Reach Equine Center

24/07/2023

Are you available? Call the office and we can get you signed up!

05/06/2023

This is a fun way to get involved with REACH!

21/05/2023

Required Training.
Saturday June 3rd
10am-5pm

Active & New Volunteers.
Active volunteers you’ll be educated more in depth and any concerns or lack of training and understanding for you will be completed.
New volunteers you’ll be fully immersed into our program & significantly trained when completed. You’ll be able to start volunteering in classes immediately.

AR (adaptive riding/traditional lesson) vs OT (occupational therapy)training will be done by Genie and Karol to explain and demonstrate the differences between an AR, and OT session, and the different volunteer roles. Lunch is provided!

Itinerary:
10:00 AM
Registration, Overview of the day, Mission and values statements, Legal structure. Tour of property

10:30 AM Volunteers
1.Requirements, expectations, available positions.
Safety
2. Human, animal, emergency, weather

11:15-11:25 Break for restroom/water

11:30 PATH, facility culture
Instructors
1. Requirements
2. Authority
3. Responsibilities
Hazards of the profession
12:30-1:00 lunch
1:00- 3:00
Hands on practice with the horses!
Please RSVP to our program director Genie Hensley .org or call the office and leave a message
472-7827

10/05/2023

Tomorrow night May 10th!
Let’s do this 🤠🥳

07/05/2023

New Date: Wednesday May 10th!

07/05/2023

Our Program Director Genie Hensley is reaching out for volunteers.
There is need for side walkers currently on wed 1030-1130 with 3 positions available. Starting on May 19th there will be two lessons on Fri 10-11 and 11-12 that will need at least 3 horse handlers and 3-6 side walkers. A few of you have committed to helping with these lessons but more are

29/04/2023

We are so fortunate to have horses who’s temperaments are unbothered by the energy and activity that swirls around them.

16/04/2023

We are refurbishing our pastures and in this trying some new ideas.
REACH has a large dry lot to accommodate the variety in our herd.
We are trying out for the first time a round bale for free access to feed. The horses self regulate quite nicely.

Saturday morning we got just enough moisture to make for a perfect grooming of the dry lot. Which then gave me front seat to watching the herd.

27/03/2023

While conversing towards the end of our training on Saturday we had a few ladies create a Parade Day Committee.
Tuesday July 11
If you are interested in joining the parade committee you can message Maria Antonovich or Genie Hensley and we would be happy to give you the contact information.

19/03/2023

REACH Equine Center (Reach 4 A Star Riding Academy) will be accepting applications for Adaptive Riding instructors through the 24th of March with interviews scheduled the following week, 3/29-3/31. Information about our programs can be found at www.reach4astar.org and on our page. Applications and letters of intent can be emailed to [email protected].

We use horsepower to empower people to shift gears in their lives. Reach 4A Star Riding AcademyReach 4A Star Riding Academy is a 501(c)3 non-profit PATH Premier accredited therapeutic horsemanship center located on 45 acres in Casper, Wyoming that was founded in 2004 and has been serving the communi...

11/03/2023

Haaaaayyyyyyy……..
Saturday March 25 9am-3pm
The horses at REACH are asking if you would like to become a volunteer?
They are telling me we are in need of volunteers to help out in the office, classes, facility maintenance, and in the barn with feedings.
The horses would very much like it if you took the time and gave our organization the opportunity to show you who we are and what we do.
Here’s the tentative itinerary:
9:00 AM
Registration, Overview of the day, Mission and values statements, Legal structure.
9:30 AM Tour of property

Volunteers
1. requirements, safety expectations, and available positions.
2. Human, animal, emergency, weather procedures.
10:15AM Break 5-10 minutes. Instructors
1. Requirements
2. Authority
3. Responsibilities
Hazards of the profession
10:30 PATH, facility culture
11:30 Lunch Provided.
12:00-2:30 Barn and Horses
Experience the lunch feeding routine by the Equine Manager.
1. Barn Safety/Why we do it our way.
2. Herd Introduction.
3. Feeding Routine/Why we do it our way.
4. Bringing the herd in from pasture.
5. Q&A in the barn.
2:30-3:00 Wrap Up in the classroom.
Please RSVP [email protected]

23/02/2023

As I was leaving this afternoon I wasn’t able to get fully what I was seeing on my video but you get the idea these horses are well and very happy!

21/02/2023

We are finishing up our preparations.

19/02/2023

The weatherman says we have another winter storm heading our way middle of the week. We will be doing our very best rescheduling riding lessons around the storm.

09/02/2023

Thank you Matt and Lewis Berrett for your awesome mechanic skills! Big Blue got his oil changed, new filters, and his joints greased. We use this big guy a lot! Blue moves round bales to the pastures, moves snow superbly and was instrumental in our arena makeover.

06/02/2023

06/02/2023

06/02/2023

It really does depend on BamBam’s mood. Buddy is either the play cow that is used for herding skills or simply a lunch pal. I prefer the lunch pal.

04/02/2023

Living in Casper with the weather we have certainly isn’t for the faint of heart! REACH has been closed all week due to the frigid temperatures AND the enormous amount of drifting!
We finally got both tractors running and we spent 5 hours digging REACH out! 
shout out to volunteer Viki Smith for her help.

31/01/2023

Due to the extreme temperatures and the actively blowing wind REACH has canceled classes for Wednesday 2/1/23
We currently are closed on Tuesdays.

29/01/2023

7 degrees at feeding time. 🚫w.i.n.d.
Littles enjoying the “turn out”

27/01/2023

1/27/2023
extremely cold and windy. The herd is hearty and seeing how they take turns to rest is very reassuring their needs are being met.

24/01/2023

Starting in early December, the arena makeover took us through the month of December. It was a team effort and we are delighted with the outcome!

22/01/2023

Saturday March 4th
9am-5pm
Indoor Heated Arena
Limited spots available
Mattni Becker

“Have you struggled with fear or nerves while riding? We all know, nerves impact performance. Join us for a 1 day clinic where you will learn to connect and co-regulate with your equine partner in order to replace both you and horse’s emotional reactions with a regulated response.”

Our clinician is Mattni Becker. She holds a Bachelor’s in Equine Science and Behavior as well as a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling. She practices natural horsemanship using Polyvagal techniques.

Quote by Mattni: “With horses, it’s about being conscious of how your body feels and how you are impacting your horse.”

Indoor heated arena
New footing
Restrooms on site
6 participants