Jan
19
12:30 PM12:30

Self Care for the Caregiver

If you are a caregiver of ANY kind, you’ve heard it before, probably more than once, (or 10!) times..”You HAVE to care for yourself!”.  And you may think, yes, sure, that’s great, but WHEN?

Whether you are caring for an adult or child with a disability, an aging or ill parent, or spouse, work in the helping professions, or are a caregiver in ANY form, you realize that time for self care is limited. Cheff is offering a care-giver specific group—with a dedicated time frame during the day on a Friday, a day when our participants have told us is easier, (not easy) to get help to break away for a few hours.  We are offering this unmounted, hands-on horse group during the day, so our participants can avoid winter night time driving.

No experience with horses is necessary, and this group is appropriate for ages 18 and up.  Caregiver is a term that is defined by the participant. We will spend time working with an equine one-on one, while we explore ways to manage stress, have fun with our horses, and just for a few hours, allow ourselves to be the center of attention and focus.

Art and journaling and other creative activity options are available.  Many people choose to spend most of the time one on one with “their” horse.  Light snacks are served. While this is not a therapy group, many participants find the benefits therapeutic and helpful.  The group size is kept small so participants can have time for one on one activities with a horse.

TO REGISTER: https://www.cheffcenter.org/mental-health

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Getting Through The Holidays
Nov
27
5:15 PM17:15

Getting Through The Holidays

Don’t feel like a holly, jolly elf much of the time this holiday season?  Welcome to the club.  It is completely normal to feel stressed, overwhelmed at times, or even like the energy required to celebrate is just too much this year.  Society puts so much pressure on us to create the perfect holiday season—perfect gifts, perfect home, perfect gatherings, perfect families.  In reality, that is both unrealistic, and probably impossible.

What if, just for a few hours, we took the time to slow down, and take time for ourselves—to spend some time on the ground with horses, with absolutely no expectations of ourselves, EXCEPT to be present?  Cheff Center has been offering these self-care psychoeducational groups with horses for several years.  Our Coping With Holiday Stress group is always a hit. We slow down, learn about mindfulness and techniques to relief stress, spend time working on the ground with horses, (who are accepting, and non-judgmental of emotions), and leave feeling restored, and perhaps even more hopeful about our ability to manage holiday stress.

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Ride-A-Thon
Sep
23
8:00 AM08:00

Ride-A-Thon

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Hit the trails with us as we raise money and awareness for Cheff Programs. This event will feature beautiful marked trails, door prizes, auction items, lunch, and prizes for top pledge earners!

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SHINDIG!
Aug
25
6:00 PM18:00

SHINDIG!

You’re invited to let down your hair and kick up your boots for a great cause! This is Cheff’s largest fundraiser of the year and is responsible for a large portion of our annual operating budget. The night will feature exciting silent and live auctions, a catered dinner, and amazing live music and dancing.

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Mental Health Week 2023
Jun
27
to Jun 29

Mental Health Week 2023

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June 26th-30th is mental health week at Cheff.  One the growing needs in our community is support for the many challenges not only our young people, but ALL of us are facing.  Life can be very challenging, post-pandemic, and in response to requests from our therapeutic riding community and our community at large, Cheff Center is offering three pilot programs to support our community.  Our plan to to continue to expand programming in this area.  Please join us for one of of these groups, and stay tuned for more Women's Self Care Programming, and teen programs.

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Cheff Center Tack Sale
Mar
18
1:00 PM13:00

Cheff Center Tack Sale

Come on out to Cheff’s annual tack sale! This is our chance to clear out donations we’ve taken throughout the year. As a result, we have items from just about every discipline and in a wide variety of sizes. There are TONS of treasures to be had at prices that can’t be beat!

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