Mailing Address: PO Box 240663 The EATA Executive Board met on Wednesday, April 29, to discuss the logistics of providing equine assisted therapy during the current COVID pandemic. After much discussion, we came to the unhappy conclusion that we cannot absolutely guarantee the safety and well-being of our clients, therapists and volunteers during riding sessions. Therefore, we made the very difficult decision to suspend our therapy sessions until Summer 2021.*
We do have plans for our horse-less summer, and we will need volunteers to make them happen. There are several items on our to-do list that have been put off for years while staff and volunteers were busy with riding sessions: facilities maintenance, grant writing, letting our donors know they are appreciated. We still need your support, and we are going to be reaching out to you for help so we can come back stronger and ready to ride when we all get through this crisis.
No one is sadder about cancelling than our board members, staff, and volunteers. We look forward to the summer riding season every year, and we will miss our horses and riders.
*In the event of a major breakthrough in the fight against COVID between now and June 30, we may be able to reevaluate our decision to suspend the 2020 season.
