Conrad native touts "Miracles in Motion" at legion auxiliary meeting

By: 
Robert Maharry

As more and more veterans come home from America’s wars, new frontiers are being tested in assisting them with the transition back to civilian life. At Monday afternoon’s Conrad Legion Auxiliary meeting, a native daughter explained her role in working with one of them to reach both returning military members and struggling children.
           
Mary (Klein) Chadwick, the daughter of ALA Unit 681 Vice President JoAnn Klein, called Miracles in Motion “monumental” in the Swisher area, where she resides, and touted its efforts to offer a new form of therapy: horse riding.
           
MIM is an accredited nonprofit with three part-time staff members, and it has mostly been funded through generous donations. While children do pay for the service, any veteran can receive it for free. Chadwick’s own daughter, who suffers from ADHD and General Anxiety Disorder, finds great comfort in the horses.
           
“When she hops on, she feels relaxed. It’s empowered her so much that all she wanted to do when we went out to her uncle Kevin’s was muck the arena he had at his ranch, and that’s what she did,” Chadwick said. “There are stories and miracles that we hear every day about these children. So, if this can happen with children, imagine what can happen with our veterans of today.” 
 
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