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This year, Gateway HorseWorks has seen anunprecedented increase in requests forinnovative mental health treatment. Fromindividuals and families to governmentorganizations and school systems, the mentalhealth crisis is ever-present. As we gallop towards 2024, your help ensuresthat our services can continue to expand out tothe margins until all people in our communityreceive the quality mental health care theydeserve. Thank you for being the gateway towellness for so many! Your kindness, support,and generosity inspire our team to carry on inour mission to incorporate horses for themental health treatment of people. Warmly, Kristen de Marco Executive Director Become a Monthly Sustainer Make A Pledge Make a donation through PayPalor Venmo Contribute through a DonorAdvised Fund Contactbrianne@gatewayhorseworks.orgto set up your individualized givingplan today! FIVE WAYS TO GIVE: 1.2.3.4.5.Annual Fundraising Appeal: Give the gift of mental health care www.Gatewayhorseworks.org/how-to-helpGateway HorseWorks featured onNPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott SimonThis November, Scott Simon, Martin Patience,and the team at NPR’s Weekend Editionfeatured the impact of services at GatewayHorseWorks. Gateway HorseWorks hasprovided mental health services for people inrecovery since our founding in 2015. “Being here is where I’ve actually talkedthe most out of the last couple of months,really I don’t really like to talk but, I don’tknow, once I’m here it just feels a lotbetter.”Visit our website to listen to the full interview.
We have expanded access to mentalhealth care by developing newpartnerships within our community. Weare collaborating with MVP Recovery andChester County Department of Drug andAlcohol, expanding our work with ChesterCounty Children, Youth, & Family Services,and advancing our programs onsite at theChester County Prison.Make a contribution by December 31st tohelp us expand Gateway HorseWorks’transformational mental health care in ourcommunity.Susannah is not our only client who hasexperienced the transformative potential ofincorporating horses into her mental healthtreatment.Thanks to your support, we haveincreased the number of sessionsoffered on the farm by 73% to date compared to all of 2022. Susannah, an Air Force Veteran, came tothe farm as an individual client. Sincecompleting her sessions she has beenoutspoken about the impact of her timeat Gateway HorseWorks. You can readSusannah’s story in her own words:MEET SUSANNAH“As a Veteran suffering from PTSD, Ihad issues with fear, trust, and self-love. Gateway HorseWorks taught memy feelings were trauma-based. Iwasn’t damaged or crazy. ‘I am a Humanhaving Human feelings and reactions!’ No one had ever told me that before andthat was HUGE for me! Having continuallove and guidance from the facilitators,working with the horses, immersingmyself in the majestic beauty of thefarm and the surroundings, getting myhands dirty in the garden and listening tothe frogs in the pond- was all part of avery important therapeutic puzzle. . . “Servingmore peoplein RecoveryTreatingthe FamilySystem Expandingprograms inthe prison “Gateway HorseWorkschanged my life!”73%Sessions increased
We have expanded access to mentalhealth care by developing newpartnerships within our community. Weare collaborating with MVP Recovery andChester County Department of Drug andAlcohol, expanding our work with ChesterCounty Children, Youth, & Family Services,and advancing our programs onsite at theChester County Prison.Make a contribution by December 31st tohelp us expand Gateway HorseWorks’transformational mental health care in ourcommunity.Susannah is not our only client who hasexperienced the transformative potential ofincorporating horses into her mental healthtreatment.Thanks to your support, we haveincreased the number of sessionsoffered on the farm by 73% to date compared to all of 2022. Susannah, an Air Force Veteran, came tothe farm as an individual client. Sincecompleting her sessions she has beenoutspoken about the impact of her timeat Gateway HorseWorks. You can readSusannah’s story in her own words:MEET SUSANNAH“As a Veteran suffering from PTSD, Ihad issues with fear, trust, and self-love. Gateway HorseWorks taught memy feelings were trauma-based. Iwasn’t damaged or crazy. ‘I am a Humanhaving Human feelings and reactions!’ No one had ever told me that before andthat was HUGE for me! Having continuallove and guidance from the facilitators,working with the horses, immersingmyself in the majestic beauty of thefarm and the surroundings, getting myhands dirty in the garden and listening tothe frogs in the pond- was all part of avery important therapeutic puzzle. . . “Servingmore peoplein RecoveryTreatingthe FamilySystem Expandingprograms inthe prison “Gateway HorseWorkschanged my life!”73%Sessions increased
