BOSCAWEN – The Equine Collaborative With Merrimack County is inviting members of the community to its first “Open Barn,” taking place from 2-6 p.m. on April 28 at the new home of ECMC on the Merrimack County Complex property located at 333 Daniel Webster Highway in Boscawen.

ECMC is the result of a collaboration between UpReach Therapeutic Equestrian Center and Merrimack County Human Services to offer unmounted programming at the county property on Mondays and Wednesdays, beginning in May.

UpReach will be bringing ponies from its Goffstown facility to Boscawen for programs designed to help improve the lives of children, families and individuals who have experienced trauma as well as those that are looking for mental health and wellness alternatives to traditional therapies.

ECMC also will offer a new program called “Caring Connections,” designed to assist frontline health care workers and first responders with compassion fatigue.

ECMC staff, including the ponies, will be on hand for guests to tour the facility and learn more about program offerings at the “Open Barn.”

COVID protocols, including masks, social distancing and hand-sanitizing will be enforced.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Kathryn Conway, operations manager with UpReach by emailing kathryn@upreachtec.org, or by calling 603-497-2343.