannot care for their horses any longer. The Center for America's First Horse, a non-profit organization in Johnson, Vermont haspartnered with Baca Chica Farm to rescue a stallion, a mare and her young filly, and an 11-year-old broodmare. The deep friendships of horse lovers in Vermont and in New Mexico are resulting in a full-scale, cross-country rescue effort to relocate these horses. Through emails, phone calls, social media and fund-raising efforts, volunteers are raising money and planning the logistics of transporting these horses as soon as possible.
Not only will The Center be providing a loving and forever home for this group, they will also continue the legacy of these bloodlines. A number of offspring from the stallion already reside at The Center and are proven performance and ambassador horses. One of the missions of The Center is to assist in rescuing Colonial Spanish horses in need, and to aid in their genetic conservation.
Monetary assistance is urgently needed. Contributions are fully tax-deductible and will be applied to transportation, feeding and care. To help or for more information, please email info@centerforamericasfirsthorse.org, call 802.730.5400, or go to http://www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/rescue-horses-in-need.html
About the Colonial Spanish Horse
Like the buffalo, the Colonial Spanish Horse has served many of America's native tribes for centuries, and is now listed as critically endangered, with less than 3,000 remaining worldwide. Brought to the New World by Spanish explorers in the 1500's, these small, hardy horses were used as courageous war horses, the mounts of the Native Americans, and Pony Express riders. By the turn of the 20th century, they were near extinction, due in large part to U.S. government attacks on feral and sacred tribal herds. Today, preservation efforts are underway to secure the Colonial Spanish horse for future generations.
About the Center for America’s First Horse
The Center for America’s First Horse, founded by Stephanie Lockhart in Johnson, Vermont, is home to the most diverse herd of Colonial Spanish horses in the eastern United States. Their mission is to enrich lives through the spirit of the Colonial Spanish horse. The Center offers programs focusing on education and public awareness, natural horsemanship, community outreach, work-study and rescue of Colonial Spanish horses.
The Center for America’s First Horse is home to movie star horse Impressively Better (aka Oscar), who played the title role of a Colonial Spanish horse in the Disney film HIDALGO.
LINKS:
Rescue Information and Donate: http://www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/rescue-horses-in-need.html
The Center for America’s First Horse: http://www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/
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The Center for America’s First Horse in Johnson, Vermont, Rescues Rare Strain of Colonial Spanish Horse
Johnson,Vt (December 19, 2011)“Sometimes the best thing you can do is the hardest thing you have ever done.” These are the words of Annette Baca-Gonzales, of the Baca Chica Farm, New Mexico as she watched her father's horses loaded into trailers headed for new homes. Record-breaking drought and heat bore down heavily on the Baca Chica Farm this past year. Due to the driest and hottest summer recorded, grazing horses was wishful thinking, and hay was a crushing $12 per bale.
A rare and unique herd of over 30 Colonial Spanish horses from Baca Chica Farm is being dispersed from one of the last original families who have nurtured these horses for six decades. Due to ailing health and financial hardship, the family cannot care for their horses any longer. The Center for America's First Horse, a non-profit organization in Johnson, Vermont haspartnered with Baca Chica Farm to rescue a stallion, a mare and her young filly, and an 11-year-old broodmare. The deep friendships of horse lovers in Vermont and in New Mexico are resulting in a full-scale, cross-country rescue effort to relocate these horses. Through emails, phone calls, social media and fund-raising efforts, volunteers are raising money and planning the logistics of transporting these horses as soon as possible.
Not only will The Center be providing a loving and forever home for this group, they will also continue the legacy of these bloodlines. A number of offspring from the stallion already reside at The Center and are proven performance and ambassador horses. One of the missions of The Center is to assist in rescuing Colonial Spanish horses in need, and to aid in their genetic conservation.
Monetary assistance is urgently needed. Contributions are fully tax-deductible and will be applied to transportation, feeding and care. To help or for more information, please email info@centerforamericasfirsthorse.org, call 802.730.5400, or go to http://www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/rescue-horses-in-need.html
About the Colonial Spanish Horse
Like the buffalo, the Colonial Spanish Horse has served many of America's native tribes for centuries, and is now listed as critically endangered, with less than 3,000 remaining worldwide. Brought to the New World by Spanish explorers in the 1500's, these small, hardy horses were used as courageous war horses, the mounts of the Native Americans, and Pony Express riders. By the turn of the 20th century, they were near extinction, due in large part to U.S. government attacks on feral and sacred tribal herds. Today, preservation efforts are underway to secure the Colonial Spanish horse for future generations.
