PATH program sets two five-week fall sessions

Palouse Area Therapeutic Horsemanship, a program for people with physical, mental and emotional disabilities, will begin its 2010 fall sessions Sept. 14. PATH is a community service program of the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine and has been serving the region for 30 years.

The first of two five-week sessions will run from Sept. 14 through Oct. 14, and the second will be Oct. 19-Nov. 18. Classes will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 5:30 to 7.

An orientation meeting for new volunteers will be 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30, in the WSU Animal Disease Biotechnology Facility, room 1002. A training session for horse handlers will be Aug. 31, and a training session for side walkers will be Sept. 1. Both training sessions will be at 5:30 at the stable. No experience is necessary, but volunteers must be 14 years or older and attend both the orientation and a training session.

PATH is supported by United Way of Pullman, United Way of Moscow/Latah County, Stepping Stones Foundation, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Moscow Mardi Gras Foundation, the Moscow Circle of Giving and Moscow Opportunity School.

For more information about volunteering or participating contact Sue Jacobson.

sjacobson@vetmed.wsu.edu