Organizations Filed Purposes:
LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER IS A COMMUNITY WHERE HORSES TRANSFORM THE BODIES, MINDS AND SPIRITS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
DURING OUR 42 WEEKS OF REGULAR SESSIONS IN 2019, LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ("LITTLE BIT") PROVIDED SERVICES TO 655 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, PLUS 79 PARTICIPANTS OF ALL ABILITIES THROUGH OUR SEVEN, WEEK-LONG SUMMER CAMPS. LITTLE BIT'S STAFF WAS ASSISTED BY 340 VOLUNTEERS.LITTLE BIT HAS THREE MAIN PROGRAMS: THERAPY UTILIZING EQUINE MOVEMENT, ADAPTIVE RIDING, AND EQUINE-FACILITATED PSYCHOTHERAPY.LITTLE BIT OFFERS PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SPEECH THERAPY UTILIZING EQUINE MOVEMENT. LICENSED THERAPISTS UTILIZE A HORSE AS A TREATMENT TOOL, INCORPORATED INTO THE PATIENT'S PLAN OF CARE, TO REACH FUNCTIONAL GOALS. IN 2019, THERE WERE 2,943 TREATMENT SESSIONS AND 91 EVALUATIONS. ADAPTIVE RIDING FOCUSES ON INCREASING INDIVIDUAL RIDING SKILLS WHILE GAINING THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS. LESSONS ARE TAUGHT BY ONE OF OUR PATH INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS. PARTICIPANTS SHOW IMPROVED INDEPENDENCE, SELF-ESTEEM, CONCENTRATION, VERBAL FLUENCY AND REDUCED ANXIETY. IN 2019, THERE WERE 6,203 ADAPTIVE RIDING LESSONS.EQUINE-FACILITATED PSYCHOTHERAPY (EFP) SPECIFICALLY TARGETS PEOPLE WITH MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH ISSUES, STEMMING FROM TRAUMATIC LIFE EVENTS, CHEMICAL IMBALANCES, COGNITIVE DISORDERS AND A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. CLIENTS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES WITH A HORSE OR HORSES AND USE THE HORSE(S) TO HELP PROCESS FEELINGS, THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS. THE HORSE SERVES AS A GIANT "BIOFEEDBACK MACHINE" SO THAT THERAPISTS CAN EASILY SEE THE CLIENT'S MOTIVES, REACTIONS AND ABILITIES. IN 2019, LITTLE BIT SERVED 233 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS.
LITTLE BIT HOSTS WORKSHOPS/CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INTERNATIONAL (PATH INTERNATIONAL) AND AMERICAN HIPPOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION (AHA). THESE WORKSHOPS PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO POTENTIAL PATH INSTRUCTORS FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP AND THERAPISTS FOR HIPPOTHERAPY. IN 2019, WE OFFERED: A PATH EQUINE SPECIALIST IN MENTAL HEALTH AND LEARNING WORKSHOP & HORSEMANSHIP SKILLS TEST; A PATH REGISTERED INSTRUCTOR WORKSHOP & CERTIFICATION; AND AN AHA LEVEL II WORKSHOP, FOR A TOTAL OF 50 PARTICIPANTS.
LITTLE BIT HOSTS MEMORIAL HORSE SHOWS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS TO SHOWCASE THEIR RIDING SKILLS. IN 2019, WE HAD 99 PARTICIPANTS JUDGED ON THEIR ABILITIES IN A VARIETY OF SKILL LEVELS ON HORSEBACK. THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY OF OUR PARTICIPANTS TO EARN MERIT-BASED AWARDS AND COMPETE AGAINST THEIR PEERS IN A SPORT THAT THEY TRAIN AND PRACTICE FOR YEAR AROUND. IN 2019, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS WASHINGTON, 25 RIDERS TRAINED TO COMPETE IN THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS AND COMPETED IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS EQUESTRIAN SHOW AT LITTLE BIT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH LITTLE BIT'S OTHER HORSE SHOWS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Paula Del Giudice | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $110,416 |
| Brent Malmstrom | TRUSTEE BEGINNING 10/2019 | 0.7 | $0 |
| Janet Brown | TRUSTEE THRU 03/2019 | 0.7 | $0 |
| Rich Finlay | TRUSTEE THRU 10/2019 | 0.7 | $0 |
| Tracey Trewin | TRUSTEE | 0.7 | $0 |
| John Michael Gross | TRUSTEE | 0.7 | $0 |
| Robert Graves | TRUSTEE | 0.7 | $0 |
| Sally Gregg | TRUSTEE | 0.7 | $0 |
| Mallory Lobisser | TREASURER | 0.7 | $0 |
| Christine Hawkins | SECRETARY | 0.7 | $0 |
| Barbie Stafford | VICE CHAIR | 0.7 | $0 |
| Christine Hale | CHAIR | 1.7 | $0 |
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