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The Barn at Spring Brook Farm in West Chester is dedicated to using animals to help children with disabilities and recently won a 2025 NBCUniversal Local Impact Grant. NBC10’s Yukare Nakayama has their story.

The Barn at Spring Brook Farm in the borough of West Chester is dedicated to helping children with disabilities by connecting them to gentle farm animals

Jeanette Corgnati is the executive director of the nonprofit and she says that children who face physical, cognitive or developmental disabilities are encouraged to feed, groom and walk the animals.

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These interactions allow the children to work on non-verbal, verbal and motor skills which helps give them confidence thanks to

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