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Stock Photo The Montgomery Civitan Club donates to MANE, a non-profit organization that provides safe and effective therapeutic horseback riding opportunities to Montgomery and tri-county area children and adults with emotional, physical, cognitive, and developmental disabilities. Therapeutic horseback riding provides extremely important and effective intervention for people with cognitive, emotional, and/or physical disabilities. A rider straddling a horse stretches tight or spastic muscles throughout his or her body. Instructors and therapists use the three-dimensional rhythmic motion of the horse to reduce spasticity and abnormal movements, quicken reflexes, aid in motor planning, and strengthen muscles, joints, and tendons damaged by trauma or illness in their disabled patients. Riders with physical impairments or limited mobility can experience increased balance and muscle control; a wider range of motion; and improved respiration, circulation, appetite, and digestion. Confidence and enhanced self-esteem are positive by-products of therapeutic riding. MANE's site includes an outdoor riding ring, office, 12 stall barn with indoor riding area, and a 3 acre state of the art sensory integration trail. Visit their website by clicking HERE.

MANE Oct. 8, 2010 - As part of our ongoing support of this truly wonderful program and in concert with the worldwide mission of Civitan International's efforts to serve individuals with developmental disabilities, the Montgomery Civitan Club was honored to present our 2010 donation to MANE at today's meeting. MANE was represented by Program Director Ms. Anne Jemison, a North American Riding for the Handicapped Certified Instructor. Ms. Jemison stated that they are currently serving 92 individuals at their facility on Wallahatchie Road in Pike Road, Alabama. Our donations help to reduce the expense of the sessions which these children get from the starting cost of around $750 per session down to around $300 per session. As John McCall, who presented the check to Ms. Jemison stated, these sessions are both fun for the participants as well as therapeutic and the results are nothing short of miraculous.

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