Check out the following newsletter article from Julie, our Volunteer Coordinator:
NCEFT was pleased to welcome a few very special visitors July 2-5. Four students from Korea National Sport University (KNSU) in Seoul South Korea won a traveling grant called Global Challenge through their school. They were required to choose a subject close to their major and give a presentation to a panel of professors. They are majoring in Adaptive Physical Education and chose Hippotherapy as their subject because they volunteered as sidewalkers for Hippotherapy in Korea. The professors said they won 1st place out of 30 because of their passionate presentation on why Hippotherapy is so important.
How and why did they choose NCEFT were the big questions. They found NCEFT through PATH and AHA. Based on all the reviews they read about us and other places is why they chose NCEFT out of the entire world! This is a pretty big deal. For those of you that don’t know, there are hundreds of PATH centers all over the world! Needless to say, we were very honored they chose us. They also liked our website the best as well.
They observed Hippotherapy and Adaptive Riding sessions to start with and were then trained to be sidewalkers so they could participate in actual sessions. Plus, they were able to interview some of our therapists, riding instructors and clients. They were asked what they would do with the information they gathered. They said they would present the information to their professors to finish up the project for one and their experience here will go on their resumes to help them get jobs after they graduate. More importantly, they said they want to spread the word about what great work NCEFT does and how many people we bring hope and healing to.
