Overwhelming Outpouring of Support for MANE’s 2015 “Raise the Roof” Event
Jenny Brown and Heather King who Record breaking attendance marked Paul and Connie Winn, James Michael also collected the purchased tickets and Montgomery Area Nontraditional Hinson, Ty Eiland, Mike and Jane Howard, generous Equestrians’ Chuck and Joan DiLaura, Julie Beasley, donations. (MANE’s) Doug Rice, Jeanne Drummond, Andrew Proceeds 7th Annual and Amy Hall, David Burke, Cathy Ridling, from the “Raise the Deanna Sasser, Marla Boyd, Foxwood event will Roof” Seafood Farms, The Feed Lot, Nancy Buzard in be directed Celebration memory of Bettie Baldwin, Carol Brown to retire hosted on in memory of Kelley Bartlett, Dr. James MANE’s Thursday, Johnson in memory of Elizabeth Johnson, construction October 22nd. Nan and Ronnie Barganier, Bartlett Ranch, loan, Hundreds and Polly Williamson. acquired to gathered construct to show Wintzell’s Oyster House prepared a fresh the multisupport for and fabulous feast for the eyes including use building the tri-county an array of grilled and fried oysters, fish, some 8 area’s premier chicken, and shrimp. Also included were years ago. therapeutic bacon-wrapped shrimp, coleslaw, cheese Spencer and Cindy Longshore are the proud sponsors of “Bear”, a Belgium draft horse, who is particularly valuable to The indoor riding center, grits, and other Wintzell’s Oyster House MANE’s Wounded Warriors riders. section of which serves favorites all elegantly served buffet style the complex houses offices, classrooms, a those who have physical, cognitive, and down 8 long tables dressed in chocolate break-room, and The Kiwanis Korral – an developmental disabilities through equinecolored linens. At an additional ice-filled indoor resource room where parents and assisted activities. All food and labor for food station, Wintzell’s wonderful staff caregivers can watch riders in the adjacent the fabulous seafood extravaganza were shucked raw oysters as fast as MANE covered area. completely donated by Wintzell’s Oyster advocates could load their plates! House, courtesy of owners Bob and Buffy Kim Alford, Donlon from Mobile. For more information one of about MANE, please MANE’s Guests parked along MANE’s Sensory visit MANE’s website at certified Integration Trail and then transported in www.maneweb.org. therapeutic golf carts by volunteers for a short ride to riding the front entrance of the facility. To volunteer or register instructors, for MANE’s programs, introduced The sensory trail itself spans more than 3 please call 334-213MANE’s acres and has 8 carefully designed stations 0909. Donations can twelve featuring activities that integrate the rider’s be sent to: MANE, extraordinary sensory input via sight, smell, hearing, 3699 Wallahatchie equine taste, and touch. The trail and its 10 foot Road, Pike Road, AL partners high stations also provide opportunities 36064. MANE holds to party to enhance gravitational security, balance, a 501C corporation attendees. grasp/release, and proprioceptive input status and its Kim offered all while riders are engaged in therapeutic instructors are certified Ann Longshore, Polly Williamson, and Nancy Buzzard connect at MANE’s Raise the Roof. guests horseback riding. through PATH Intl., a insights into the many benefits of The giant tic-tac-toe game is the trail’s regulatory agency that assures stringent therapeutic riding as well as opportunities newest station designed to challenge standards for quality therapeutic horseback to sponsor horses and/or riders for those MANE riders’ cognitive ability to respond riding through instructor certification, site interested in expanding their support appropriately to sensory input by making accreditation and program monitoring. for MANE’s program. The following gave a successful, organized response while MANE continues to function with an generously to support their favorite horse remaining mounted on their equine administrative overhead of less than 6%, or riders new to the MANE program: The partner. ensuring donors that all contributions are JK Lowder Family Foundation, Spencer effectively utilized for the benefit of the Longshore, Jennie and Ron Botterbusch, The guests were greeted by Board program riders. Gabe Krause, Penn White, Dr. Bob Members Michelle Parkinson, Lydia Chrzanowski, Reed Ingram, Frank Stakely, Beringer, Jennifer Gremaux, Kelly Wilson, The River Region’s 50+ Lifestage Magazine
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