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Manes and Tails c/o Nancy Dumond Violette

489 Main St, Van Buren, ME 04785 207 868 5324, 484 1231

County non profit to give away at least $100 a month in prizes with new fund raiser.

Help Wanted:

To assist Aroostook county youth and families, Manes and Tails has 'hit the ground running' with a 'FUN' raising Scholarship Fund drive. Support for special needs children and families to attend Equine Assisted services County wide, and new applications has warranted a new funding campaign which the group hopes will take off and roll over year after year.

With a 2011 goal of $5,000 , the 'Manes and Tails Scholarship Fund Club' works when MTSFC members join at any time for $20 to have a chance to win a $10 cash drawing on the first day of the 12 months following. Annual renewals are hopeful. When over 300 participants are signed up, an additional $50 cash drawing will also be awarded each month. More prizes may be added as the FUN grows.

'We are a small group of volunteers with day jobs and farms to run, weary of raffle ticket sales, and hope this will spark a regular income for the Scholarship Fund,' states Nancy Dumond Violette, Manes and Tails President, also 'The monies help children and families to attend Equine Services of their choice and location in Aroostook. The fund also supports training of county coaches and facilitators.'

Manes and Tails is a 501c3 founded to support Equine Assisted services in Aroostook. For more information, or sign up for the FUN raiser, contact Nancy Dumond Violette 207 868 5324 [email protected] or Shelley Taylor 207 538 9376 [email protected] Also please LIKE Manes and Tails Aroostook on Facebook or visit the new, under construction, website www.manesandtailsaroostook.webs.com

Special needs rider with coaches in Van Buren

Special needs rider and coaches in Houlton

Sara Wotton of Monticello a vaulting demonstration at a recent Manes and Tails meeting in Monticello. The vaulting barrel has help many participants become familiar with the size and height of horses during all times of the year

Manes and Tails, Special, Opportunities, MTSFC:

They come back: "my son is talking more" ..... "my client is walking better" ..... " my kids are cooperating!" ...... our child is socializing" ..... " my family finally has some synergy " ........ "my client stopped cutting since his first visit" ......... "we see improvements in our clients at a faster rate than traditional therapies" ..... " more focused, organized, compassionate, empowered, enthusiastic.....balanced" And if your life isn't balanced,....well, where are you then? Sometimes I am amazed to hear these stories from throughout the Equine / Human field but mostly the effect on me is "It is too rewarding not to do" I am a volunteer, sometimes my horses/ponies raise hay money. It's GOOD.

Next MT function OPEN TO EVERYONE:

NARHA (North American Riding for the Handicapped Association)

STATE MEETING Saturday, MAY 21, 2011, 1230 – 5PM 676 US HWY 1

Home of Shelley Taylor and Barn of Aroostook Horse and Pony Associates (APHA)

MONTICELLO, ME 04760

HOSTED BY AROOSTOOK HORSE AND PONY ASSOCIATES AND MANES AND TAILS

Pot luck lunch. Agenda being fine tuned but tentatively, un-mounted programs, NARHA membership/ benefits/offerings, news from the recent conference. Come for all or part.

"Hit the Ground Running"

As per last email, Manes and Tails has embarked on a new Fun Fund Raiser: "Manes and Tails Scholarship Fund Club" (MTSFC)

Join up at any time and have 12 chances to win $100 over the following 12 months. Membership $20/yr. Forms are at the end of this email, (or ask me for an attachment) as a handful of volunteers, we really need A LOT of support and helpers to roll this one out and over and even grow big enough to award $100 AND $50 each month, maybe more. June 1, 2011 is the first drawing. Funds raised for scholarships to barns or functions selected by participants. (scroll all the way down for MTSFC form)

We are still open to donations and sponsorships for the general fund, scholarships or specific interest. Thank you everyone who has helped Equine Assisted work grow in the County.

Scholarship Applications being accepted and reviewed, funding being raised as I write!!

New website just getting started www.manesandtailsaroostook.webs.com set up and managed by Elisabeth Dumond (from Van Buren, while living in New Mexico) Thanks Beth!! and also for some great posts on the Manes and Tails Aroostook Face Book Page. Check it out and please "LIKE"

Playing with horses:

Seminar!!!!!!!! 24 CEUs!! Jill Willett and Pat Kimball; Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, Oakfield www.kindredspiritsgrowthlearningllc.com Working on setting up their third seminar with OK Corral Series Greg Kersten, the founder EAGALA now running the OK Corral. The man of EAP/ EAL, Equine Assisted Philosophies. Please visit www.okcorralseries.com for more info about EAP/EAL and/or contact Jill and Pat through their website for EAP info and to discuss this year's plans. Also Phone # 207 757 7017 . OK to do at home, OK to improve self and social skills, teamwork attitude, OK to be creative........... Can't wait!!

