SMART with HEART Equine Program
2024/2025
Let’s Hit the Trails Together!
The Mark Wandall Foundation is proud to partner with SMART with HEART to provide monthly sessions of equine-assisted learning at the SMART with HEART (located at 4640 County Road 675, Bradenton FL 34211). This FREE program is open to children ages 5 and older who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or guardian.
This 2-hour program will help participants focus on healing, bonding, and team building skills through:
- Engage in horse riding activities and games, under a covered arena.
- Lead mini horses through an obstacle course.
Only 12 spots will be available each month, and participants WILL be riding horses! Closed-toe shoes are required, and guardians must stay on the premises during the program.
The 2024/2025 program will run from 10:00 pm – 11:30 am on the second Saturday of each month:
October 12th, 2024 March 8th, 2025
November 9th , 2024 April 12th, 2025
December 14th , 2024 May 10th , 2025
January 11th , 2025 June 14th, 2025
February 8th, 2025
Registration for the SMART with HEART Riding Sessions begins approximately three weeks before each session. Registration is announced through The Mark Wandall Foundation email. If you do not already receive event notifications from The Mark Wandall Foundation you can sign up here, https://www.themarkwandallfoundation.org/contact/.
Space is limited, and pre-registration paperwork is required for each session. To register, email Kim Smith at ksmith.themarkwandallfoundation@gmail.com.
The following paperwork must be completed and returned to Kim Smith at ksmith.themarkwandallfoundation@gmail.com along with your child’s age, height and weight in order to be considered registered:
Download Required Forms Below:
(Once completed, paperwork is valid for one (1) year)
***Like all of our programs, this event will always be FREE, as our programming is generously paid for with donor funds. Please recognize, last minute cancellations and/or ‘no shows,’ negate donor generosity, and also claim the spots of others who wanted to attend.
