Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses, originally established in Florida is working to establish a New Jersey base of operations. Miniature therapy horses Magic and Honor recently visited Reeves International (Home of Breyer Animal Creations) Pequannock, N.J. Magic, just 3 feet tall, has glossy black hair, blue eyes and four hooves. Magic and the dedicated team at Gentle Carousel Miniature...
Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses, originally established in Florida is working to establish a New Jersey base of operations.
Miniature therapy horses Magic and Honor recently visited Reeves International (Home of Breyer Animal Creations) Pequannock, N.J.
Magic, just 3 feet tall, has glossy black hair, blue eyes and four hooves. Magic and the dedicated team at Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses are changing the face of animal-assisted therapy one tiny hoof at a time.
Magic has been called one of America's most heroic animals by Time and CNN. She and her best pals Hamlet and Honor have worked with the children of Sandy Hook, Conn. and the families in Charleston, S.C. They have comforted people after the devastating hurricanes in Oklahoma and have even gone to the White House. And everywhere they go, they bring smiles and laughter and spread comfort and compassion.
Magic was the first horse to ever walk the halls of Congress where she accepted a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition on behalf of Gentle Carousel.
Magic and Gentle Carousel will be the topic of a book about therapy animals that is part of a national school reading program.
Magic was inducted into the United States Equestrian Federation/Equus Foundation Horse Stars Hall of Fame for her work as a humanitarian.
Magic visited Columbia University the first week in September for a class that Gentle Carousel is teaching at Columbia University Medical School about the use of therapy horses in hospitals.
Magic received a police escort through NYC to visit the 9/11 Memorial with family members.
According tot he Gentle Carousel website: When a real horse walks into the hospital room of a sick child or a veteran it is always a magical experience. Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity. The teams of tiny horses visit over 40,000 adults and children each year inside hospitals, hospice programs, and with children who have experienced traumatic events.
Gentle Carousel's award winning literacy program Reading Is Magic also brings also real horses inside schools, at risk youth programs and libraries to inspire young readers and "bring books to life."
For more information see http://www.horse-therapy.org/home.html
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