Middletown's Manes & Motions Therapeutic Riding Center Receives $16K Donation from Walgreens Corporation

Manes & Motions Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc., announced today that it has received a donation of $16,472 from Walgreens Corporation.  The check was recently presented at the Walgreens Distribution Center in Windsor, and it is the largest corporate donation to the Manes & Motions Indoor Arena Campaign, an initiative to raise funds that will help provide a riding experience for program participants year-round, regardless of the weather.

Currently, Manes & Motions operates only seven months of the year due to inclement weather, leaving its horseback riders with no opportunity to ride.  Therefore, the funds from Walgreens will help afford Manes & Motions riders with a new indoor arena so the program can remain open year-round for enhanced services for all of its horseback riders living with special needs.  Walgreens Distribution Center employs approximately 500 people, of whom about 47 percent are individuals living with disabilities.

The indoor arena site plan calls for a 10,580 square-foot riding arena plus a classroom, observation area, offices and restrooms at a cost of $600,000 in total.  To-date, Manes & Motions has raised $408,000 for the Indoor Arena Campaign.

As the only therapeutic horseback riding center in the nation that is affiliated with a hospital, Manes & Motions provides cognitive and physical benefits through the use of equine-assisted activities to children and adults living with a wide range of conditions including autism, Down Syndrome, spinal cord injury, spina bifida, brain injury, cerebral palsy, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).  Manes & Motions, A Member of the Hospital for Special Care Community, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hospital for Special Care.

For more information on Manes & Motions, or to find out how you can help the Indoor Arena Campaign, please call Linda Glovna at 860.612.6312, or visit http://hfsc.org/mane-motions/indoor-arena.