The Forget Me Not Farm’s flagship program nurtures relationships between children, animals and gardens. Since its inception in 1992, Forget Me Not Farm has helped thousands of at-risk children and youth reduce symptoms of trauma and break the cycle of abuse.
The Farm offers animal-assisted and horticultural therapeutic activities that provide a haven for children, animals, and plants to interact, bond, learn, and heal. The farm serves a variety of social service agencies that bring groups of children to the farm weekly for hour-long sessions.
Forget Me Not Children’s Services offers a vocational training and mentoring program for at-risk youth ages 14 – 18 years of age. Often these are children who have participated in the Forget Me Not Farm’s therapeutic program, however in 2016 the vocational program opened up to any at-risk teen in need of mentoring within the community.
In the mentoring program, teens are given the opportunity to learn real-life skills they can carry on and apply as they enter the workforce. Youth hone their work-ethic and communication skills while working along-side a safe and caring adult to learn and master skills related to animal, farm or horticulture care.