Press Releases

  • SIRE Seeks New Volunteers  Thanks to “Your Houston News” for publishing our press release in Atascocita and Humble. SIRE, Houston’s Therapeutic Equestrian Center, will be training volunteers for summer at all three sites: in Hockley (northwest), Spring (north) and Richmond, Fort Bend (southwest). The summer session will be June 10th through July 27th. Volunteers are needed at all locations and all ...
  • Spring Rider Awarded 4-H Scholarships Spring site Rider Christi Roberts has been an active member of 4-H for the past seven years.    She was awarded two 4-H county scholarships and will attend the VAST Academy in the fall as well as continuing to ride with SIRE.  Christi is home schooled and is graduating from high school later this month.   Christi ...
  • SIRE featured in State Newsletter Issue in PDF form, RSSLC Community spring-2013
  • Triple Crown Gala attracts media attention SIRE Therapeutic Equestrian Centers will host the Triple Crown Gala at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Westin Oaks Galleria, 5011 Westheimer Road. The Triple Crown, which originated as the more casual Horses and Harleys fundraiser, provides an opportunity for equestrian enthusiasts to dress up and head out on the town in support of a good cause. The ...
  • SIRE Receives grant and local notice   We love Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes! http://online.fortbendlifestylesandhomes.com/publication/?i=150637&p=115
  • SIRE Under the Stars A Smashing Success The stars certainly shone on Texas in early March 2013. SIRE supporters Mary Elizabeth Sand and Valerie Cook welcomed friends to the River Oaks Country Club for dinner, dancing, and to hear about SIRE. Attendees were serenaded by Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison, singing songs from their newly released CD, Cheater’s Game. You can ...
  • SIRE Rider Zach Christian in the Houston Chronicle Spring rider Zach Christian was featured in the Rodeo section of the Wednesday, February 27th edition of the Houston Chronicle. Zach attended the Lil Rustlers Rodeo, an event for children with special needs. The children had the opportunity to ride horses, visit newborn animals and try their hands at roping and riding in activities designed especially for ...
  • Houston Pet Talk Spotlights SIRE “…his is a great show of how animals provide valuable benefits to humans,” writes Michelle Mantor, editor of Houston Pet Talk in her introduction to the March 2013 issue. She adds “we try to be diverse and find stories that are interesting while also helping charities spread word abut the good work and hopefully recruit more ...
  • SIRE has a Lone Star Spirit Pat Roddy, SIRE volunteer and retired administrator, is the focus of this edition of Don Teague’s Lone Star Spirit on Houston’s Fox 26, which aired in December 2012. Winston Churchill once said, “There’s something about the outside of a horse that’s good for the inside of a man.” In the years since, many Americans have learned the truth ...
  • Therapeutic Horse Back Riding of a Spinal Cord Injured Veteran: A Case Study Riding makes me want to work out my muscles, stand, and walk more. Since riding, my muscles have woken up and I can feel my legs more, using them to balance with, and I can feel the horse move under me more. I feel more confident. I trust the horse. I am better able to ...
  • Masterful Mentoring by Joelle Devlin Offering quality service to participants in the equine-assisted activities and therapies (EAAT) industry as a whole—in therapeutic riding, therapeutic driving, interactive vaulting, equine-facilitated psychotherapy or equine-facilitated learning—is dependent on a constant influx of competent, knowledgeable PATH Intl. Certified Professionals.
  • SIRE’s Volunteers Hoof it for Houston area’s disabled In 2012, SIRE, a therapeutic horsemanship nonprofit, provided 5,447 riding sessions to more than 200 Houston-area clients with physical and mental disabilities.
  • Horses prove to be mysterious miracle workers for disabled The physical improvement of better muscle tone and core strength is easy to explain, but even those involved professionally in equine-assisted therapy can only guess why the bond between horse and rider has so many other benefits to those who suffer physical and intellectual challenges.
  • MIKE MOLLETT OF COX RADIO INTERVIEWS SIRE ABOUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING Be sure to wake up early on Sunday morning, July 16th, to catch the radio interview by Mike Mollett of SIRE staff members Jimm Williams and Wendy Cook.  The program time and Houston radio stations are listed below: 6:00 AM on Sunday, July 16th – 93Q FM 6:30 AM on Sunday, July 16th – ...
  • NARHA Adopts A New Name: PATH Int’l Formerly NARHA (North American Riding for the Handicapped Association), PATH International better expresses the scope of the 42-year-old organization whose 6,300 therapy horses and 3,500 instructors serve 42,000 children and adults with physical, mental and psychological challenges at 800+ member centers around the world.
  • Magnolia man devotes time to SIRE Luis Cardenas, of Magnolia, has earned the Safety Integrity Respect and Excellence belt buckle after devoting over 5,000 service hours to the SIRE therapeutic equestrian center in Hockley.
  • SIRE featured on ABC Channel 13 Check out this nice segment that was done on SIRE today by our friends at ABC affiliate Channel 13, in Houston…click on the link to see our riders and volunteers!! http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=7872230&syndicate=syndicate&section
  • Sweeney Awarded James Brady Professional Achievement Honor We wanted to share with everyone that Molly Sweeney was selected by NARHA for the James Brady Professional Achievement Award. This is the highest honor that NARHA awards each year, and one that Molly well deserves. With her contributions at the national level for NARHA and the Horses and Humans Research Foundation, she has changed ...
  • Where Those Who Aspire, Inspire – Texas Farm and Ranch magazine
  • Unbridled Enthusiasm – from Continental Airlines’ In Flight Magazine | March 2010