The Dreampower Foundation

2022 DreamPower Horsemanship AccomplishmentsHitch Team weekly carriage driving lessons and training for DreamPower volunteers (free for current DreamPower volunteers)Leadership 2 Partnership 4 weekly horse handling/training classes for volunteers (free for current volunteers)Vaulting for Mental Health weekly horse vaulting groups for children and teens with mental health needsGilroy Strong Resiliency Center DreamPower psychotherapists provided individual and group psychotherapy and workshops for children and adults impacted by mass violence at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in 2019.San Jose State University IT Project Management Class upgraded and overhauled the DreamPower website for a class project.Operation Freedom Paws DreamPower provides psychotherapists at four weekly service dog training classes and a weekly anger management group for military veterans in training to work with a service dog at Operation Freedom Paws.Jan. 24, 2022 DreamPower staff presentation on Trauma and EMDR to the San Jose Police Department Crisis Intervention Training Academy for police recruits and officers.Feb. 27, 2022 DreamPower staff webinar presentation on therapeutic horsemanship programs to EquestrianProfessional.comMarch 10, 2022 DreamPower was awarded a $495,982 grant from the California Department of Health Care Services Behavioral Health Workforce Development Initiative for a Mentored Internship Program. Eight graduate student and college level interns were employed by DreamPower through this grant in 2022.April 9-10, 2022 Three DreamPower staff presented seminars at the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship Intl. Region 11 Conference in Tulare, CA.May 20-22, 2022 DreamPower LEOS Project partnered with the San Jose Police Dept. and the Anaheim Police Dept. to host the first Administrative Leave Wellness Retreat for police officers from these departments who were on administrative leave.April 2022 - DreamPower Horses for Warriors partnered with Operation Freedom Paws and collected 51 boxes (1,683 pounds) of humanitarian aid for Ukraine and shipped the donated goods to a local point of contact in eastern Ukraine. We received photos of the donated clothing and boots being worn by citizens in eastern Ukraine.June 13, 2022 - DreamPower staff presentation on Trauma and EMDR to the San Jose Police Department Crisis Intervention Training Academy for police recruits and officers.June 14 -16, 2022 DreamPower staff participated in a Crisis Response Team training sponsored by the Santa Clara County District Attorney Office.July 4, 2022 Community outreach at Morgan Hill Fourth of July ParadeJuly 18 22, 2022 Fifteenth Annual Camp for Children with Special NeedsJuly 23, 2022 - DreamPower celebrated twenty years of serving the community with a 20th Birthday Party.Aug. 20, 2022 Martha McNiel received the Copper of the Year Award from the Peace Officer Wives of California for service to law enforcement officers and their families.Sept. 19, 2022 - DreamPower staff presentation on Trauma and EMDR to the San Jose Police Department Crisis Intervention Training Academy for police recruits and officers.Oct. 26, 2022 Fifth Annual Sensory Friendly Trick or Treat Party for children with special needs and their families.Oct. 27, 2022 Four DreamPower staff participated in a train the trainer training for Psychological First Aid presented by the American Red Cross.Nov. 5-6, 2022 Community outreach through participating in the Morgan Hill Open Studios and presenting Modern Abstract Pony Art paintings by the DreamPower therapy horses.Nov.14, 2021 Community Outreach at Morgan Hill Veterans Day RunNov. 16, 2022 DreamPower purchased two wild Chincoteague Pony foals from the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department, Chincoteague, VA. These wild pony foals will be trained as therapy ponies at DreamPower. This pony breed is considered to have the ideal temperament to work in therapeutic horsemanship programs. These foals were sent to Pony Kindergarten at Stoney Creek Chincoteagues, Hughesville, Pennsylvania for weaning and initial training to live in the human world. They arrived at DreamPower on Feb. 5, 2023.PartnershipsGilroy Strong Resiliency CenterOperation Freedom PawsCommunity SolutionsRebekah Childrens ServicesGilroy Unified School DistrictSan Jose Police DepartmentSan Jose Police Officers AssociationGilroy Chamber of CommerceAdvent Group MinistriesEvolve Residential Treatment ProgramsNatural Lifemanship InstituteGilroy Police DepartmentGilroy RodeoSt. Louise Regional HospitalAnaheim Police DepartmentMorgan Hill Freedom FestHorses and Humans Research FoundationPalo Alto Networks Veterans GroupGilroy Police FoundationSouth Valley Community ChurchProfessional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH), Intl.San Jose State University IT Project Management class2021 DreamPower Horsemanship AccomplishmentsFirst Responders Support Groups monthly support group (free for first responders)Reboot weekly Relationship Skills Group for Military Veterans (free for military veterans)Hitch Team weekly carriage driving lessons and training for DreamPower volunteers (free for current DreamPower volunteers)Childrens Grief Groups for children who lost a parent during COVIDFeb. 27, 2021 Disability Training for Volunteers with Dr. Cherie PageFeb. 28, 2021 Lunging for Vaulting Clinic with Emma Seely (US National Vaulting Team Coach)Modern Abstract Pony Art painting with ponies groupsMarch 16, 2021 presentation to the Gilroy Early College Academy Parent Teacher Student Association and all-school assemblyMarch 29, 2021 presentation to the San Jose Police Department Crisis Intervention TeamEducators Support Groups weekly free support groups for teachersHigh School Support Groups weekly free support groups for high school studentsHorses for Warriors 3 free weekly support groups for military veteransApril 23-25, 2021 5 DreamPower staff attended Buck Brannaman Horsemanship ClinicMay 1, 2021 Mothers Day eventMay 22, 2021 Landscape Painting for Beginners Workshop with Aleksandra SzymanskaJune 1, 2021 - presentation to the San Jose Police Department Crisis Intervention TeamJuly 4, 2021 Community outreach at Morgan Hill Fourth of July ParadeJuly 26, 2021 Modern Abstract Pony Art with Gilroy Police Department Mounted and K9 UnitsAugust 2-6, 2021 Fourteenth Annual Camp for Children with Special NeedsAugust 13-15, 2021 Community outreach at Gilroy RodeoVirtual support groups for St. Louise Regional Hospital staffAug. 25, 2021 participated in a panel for Horses and Humans Research FoundationSept. 1, 2021 presentation to Palo Alto Networks Veterans GroupOctober 2021 participated in the Woodside Horse Owners Association Horse Art ShowOct. 23, 2021 South Valley Community Church Volunteer Work DayOct. 28, 2021 Fourth Annual Sensory Friendly Trick or Treat Party for children with special needsNov.14, 2021 Community Outreach at Morgan Hill Veterans Day RunLeadership 2 Partnership 4 weekly horse handling/training classes for volunteers (free for current volunteers)Vaulting for Mental Health weekly horse vaulting groups for children and teens with mental health needsPartnershipsGilroy Strong Resiliency CenterOperation Freedom PawsGilroy Unified School DistrictSan Jose Police DepartmentSan Jose Police Officers AssociationGilroy Chamber of CommerceAdvent Group MinistriesEvolve Residential Treatment ProgramsCommunity SolutionsNatural Lifemanship InstituteGilroy Police DepartmentGilroy RodeoSt. Louise Regional HospitalMorgan Hill Freedom FestHorses and Humans Research FoundationPalo Alto Networks Veterans GroupGilroy Police FoundationSouth Valley Community Church