Monticello: AHPA (Aroostook Horse and Pony Associates) Shelley Taylor's barn on Rt One! Shelley/Sara/Ginger working with kids and horses evenings, weekends. Contact: Shelley: [email protected] 538-9376 Lv Mssg.

Presque Isle: This from Nancy Pitlak: I teach horsemanship to beginner riders and I also offer horseback riding for the handicapped. Ages 5 and under is $5.00 per half hour, ages 6-10 is $7.00 per half hour or if they have passed beginners then they may have an hour lesson for$12.00. I offer riding for adults also. I start the first week of June until school starts. I live in Presque Isle about 1 mile from the court house at 270 Chapman Road, on the left. Nancy is also on Face Book, sorry I don't have her Phone #.

Caribou: Equine Inspirations Learning Center, Plante Rd. Tracy Thibodeau, Spring 'semester almost full' second semester? Tracy 227-6974 after 3pm [email protected]

Van Buren: Programing available Saturdays and Wednesdays, currently open house every Saturday 1-3 'Brush Hours' Perfect Ponies Learning Center. 489 Main St. Don Violette, Nancy Dumond Violette 868 5324, [email protected] and FaceBook!

More going on in Houlton ( Amy at Horseplay, Rachel and....) and Fort Fairfield (Kim at Rocking S Ranch? and.....), Please write in or have someone write in, so I can post. Anyone who is offering services to the public please write in, and or you can post on Manes and Tails Aroostook FB, or even if you have a neat back yard story to share!! We do make recommendations and scholarship assist people closest to their homes. This networking email does reach over 150 people in Aroostook, Maine, and some national.

Compost and Bottles: Presently Van Buren, Monticello and Caribou are participating in "Compost-donations" No Charge for compost, but will accept donations to Manes and Tails, every dollar counts. Bottles also!!

Foundation Fighting Blindness has announced a Maine Chapter. For info on the ME Chapter Event in May, hosting keynote speaker Stephen Rose, PhD on Advances in Retinal Diseases, and the VisionWalk scheduled for June. If you are in the Scarborough SMAA office- There are postcards with this information on top of the I&R filing cabinets (next to the delicious cupcakes!) that are free for the taking. Please feel free to send this info out to clients and friends who may be interested. Annmarie Rotolo, LMSW Coordinator, Aging and Disability Resource Center Southern Maine Agency on Aging (Ph) 207-396-6544 (fax) 207-883-8249 [email protected]

Home Depot Foundation Announces 2011 Community Impact Grants Program

$5,000 Home Depot gift cards will be awarded to nonprofits, public schools, and public agencies working on volunteer-driven community improvement projects, particularly those that help veterans, seniors, and the disabled stay in their homes comfortably...

Deadline: October 31, 2011

Posted: April 13, 2011 http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=335100022

Win Cash Helping Others Manes and Tails Scholarship Fund Club ‘Fun Raiser’

Manes and Tails is an all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit which supports Equine Assisted Programs for Children and Families with Special Needs throughout Aroostook County Maine. The Scholarship Fund helps Participants to engage in programs of their choice and also assists in Facilitator Training.

How to Play/Help:

*Join the Scholarship Fund Club by contributing an annual membership fee of $20.00 You can start at any time of the year and be eligible to win for 12 months.

*On the first of the month starting June 1, 2011, a drawing will be held and prizes awarded:

$100.00 first prize : then $50.00 second prize will be added when we have 300 members. If the Scholarship Club membership continues to grow, so will the prizes.

This is a monthly drawing, you are eligible for one prize a year and we hope you will renew year after year! You may have multiple memberships also.

For more information contact Nancy Dumond Violette in Van Buren, 207 868 5324 [email protected] or Shelley Taylor in Monticello 207 538 9376 [email protected]

Please Help better lives by connecting humans with horses, register below detach and mail to :

Manes and Tails c/o Pamela Scheppele, 21 Westwind Dr, Caribou, ME 04736.

