What Is The Junior Board?

Membership

The Junior Board is open to any current high school students. Applications are currently closed for the Spring semester. Beginning in Fall 2021, applications will open on an annual basis at the beginning of the school year. 

Membership Requirements

• Junior Board members must be a current high school student.
• Junior Board members commit to a term of one year (Fall-Fall).
• Junior Board members attend monthly meetings at Children's TherAplay. 
• Junior Board members serve on one of three committees: Community, Involvement, or Impact. 

Membership Benefits

• Opportunity to meet and work with high school students from across central Indiana.
• Children's TherAplay staff will write a letter of reccomendation for Junior Board members completing one term on the board. 
• Opportunity to gain important skills and experience such as leadership, marketing, recruitment, event planning, team building, and volunteering with a non-profit. 
• Junior Board members have a front row seat to the transformational outcomes kiddos experience every day at Children's TherAplay through hippotherapy! 

2020 Executive Council

President

Shruthi Ravichandran, Carmel High School

Community Committee Chairs

The Community Committee focuses on external outreach and advocating for Children's TherAplay in the community. 

Mary Munson, Brebeuf Jesuit High School

Morgan Shine, Brebeuf Jesuit High School

Involvement Committee Chairs

The Involvement Committee focuses on internal Junior Board member experience, including member recruitment and collaborating with families and staff at Children's TherAplay. 

Gus Reinsch, Carmel High School

Impact Committee Chairs

The Impact Committee focuses on fundraising and events to raise much needed dollars for the mission of Children's TherAplay.

Maggie Serger, Carmel High School

Curran Brown, Zionsville Community High School