Incline Village CIG Affiliate Staci Farnan Saddles Up for a Donation

to Kids & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center in Minden, Nevada

Photography by: Lake Tahoe Event Photography

LAS VEGAS, NV (October 5, 2011) – On Tuesday, September 27, Farnan and Associates presented a check for $500 to the Kids & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center in Minden Nevada. The donation will sponsor twenty special needs children in the riding programs offered at the Kids & Horses ranch. In addition to the scholarship donation, Staci Farnan and Capital Insurance Group (CIG) were corporate sponsors at this year’s 12th Annual Kids & Horses Fundraiser.

According to their website, the mission of Kids & Horses is to provide safe and educational equine-assisted therapeutic riding to children and adults with disabilities. Kids & Horses was founded in 1999 and is the only premiere NARHA certified therapeutic riding center in Northern Nevada, an area where special needs children and adults are under-served. Horseback riding has proven therapeutic benefits including increasing strength and flexibility, improving motor skills, promoting speech and cognitive reasoning, and building relationships and social skills. When a child is riding a horse, their body moves as if walking, providing a unique natural vehicle for physical therapy. Core strength improves as well as balance, posture, coordination, reflexes, motor skills, and hand-eye coordination. The excitement of learning to control a thousand-pound horse, something most of their friends can’t do, builds confidence and self-esteem while the growing relationship with the horse teaches patience and compassion.

“Our involvement with Kids & Horses serves two purposes for my company; we financially assist children with special needs with the opportunity to participate in this unique and wonderful program, and it also gives me the ability to interact with my community, whom I serve as a CIG Insurance Advisor,” said Staci Farnan, President, Farnan and Associates, CIG Sierra Pacific Insurance Center. “I have had such a wonderful experience with Kids & Horses that I plan on being involved on a year-round basis through a variety of donations and incentives.”

Staci Farnan, owner of Staci Farnan and Associates has been in the insurance business for over 20 years. She recently moved her insurance business to Incline Village, Nevada and is a CIG affiliate agent. Capital Insurance Group is the leading property and casualty insurer serving the Western U.S. CIG insures personal auto, homeowners, condo owners, secondary residences, renters, apartment building owners, and many kinds of commercial and agricultural property.

Community involvement is just one way that CIG plays an important role in the communities where their agents work and provide risk assessment and proper coverage. CIG branch offices are staffed with local underwriters, claim adjusters, and client services support teams intimately familiar with the concerns and risks faced by the communities they live in. CIG takes pride in knowing the local communities, and are driven by continuous dedication to customer satisfaction at every possible opportunity.