DreamPower Horsemanship has a long history of partnering with and working alongside a wide variety of community organizations. DreamPower regularly partners with the following organizations and agencies:Evolve Treatment CenterWounded Warrior ProjectSan Jose Vet CenterSanta Clara County Office of Education Adaptive Physical Education Post-Secondary ProgramOperation Freedom PawsGilroy Strong Resiliency CenterLearning ServicesProfessional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship Intl. (PATH Intl.)San Jose Police DepartmentSunnyvale Department of Public SafetyJohn F. Kennedy UniversityPalo Alto UniversitySunnyvale ElksGilroy After Hours RotaryGavilan College Veteran ServicesNational Multiple Sclerosis SocietyGirl ScoutsBoy ScoutsAdvent Group MinistriesChamberlain Childrens ServicesCommunity SolutionsLifeMoves (homeless shelters)

DreamPower Foundation Inc. (DBA DreamPower Horsemanship) is a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) International Premier Accredited Center and a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization founded in 2002. For the past 18 years, DreamPower has provided equine-assisted psychotherapy and therapeutic horsemanship programs and services for children, teens, adults and elders with a wide variety of mental, emotional, physical and behavioral special needs. Now located at WoodMyst Farm in Gilroy, DreamPower provided services to 835 children, teens, adults and elders in 2019 through more than twenty equine-assisted programs, including the following:Equine Facilitated PsychotherapyAutism Research Groups (for children on the autism spectrum)Horses for Warriors (for military veterans of all eras and branches)Law Enforcement Family Day at the Ranch John F. Kennedy University Masters in Holistic Counseling classes Horses for Warriors Family Day at the Ranch (military veterans and families)Twelfth Annual DreamPower Camp for Children with Special NeedsSunnyvale Elks Family Day at the Ranch (for children on the autism spectrum)Womens Personal Growth Group Farm Friends (social skills groups for children)Horse Power: Living Strong with MS (for adults with multiple sclerosis) Therapeutic Horsemanship Lessons Equine Empowerment for Elders (for elders with high functioning dementia)LEOS Youth groups (for children from law enforcement families)The Hitch Team (therapeutic carriage driving program) Fire Buddies (for children affected by wildfire)Interactive Vaulting (social skills and gymnastics on horseback)Womens Harvest Circle (for women with anxiety and depression) Gilroy Strong Resiliency Center (for persons affected by the Gilroy Garlic Festival shootings)Sensory Friendly Trick or Treat Party (for children with special needs)