I'm very confused about the portfolio project - the requirements, the expectations, the topic. Maybe confused isn't the right word - overwhelmed may be closer to the truth. How will this be graded? What is expected? Are we to analyze a place emotionally, analytically? I think I have my place picked out - that is, unless I've completely misunderstood the assignment. That's entirely possible. Anyway, my ideas as they stand right now are:
The place: Avalon TEC (Ixonia, WI)*
Why: I've volunteered there for a few years and worked there for a year. I currently volunteer and I think there are a few directions I could take.
Possible Portfolio Plans:
-Examining Avalon through time (startup 9 years ago and how it's grown and changed through to the present)
-Examining what Avalon means to different groups (the community, the management, the instructors, the riders, the volunteers)
-Analyzing Avalon as a medical facility (studying the medical benefits of riding through Avalon and other certified centers)
-The process of creating a fund raising event (my own project for this summer - I'd like to set up a pseudo horse show for our riders to perform in)
- My own thoughts/feelings about Avalon
*Website is out of date. Avalon currently has 18 horses. Snow, Nick, Paseo, Lonnie, Casper, Cody are gone (either back to their owners or deceased) . Current pictures will be posted the next time I head home. Betty, Laurie, and Ryan no longer work there. Like I said, everything will be updated later.
Other links in the future:
*Animal Planet - videos of "Animal Miracles" - therapeutic riding?
*Research links - therapeutic riding
*News stories - therapeutic riding
*Videos - Avalon lessons
*Photos - Avalon lessons
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