Info to keep : You have helped Manes and Tails support Special Needs programs in Aroostook county Maine, Date________________ Amount__________________________________

Manes and Tails Aroostook is on FaceBook , our new web site is www. manesandtailsaroostook.webs.com

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Manes and Tails Scholarship Fund (MTSFC) Member Registration

Name___________________________________________Date____________________

Adress___________________________________________________________________

Phone (_______)_____________________________________

Email_______________________________________________

Dues $20.00 per member How did you find out about the MTSF?_________________________

Please circle you answers below:

May we contact you for renewal in one year? Y N By Phone Email Snailmail

Would you like to receive news-letter emails from Manes and Tails Y N

Please make check payable to Manes and Tails. Do you want a receipt for tax reasons Y N

Thank you for supporting Equine Assisted Special Needs in Aroostook County Maine!!

We will soon be posting a new page to our site with information for our current and future fundraisers! Stay tuned...:)

Be sure to check out the new events posted in our calendar for the next couple months!

Manes and Tails LegUp 4/4/11 Scroll to your interest:

Manes and Tails, Special, Grants and Opportunities, Animals, classified

Hallooooo from Manes and Tails!

Meeting notes from Mar 29:

-Betty Bishop has won the NASCAR quilt and is very excited, Thanks all of Aroostook! and especially our anonymous donor of the quilt!

-MT will keep the domain name of manesandtails.org in case we want to open the web site again.

-MT FB is a work in progress!, look us up as Manes and Tails Aroostook

-Perfect Ponies has a FB page now,...... anyone else?

-New mare at Shelley's barn -Three new sets of hooves in VB

-Pam has the patience of twenty saints.

-NARHA gals to set up workshop with Nichole Sargent, the rest of us will support.

-CHA doing certification May 31- June 4 at Living Waters in Danforth $800 lodging meals etc incl. Can someone post that on MT-FB?

-AHAP (Aroostook Horse and Pony Associates in Monticello) has a cool brochure, Shelley please come up with a MT one? about the benefits of Equine Assisted .

-The Vaulting Barrel is a big draw in Hogedon.

-Tracy is working on several resources to grow her Equine Inspirations center; including Extreme Home Make Over to Opra. GO Tracy!!

-Everyone, please post on MT FB !! We need to get some interest up.

FUNDING ideas:

For separate small barns to keep afloat for fees or donations:

Adopt a horse prog, Bottle drive, Drink Sales

Educational pony rides, summer programs, Girl and boy scouts, church groups

Cook outs , Brush Hours (happy hours?)

For the MT Scholarship funds and running expenses $5K goal:

Compost sales, Fan Club (s ), Tee-shirts, Scarves

Appeals to individuals, businesses, organizations

Articles and Editorials in the news. Swap buy sell guide infomercial plea

Remind benefactors the funds stay in Aroostook and can be specified for certain individuals, barns, towns etc..

NEEDS:

We need to continue to cheer each other on and brainstorm regularly. Need to write articles/editorials about Special Equine Programs , MT activities and personal barns.

Need to keep making a difference in people's lives with horses, supporting people all over the county to do the same. Networking not competing.

Need to see ya'll in two weeks, great to see everyone, and I know Myrna will have some more wisdom for us too. Shelly/Sara/Ginger spring open house and meeting in Monticello?

S&N

Anyone who would like to host a Manes and Tails meeting, especially with an educational or newsworthy agenda???????????

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GEAR Parent Network:

Workshops for Parents*

*All workshops are offered at no charge to parents/grandparents/caregivers/educators of children with emotional or behavioral health concerns

Penobscot, Piscataquis, Southern Aroostook & Washington Counties (for other counties contact GEAR www.gearparentnetwork.org)

Tonya Gray, Regional Parent Support Coordinator 269-2234; Email: [email protected]

"Disaster Preparedness: A Family and Community Health and Well Being Issue" Presented by: Judy Somers, Parent Volunteer

When disaster strikes, will you be ready? Flooding, power outages and intense storms are common disasters in Maine. This workshop focuses on the reactions & needs of children in times of unexpected disaster. Begin to plan & prepare for an emergency evacuation, learn strategies to make unforeseen events more bearable and less traumatic.

