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Great news! Barn Dance (June 2) coming together, wish us great weather please!! April 1 meeting at Tracy Thibodeau's Equine Inspirations Learning Center, Plante Rd, Caribou 2pm, we'll be planning barn dance family afternoon activities and evening of music. Lots of support coming in, including Monticello Rec Dept offering activities and games. DC Express gave us a great deal on music, we're hoping for a sponsor. We will be looking to provide food and refreshments also... volunteers and donations NEEDED bigtime!

Change in Vet attendance: Dr Swanson will not be able to make it Sunday.

AND MT will draw the April 1 Scholarship Fan Club monthly $100 winner. No Fooling.

Update on bottle drive: Last haul to the redemption center in VB was over 1100 count after the 3300 trip a week before. VERY happy with the giving communities from Sherman north.

We have SEVEN scholarship requests SO FAR and expect that to AT LEAST double in the next few months so we really do need some individual sponsors as well as the fund raising. Asking community organizations and businesses, ALL suggestions welcome. At the moment we are looking at reducing the amount awarded from 80 to 60% which puts a bigger strain on the families. Some are ready to start at indoor facilities.

"Brush Hours" (open house) at Perfect Ponies Learning Center, Main St., Van Buren will start on Saturday afternoons 1-3pm, April 7. This activity is open to anyone interested in visiting or meeting horses, and was successful in Spring 2011 when many visitors were amazed at how much horses can positively effect people lives. Visitors, watched, brushed, lead the horses/ponies about, some even learned the 'emergency dismount' so necessary in all aspects of life. The event is weekly until mid June.

Aroostook Horse and Pony Associates, Rt 1, Monticello, has been active all winter with unmounted activities and ready for a season of regular and special needs participants. FYI Shelley Taylor 538-9376 [email protected], Sara Wotton 538-0931 [email protected]

Equine Inspirations Learning Center, Plante Rd, Caribou for regular and special needs. Tracy Thibodeau 227-6974

Bob Cyr is teaching at the Rocking S Ranch AND collecting bottles for MT! 551-1938

Terry Rossignol and her daughters are accepting students in St Agatha. 543-5080

Nancy Pytlak in Presque Isle has a reduced schedule this year, check her FB page or [email protected]

MORE:

2012 Pathfinder is available! A Guide of Resources for everyone in Aroostook. Contact Andy at Helping Hands for Children and Families 771 Main St PI (ACAP offices) 768-3115, 1800-432-7881 X665 [email protected] web: www.ainop.com/users/hhcf

Bangor area Asset Building Resource Guide was compiled by a workgroup

of the Greater Bangor Disability Asset Network. It is designed to be

used as a quick desktop directory to connect consumers with a wide

variety of services and tools to help build economic security. In

keeping with the Asset Network's goal to encourage asset building for

people with disabilities, we have highlighted those resources which are

disability related. However, most of these services would also be useful

for anyone who needs assistance with achieving financial independence.

You can also find it online at the Eastern Maine

Development Corporation website

http://www.emdc.org/document_upload/Asset%20Building%20Resource%20Guide.

pdf . We plan periodic updates to the guide to keep it current.

TAMC is proud to formally announce its upcoming 2-day workshop entitled, "Trauma Focused Treatment for Children and Adolescents." This workshop will feature Presque Isle native, Carla Stover, Ph.D. Dr. Stover is a Clinical Psychologist who serves as Assistant Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine Child Study Center and Research Coordinator for the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence.

This workshop will be held Thursday-Friday, May 24-25 in the McCain Conference rooms on TAMC's main campus. There is an early bird registration fee of $160 for those registrations received on or before March 31. The registration fee after that date increases to $185. Registration fees cover all course costs as well as continental breakfasts and lunches for both days of the workshop. With that in mind, we'd ask that you please let us know ahead of time should you have any dietary restrictions.

Joseph S. Siddiqui Director, Innovation and Education The Aroostook Medical Center 140 Academy Street PO Box 151 Presque Isle, ME 04769 Tel: 207-768-4832 Fax: 207-768-4085

Eileen Fisher Invites Applications for Activating Leadership Grant Program for Women and Girls

Grants of $5,000 or more will be awarded to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations for programs designed to activate leadership qualities in women and girls....

Deadline: April 25, 2012

Posted: March 14, 2012 PND Link http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=374300029

Grant Link http://www.eileenfisher.com/EileenFisherCompany/CompanyGeneralContentPages/SocialConciousness/Self_Image.jsp

American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation Accepting Funding Requests for Horse Health and Welfare Programs

Funding is available to nonprofit organizations for programs to improve the health and welfare of horses, particularly on a national or international scope....

Deadline: May 1, 2012

Posted: March 29, 2012

PND link http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=375400032

Grant Link http://www.aaep.org/foundation_funding_grants.htm

Efficiency Maine launches new Refrigerator Recycling Program.

Let Efficiency Maine recycle your old refrigerator or freezer. They will pick it up for free and send you $50. Learn more about Efficiency Maine's Refrigerator Recycling Program and schedule your free old refrigerator pick-up

Link http://www.efficiencymaine.com/at-home/refrigerator-recycling-program

Aroostook Riding Club on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/254196908002362/263744470380939/

Pine and Spurs Riding Club fundraiser:

WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE AUCTION!!! The big night will be on April 28th at the Crow's Nest in Presque Isle. Happy Hour/Auction Viewing will start at 5:00. Silent auction bidding, baked potato bar, entertainment (hopefully) and a cash bar -- come join the fun on the 28th!! www.pineandspurs.com Kim: [email protected]