About the Center for America’s First Horse
The Center for America’s First Horse, founded by Stephanie Lockhart in Johnson, Vermont, is home to the most diverse herd of Colonial Spanish horses in the eastern United States. Their mission is to enrich lives through the spirit of the Colonial Spanish horse. The Center offers programs focusing on education and public awareness, natural horsemanship, community outreach, work-study and rescue of Colonial Spanish horses.
The Center for America’s First Horse is home to movie star horse Impressively Better (aka Oscar), who played the title role of a Colonial Spanish horse in the Disney film HIDALGO.
LINKS:
Rescue Information and Donate: http://www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/rescue-horses-in-need.html
The Center for America’s First Horse: http://www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/
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Saturday, September 17, 2011 10 AM to 5 PM
Vermont's 2nd EQUINE, ARTS & EATS FESTIVAL
Uniting the Arts in Celebration of the Horse
Held at The Center for America's First Horse in Johnson, Vermont
Johnson, VT: Vermont’s 2nd Equine and Arts & Eats Festival to benefit The Center for America's First Horse, Inc. will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at The Center for America's First Horse in Johnson, Vermont from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Come meet the rare Spanish Mustang horses which this event benefits.
Designed for the entire family, the festival includes a day of joyful performances featuring horses, riders, dancers, and music that celebrate their combined artistry. Join us for demonstrations of natural horsemanship with rare Spanish Mustangs. Don't miss meeting Oscar the equine movie star from the Disney film "Hidalgo" who will be on hand to sign his own autograph!
Informational sessions focused on alternative and holistic practices for horses and human, and other related topics will be offered. Performances by regional musicians, art in many mediums, quality hand crafted items, photography, and horse related items will be on display and offered for sale by the many talented artists. Locally grown and prepared cuisine will be available. A live auction of donated services and art will take place. Wagon rides, kids’ activities, and indoor and outdoor fun in a rural country setting will make it a day to remember.
For full day admission, children 5 and under are free, children 6-12 $5, adults $10, or $25 per family. Tickets will be available on-line, at www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org, and at the gate. Purchase tickets in advance at Guys Farm and Yard in Morrisville, Williston, and Montpelier, and Bear Pond Books in Stowe and save $1.00 per ticket.
To purchase tickets by mail, or for vender applications and sponsorship contact event organizer Stephanie Lockhart at 802-730-5400 or email: Stephanie@centerforamericasfirsthorse.org
The Equine and Arts Festival is produced by The Center for America's First Horse Inc., to benefit the Colonial Spanish horse, also called the Spanish Mustang. This unique breed is a direct link to the first horse of the Americas which arrived with Spanish explorers in the 1500's. The Spanish mustang was later adopted and preserved by Native American tribes. With only 3,000 in existence today, this breed is now listed as “critically endangered” by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.
For more information or to make a contribution to The Center for America's First Horse, Inc.
visit www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org
Contact: Stephanie Lockhart 802-730-5400
email: Stephanie@centerforamericasfirsthorse.org
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Dancing With Horses Performance and Workshop
PRESS RELEASE:
Performance: The Equus Projects with Stephanie Lockhart and her Colonial Spanish Horses
Friday, September 30th, 2011, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
A Workshop for Equestrians and Dancers
Dancing with Horses: An Exploration of Physical Listening
September 30, October 1-2, 2011
Contact: Stephanie Lockhart
802-730-5400
(Johnson, VT): The Equus Projects, a unique NYC based dance company whose work bridges the two worlds of dance and equestrian artistry, will co-present a performance and workshop at The Center for America's First Horse Inc. in Johnson, Vermont. The September 30th performance is open to the public and will offer an insightful preview into the October 1-2 workshop which focuses on the kinetic engagement between humans and equines.
