Our weekly trips to the ranch and our relationships with both horses and the people and have become part of our regular routine, an oasis from the medical world of treatments, doctors, tests, and hospitals and cancer. Cancer disrupted our lives in so many ways, and El Dustberry has given us a comforting and safe place to weather the storm and begin to put the pieces back together.

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Special Thanks to
Lufkin Foundation
for their generous grant awarded to El Dustberry.
"Learning and healing through horses and nature"
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Our Philosophy:

El Dustberry is unique and very successful in offering a variety of programs interwoven by common threads: self confidence, self-esteem and self-awareness increase as participants are motivated to set goals and then attain them. An "I can do anything!" attitude prevails at our ranch, as students and guests rekindle excitement, conquer old fears, and are challenged by new experiences which enable them to create and pursue their dreams with new hope. Our participants' successes transfer to the rest of their lives by increasing motivation, self-respect and respect for others. Our
goal is for our students and guests to feel needed and important, and that they make a tremendous difference. This feeling might be achieved through helping someone else, teaching or being a part of something wonderful that is bigger than themselves. We engage in

effective socialization and cooperative learning activities in which students emerge as positive leaders and role models. Participants love being a part of the ranch because we strive to bring out the best in each person.

What We Do and How We Do It, Makes Us Unique!
Through interactions with our horses and nature in all of our programs, we teach key principles of life, such as the power of sharing, tolerance, respect, appreciation, cause and effect, and that each of us makes a powerful difference. All of our programs are infused with these concepts and promote healing and learning in a unique way.

We Rehabilitate Horses.
Our “rescue” horses have healed under our care, and are the foundation of all of our programs. Each horse has a history and a story to tell that serves as teaching tools in our programs.

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About Us
Robin Rapaport is the founder and CEO of El Dustberry.
Robin is a credentialed teacher with twenty years of experience in both public and private classrooms. She currently holds a Bilingual Cross-Cultural California teaching credential. Robin's love of and experience with children, horses, the outdoors, teaching and curriculum development inspired her to create El Dustberry as an Equine Assisted Therapy Program and an Outdoor Classroom. Robin shares her life passions and experiences by promoting healing and hands-on learning through work with horses and experiential activities in a natural setting. .

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We have served or currently serve/affiliations with:

Kabbalah Children's Academy Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Boy and Girl Scouts of America
Therapy In Action We SPARK Adat Ari El Day School
Children's Hospital Home Schooling Programs The Wellness Community
The Wesley School Temple Beth Hillel Valley College Extension
Westmark School Sage Academy Casa Pacifica
The Dubnoff Center Maimonides Academy Kadima Hebrew Academy
Valley Beth Shalom Day School Special Needs Resource Center/Camp Discovery LARC Ranch
LAUSD - Central High School / Tri-C  Ronald McDonald Family Camp Calvary Christian School
Leo Baeck Temple Spirituality For Teens Pierce College Extension
Beit T’Shuvah New Seasons Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles and the Greater Inland Empire
UCLA Oncology Action Lanai Street School
The Hear Center Foothill Autism Alliance Cure Autism Now
Crossroads School Los Angeles Unified School District University of Judaism
University of Phoenix Hand In Hand Children of the Night
Heschel West Stephen S. Wise Elementary School Wilshire Blvd. Temple
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Yavneh Hebrew Academy The Laurence School
Webster Elementary South Bay Explorers Los Angeles County Social Services

Temple Israel of

Hollywood

           Temple Judea                        Sinai Akiba
From the Heart Preschool

           Balboa Oaks Cub

           Scout Day Camp         

                        Ability First
Bridges Academy The Burn Foundation  

A Place Called Home

Young Women's Christian Church of the Latter Day Saints Premiere Oncology Adventure Play Group

 

THANK YOU TO OUR SEED LEVEL DONORS AND SPONSORS:

El Dustberry wishes to express gratitude to Britt Allcroft for her seed level support and belief in us, and for her commitment to enriching the lives of others, especially children.

Thank you to American Premiere Homes for their generosity and support.

A list of all donors coming soon!

 

El Dustberry is dedicated to the memories and spirits of Elliot, Dusty and Barry, our constant inspiration for this ranch retreat.

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Our Board of Directors:

Robin Rapaport
Chief Executive Officer and President, El Dustberry
Educator - Bilingual Cross Cultural Credential		 Henry Marx
Record Executive & Music Publisher,
CEO of Big Deal Records
Gregory Simon
Chief Executive Financial Officer, El Dustberry
Belinkoff and Simon, Certified Public Accountant		 Dean Skupen, CPA,
Stonefield Josephson, officer and business advisor
Xochitl Maiman
“That Chocolate Feeling”, Business Owner & President		 Michelle Rivet
MA,MS,PhD
Health and Behavior Studies
Sherri Kent
Partner Relations		 Mark Levinson
Attorney At Law

Jennifer Mann

Realtor

 Marcia Berman
Advisory Board

  Ellen Simon
  Advisory Board

 

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