We have expanded access to mentalhealth care by developing newpartnerships within our community. Weare collaborating with MVP Recovery andChester County Department of Drug andAlcohol, expanding our work with ChesterCounty Children, Youth, & Family Services,and advancing our programs onsite at theChester County Prison.Make a contribution by December 31st tohelp us expand Gateway HorseWorks’transformational mental health care in ourcommunity.Susannah is not our only client who hasexperienced the transformative potential ofincorporating horses into her mental healthtreatment.Thanks to your support, we haveincreased the number of sessionsoffered on the farm by 73% to date compared to all of 2022. Susannah, an Air Force Veteran, came tothe farm as an individual client. Sincecompleting her sessions she has beenoutspoken about the impact of her timeat Gateway HorseWorks. You can readSusannah’s story in her own words:MEET SUSANNAH“As a Veteran suffering from PTSD, Ihad issues with fear, trust, and self-love. Gateway HorseWorks taught memy feelings were trauma-based. Iwasn’t damaged or crazy. ‘I am a Humanhaving Human feelings and reactions!’ No one had ever told me that before andthat was HUGE for me! Having continuallove and guidance from the facilitators,working with the horses, immersingmyself in the majestic beauty of thefarm and the surroundings, getting myhands dirty in the garden and listening tothe frogs in the pond- was all part of avery important therapeutic puzzle. . . “Servingmore peoplein RecoveryTreatingthe FamilySystem Expandingprograms inthe prison “Gateway HorseWorkschanged my life!”73%Sessions increased
This year, Gateway HorseWorks has seen anunprecedented increase in requests forinnovative mental health treatment. Fromindividuals and families to governmentorganizations and school systems, the mentalhealth crisis is ever-present. As we gallop towards 2024, your help ensuresthat our services can continue to expand out tothe margins until all people in our communityreceive the quality mental health care theydeserve. Thank you for being the gateway towellness for so many! Your kindness, support,and generosity inspire our team to carry on inour mission to incorporate horses for themental health treatment of people. Warmly, Kristen de Marco Executive Director Become a Monthly Sustainer Make A Pledge Make a donation through PayPalor Venmo Contribute through a DonorAdvised Fund Contactbrianne@gatewayhorseworks.orgto set up your individualized givingplan today! FIVE WAYS TO GIVE: 1.2.3.4.5.Annual Fundraising Appeal: Give the gift of mental health care www.Gatewayhorseworks.org/how-to-helpGateway HorseWorks featured onNPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott SimonThis November, Scott Simon, Martin Patience,and the team at NPR’s Weekend Editionfeatured the impact of services at GatewayHorseWorks. Gateway HorseWorks hasprovided mental health services for people inrecovery since our founding in 2015. “Being here is where I’ve actually talkedthe most out of the last couple of months,really I don’t really like to talk but, I don’tknow, once I’m here it just feels a lotbetter.”Visit our website to listen to the full interview.
This year, Gateway HorseWorks has seen anunprecedented increase in requests forinnovative mental health treatment. Fromindividuals and families to governmentorganizations and school systems, the mentalhealth crisis is ever-present. As we gallop towards 2024, your help ensuresthat our services can continue to expand out tothe margins until all people in our communityreceive the quality mental health care theydeserve. Thank you for being the gateway towellness for so many! Your kindness, support,and generosity inspire our team to carry on inour mission to incorporate horses for themental health treatment of people. Warmly, Kristen de Marco Executive Director Become a Monthly Sustainer Make A Pledge Make a donation through PayPalor Venmo Contribute through a DonorAdvised Fund Contactbrianne@gatewayhorseworks.orgto set up your individualized givingplan today! FIVE WAYS TO GIVE: 1.2.3.4.5.Annual Fundraising Appeal: Give the gift of mental health care www.Gatewayhorseworks.org/how-to-helpGateway HorseWorks featured onNPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott SimonThis November, Scott Simon, Martin Patience,and the team at NPR’s Weekend Editionfeatured the impact of services at GatewayHorseWorks. Gateway HorseWorks hasprovided mental health services for people inrecovery since our founding in 2015. “Being here is where I’ve actually talkedthe most out of the last couple of months,really I don’t really like to talk but, I don’tknow, once I’m here it just feels a lotbetter.”Visit our website to listen to the full interview.