Health care
BY DACIA GARCIA
The nonprot hosts events throughout the year, including its annual Spring Fling fundraiser.
Restoration Ranch oers a range of ways for veterans to participate, from one-on-one and group sessions to workshops.
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Restoration Ranch shapes healing environment Bastrop’s Restoration Ranch nurtures a space away from the fast-paced Austin buzz, where horses, veterans and their families come together to benet from equine-assisted learning programs. The backstory
service, and participating in equine-assisted learn- ing helps relieve some of that weight. “When they come out here, they get to put it down because you have to be in the moment with the horses,” Taylor said. The impact The ranch hosts equine partnership programs, a horsemanship program and caregiver workshops that help veterans struggling with common issues such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, moral injury and transition stress. “The bottom line is that the way that we grow is by the impact we’re having ... it’s when they leave here and they go out and have an interaction that makes a dierence,” Rand said.
President Beth Rand founded the Restoration Ranch nonprot shortly after moving to Bastrop County in 2008.
President Beth Rand founded the nonprot a few years after moving to Central Texas in 2008. She rescued some horses after the 2011 Bastrop County Complex re and was met with interest from local veterans who asked about helping care for them. In 2016, the property for the ranch was purchased. Program and outreach coordinator Machelle Tay- lor joined in 2021 as a participant with her husband, Chris, who served in the military for 22 years. She detailed how each veteran carries a mental rucksack with them when returning home from
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