Monday, April 11, 2011 from 2:20 to 3:30 p.m. at Enfield Station School, 561 Hammett Road, Enfield

"Take Action Against Bullying!" Presented by: Tonya Gray, Regional Parent Support Coordinator

Bullying has become such a widespread problem it is now being recognized as a major mental health concern for children and youth, having been found to leave long term emotional scars and psychological effects similar to anxiety disorders and post traumatic stress. This workshop will help you identify the warning signs of both the victim and the bully. Prevention and effective coping skills will be explored.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Wings, 900 Hammond Street, Bangor

"Raising Successful Readers" Presented by: Tonya Gray, Regional Parent Support Coordinator

On a basic level, reading is a fundamental part of existing. Think about your typical day. How often are you reading something . . . street signs, reports, emails, grocery labels, medication, newspapers, websites, stories to our kids? This workshop offers an understanding how to engage your child in reading because by reading to our children routinely in their early years increases their language development, helps your child develop an attention span and the concentration skills they need to perform and to succeed assures development of good, solid skills and habits that last a lifetime. Join us and meet other parents who are also interested in striving to achieve raising successful readers!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Wings, 900 Hammond Street, Bangor

"Toxic Chemicals and Our Children's Developing Brains" Presented by: Tonya Gray, Regional Parent Support Coordinator

Why is environmental health so important? Consider the following: Twelve million American children or 17% of all Americans under the age of 18 have one or more developmental, learning or behavioral disabilities; More than 1.5 million Americans are autistic. In the 1970's, autism was estimated to have affected about 1 in 2,500 to 5,000 children; studies show in Maine it occurs today in 1 in 80 children; 127,000 adults and children in Maine are identified as having learning disabilities; and 37% of the children receiving special education services in our public schools have learning or attention disabilities. Learn why it is important to protect you family from toxic chemical exposures.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Wings, 900 Hammond Street, Bangor

Call today to register* at 1-800-264-9224 or online at www.gearparentnetwork.org

· Pre-registration is recommended so we may notify you if a workshop is cancelled.

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Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Training

WHEN AND WHERE IS THE TRAINING?

May 5-6, 2011 and May 19-20, 2011; June 3, 2011 and June 16-17, 2011

Educare Central Maine 56 Drummond Avenue

Waterville, Maine 04901

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

For more information or to request an application packet,

please contact: Jill Downs, M.Ed.

Research Associate, Inclusive Care and Education

University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies

225 Western Ave. Augusta, ME 04330 207/623-3925 ext. 13

[email protected]

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Build-A-Bear Workshop Announces 2011 Grantmaking Schedule

Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to support children, families, and animals through programs that are not easily categorized....

Deadline: October 28, 2011

Posted: April 4, 2011 http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=334000021

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17th annual Child Welfare Conference: Wells Conference Center, UMaine Orono, June 23 2011

Hello everyone, On behalf of the Child Welfare Conference Planning Committee and the Maine's Citizen's Review Panel I would appreciate everyone's help distributing the Save the Date for the 2011 17th Annual Child Welfare Conference. If you could take a minute to forward this e-mail to your e-mail contacts it would exponentially assist us in reaching a broad spectrum of professionals who may be interested in attending this year's conference. We anticipate the brochures and registration will be ready for distribution by mid to late April.

Thank you and we hope to see you all at the conference in June!

Sincerely, Bonny Dodson, LCSW Child Welfare Conference Planning Committee

Maine's Citizen's Review Panel Chair (207)974-1507 [email protected]

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United Way Announces Effort to Recruit Education Volunteers

United Way Worldwide has released a report which found that nearly 30 percent of Americans fear their children will drop out of school; to help improve schools, United Ways will work to recruit one million volunteer readers, tutors, and mentors.... More»

http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=333600030

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From JUVJUST:

OJJDP To Sponsor Training on Law Enforcement Response to Adolescent Girls

On May 5 and 6, 2011, in Dallas, TX, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the International Association of Chiefs of Police will co-sponsor a training designed to help law enforcement officers respond more effectively in policing situations that involve contact with girls ages 12-17. Police officers will examine various approaches to improve communication and resolve problems.

Law enforcement officers are eligible to attend. There is no charge for this training. Registration is available online.

For more information about the training, visit

http://www.theiacp.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=WKjVvDB0VjA%3d&t abid=391.

To register, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/dallastraining.

Pine and Spurs Riding Club is gearing up for the 2011 season of three shows and some added activities www.pineandspurs.com and Pine and spurs on Face Book and for most up to date info Kim Cheney the_cheneys_yahoo.com

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Still for sale because I am not using and do not want it to go bad sitting in the yard: Older 41ft goosneck 4 horse/tack/camper trailer with 88 1 ton GMC Dually. Needs cosmetics, battery and oil change BRO Home away from home with the animals all in one, or hunting cabin with attached atv garage. Nancy Dumond Violette 868 5324

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