The Friday, September 30th performance will feature The Equus Projects dancers with The Center for America's First Horse's Stephanie Lockhart and her rare Colonial Spanish horses. The Equus Projects dancers will engage Lockharts' playful, beautifully trained horses in choreographic improvisations that frame and equine behavior and transform their movement into poignant, funny and often quite moving human duets. The Equus Projects’ company of seasoned professional dancers are all trained in natural horsemanship, and their site specific performance pieces have been commissioned by arts and equine presenters including The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Bates Dance Festival, the Saratoga Arts Festival, Equine Affaire and Green Mountain Horse Association. The Friday performance is open to the public and will begin at 5:30 p.m. Q&A session will follow. Tickets are $8.00 and can be purchased in advance at www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org or at the door.
October 1-2nd will contain an intensive 2-day workshop for equestrians and dancers taught by The Equus Projects Artistic Director, JoAnna Mendl Shaw and the company dancers. The workshop will explore the multiple aspects of Physical Listening-- the physical and intuitive skills which can deepen kinetic engagement. The work draws functional and creative parallels between how we relate physically to each other and to, in turn, an equine partner. Each day will begin with a movement session at Johnson State College dance studios, then progress to hands-on work with the horses at the nearby Center for America's First Horse. Assisted by Lockhart, participants will learn innovative new ways to play with horses on the ground using herd dynamics, body language and energy.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and is limited to 15 participants. Enrollment fee is $300 which includes the demonstration performance September 30 and lunch October 1st and 2nd. Auditors are invited to attend the workshop and pre-registration is preferred. $30 per day for auditors, lunch can be purchased for and additional $8.00 per person.
To register for the workshop, visit our web site www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org or contact Stephanie Lockhart at 802-730-5400
stephanie@centerforamericasfirsthorse.org.
For more information about JoAnna Mendl Shaw and The Equus Projects visit www.dancingwithhorses.org or call JoAnna Mendl Shaw at 212-924-1336.
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Performance: The Equus Projects with Stephanie Lockhart and her Colonial Spanish Horses
Friday, September 30th, 2011, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
A Workshop for Equestrians and Dancers
Dancing with Horses: An Exploration of Physical Listening
September 30, October 1-2, 2011
Contact: Stephanie Lockhart
802-730-5400
(Johnson, VT): The Equus Projects, a unique NYC based dance company whose work bridges the two worlds of dance and equestrian artistry, will co-present a performance and workshop at The Center for America's First Horse Inc. in Johnson, Vermont. The September 30th performance is open to the public and will offer an insightful preview into the October 1-2 workshop which focuses on the kinetic engagement between humans and equines.
The Friday, September 30th performance will feature The Equus Projects dancers with The Center for America's First Horse's Stephanie Lockhart and her rare Colonial Spanish horses. The Equus Projects dancers will engage Lockharts' playful, beautifully trained horses in choreographic improvisations that frame and equine behavior and transform their movement into poignant, funny and often quite moving human duets. The Equus Projects’ company of seasoned professional dancers are all trained in natural horsemanship, and their site specific performance pieces have been commissioned by arts and equine presenters including The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Bates Dance Festival, the Saratoga Arts Festival, Equine Affaire and Green Mountain Horse Association. The Friday performance is open to the public and will begin at 5:30 p.m. Q&A session will follow. Tickets are $8.00 and can be purchased in advance at www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org or at the door.
October 1-2nd will contain an intensive 2-day workshop for equestrians and dancers taught by The Equus Projects Artistic Director, JoAnna Mendl Shaw and the company dancers. The workshop will explore the multiple aspects of Physical Listening-- the physical and intuitive skills which can deepen kinetic engagement. The work draws functional and creative parallels between how we relate physically to each other and to, in turn, an equine partner. Each day will begin with a movement session at Johnson State College dance studios, then progress to hands-on work with the horses at the nearby Center for America's First Horse. Assisted by Lockhart, participants will learn innovative new ways to play with horses on the ground using herd dynamics, body language and energy.
Pre-registration is required for the workshop and is limited to 15 participants. Enrollment fee is $300 which includes the demonstration performance September 30 and lunch October 1st and 2nd. Auditors are invited to attend the workshop and pre-registration is preferred. $30 per day for auditors, lunch can be purchased for and additional $8.00 per person.
To register for the workshop, visit our web site www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org or contact Stephanie Lockhart at 802-730-5400
stephanie@centerforamericasfirsthorse.org.
For more information about JoAnna Mendl Shaw and The Equus Projects visit www.dancingwithhorses.org or call JoAnna Mendl Shaw at 212-924-1336.
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*We are a Vermont non-profit corporation and federal 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.