Elsie's Barnyard

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Elsie's Barnyard Animal-assisted activities (AAA) provide opportunities for motivation, education, or recreation to enhance quality of life.

The mission at Elsie's Barnyard is to restore and strengthen the hearts, minds, and souls of children and families facing adverse medical conditions through interacting with animals and nature. Animal assisted activities are delivered in a variety of environments by specially trained professionals, paraprofessionals, or volunteers in association with animals that meet specific criteria. Benefits of Animal Assisted Activities:

• Emotion recognition/regulation
• Reduction of anxiety/stress
• Decrease depression
• Ability to address grief/loss issues
• Reduction of blood pressure
• Self-esteem enhancement
• Improve emotional and behavioral problems
• Improved socialization
• Improve ability to trust

10/19/2026
Elsie's Barnyard would like to introduce you to the newest member of the barnyard family. Please help us welcome Bruno, ...
10/19/2026

Elsie's Barnyard would like to introduce you to the newest member of the barnyard family.

Please help us welcome Bruno, the golden retriever!

Bruno will eventually be a fully certified therapy dog. He looks forward to joining you at your next visit to the Barnyard.

With the low temps tonight, I knew i wouldn't be able to sleep without checking on the babies one more time before bed. ...
10/17/2026

With the low temps tonight, I knew i wouldn't be able to sleep without checking on the babies one more time before bed. Snug as bugs 💞

This! Please 💗
10/16/2026

This! Please 💗

10/15/2026

Wednesdays are therapy days for Elsie, which means we are usually in the cities most of the day. Wednesdays also happen to be when Always Sunny Connections, LLC. Comes to volunteer at the Elsie's Barnyard. It's so nice to come home and find everything in order, clean, and tidy. Thank you for all you do!

A big thank you to this awesome crew from Westconsin Credit Union! They were out here yesterday volunteering for their "...
10/13/2026

A big thank you to this awesome crew from Westconsin Credit Union! They were out here yesterday volunteering for their "community care day of service". So nice to have help checking off all the winter prep to-do tasks.

Yesterday we hosted our annual fall family day. We welcomed 85 attendees, many first time guests! We were also blessed w...
10/13/2026

Yesterday we hosted our annual fall family day. We welcomed 85 attendees, many first time guests! We were also blessed with 20 wonderful volunteers, and numerous behind the scenes contributors who helped with refreshments and materials. Thank you all for an amazing event.

Elsie's Barnyard had the opportunity to present to the Power of 100 - Ellsworth last week. We were fortunate enough to b...
10/12/2026

Elsie's Barnyard had the opportunity to present to the Power of 100 - Ellsworth last week. We were fortunate enough to be awarded the $10,000 impact award! So blessed by this amazing group of women 💖

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W6212 450th Avenue
Ellsworth, WI
54011

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