| | Happy Summer Solstice! The days at the ranch are busy with volunteers, visitors and program participants all providing love & care to the horses! Summer Day Camp just finished it's fourth week and we've seen so many smiling faces and wonderful shiny groomed horses. MVHR's 2024 Impact report went out earlier this month, if you haven't seen it yet, do have a look at how many amazing Journeys of Hope you helped make possible last year! As always, many horse updates, most of which are adoption trials starting this month, which will help make room for more horses! We did welcome in a group of six horses at the end of May, who are part of a law enforcement case, so we can't share much about them yet, but hope to soon! Read up below, on current Journeys of Hope. This will be the first year MVHR has a float in the Vail 4th of July Parade! It's a fun theme and we can't wait to share our mission with all those who visit this popular parade in Vail Village. We are still looking for children (and adults!) to join the float. Interested? Read below how to sign up. We look forward to the Brunch for Horses on July 27th in Lake Creek, Edwards! Tickets will be available next week, so keep an eye on your email as this event did sell out last year! Continue reading for more details and updates from MVHR! | | MVHR Horse Updates! Big Vern, and his best friend Cassidy, arrived at their new home and are in horse heaven. We are so happy they have found a home together! Padme, who just arrived last month, has an adoption pending and heads to her new home on the front range soon! Clementine has been adopted, and heads just north of us to Yampa. Molly and Ginger started their adoption trial with a wonderful family, and Rebel Rose & Midnight aka Sunny have found their forever people, both staying at the ranch as boarders! Sweet Suede headed to a foster home last month, and this amazing family loves her so much they are finalizing her adoption instead. We call this a "failed foster home" ;) just how we like them! We welcomed back Zephyr, who was adopted from MVHR a few years ago. She is a beautiful paint mare, ready for anything and won't be at MVHR long! Six new intakes arrived into quarantine through a law enforcement related case, and are well cared for at MVHR while this case goes through the court. We can't share much yet, but once we can we certainly will. Interested in your next horse, or know someone who is? Amazing horses are waiting for their next adventures! Come meet Lucy, Cremello, Daci, Zephyr, Dancer, Cricket, Lucky, Daisy, Ernie & Gem if you hope to get on the trail! Or maybe you are looking for a best friend for your other horses, or for you to cuddle with? Come meet Latigo, Huckleberry, Hammer, Rebel, Boomer, Big, Freddie, Torec & Belle! Adoptions make it possible for us to help more horses with next chapters of their own, and for you to have an amazing horse in your life! A full list of the Current Herd can be found by clicking below! | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Little Bay aka LB This cute as a button bay gelding arrived at MVHR last Summer in need of a little help. He was underweight and had some lameness issues. Expected to be in his early twenties, this retired ranch horse was starting to look better every day and he quickly showed us he was ready to get back under saddle. By the end of Summer, he was participating in programs and lessons at the ranch and he became a favorite amongst the staff. Little Bay met his forever family last Fall, and went home with Colby & Carson, two ranch boys who love him dearly. It's a match made in heaven. Little Bay now goes to the local gymkhana, where Carson (4) rides him and is doing amazing! Thank you Nieslanik Family for sharing this update and for adopting Little Bay in 2024, giving him the best retirement home we could have hoped for! | | | | | | | | MVHR Community, Events & Programs Join for the Vail Village July 4th Parade! | | | | You are invited to be a part of Mountain Valley Horse Rescue's entry in the Vail's 4th of July Parade!! We are excited to share MVHR's Mission with the people who visit Vail Village on the 4th and be represented by YOU--our amazing volunteers, supporters, campers and their parents! We will have a decorated flatbed truck with hay bales, stick horses and banners. The parade lines up near Gold Peak on Vail Valley Drive and we'll meet there at 8:30am to decorate our "horses" and truck before the 10:00am parade start. Let us know if this is something you or your family would like to participate in!! Please email nancy@mvhr.net if you have any questions, for further details and to sign up! Please do so no later than noon on Friday, June 27! | | | | | | Volunteer Opportunities! Save the Date, these are the upcoming Summer Community Volunteer Days & Orientations! - TODAY! Saturday, June 21 - 9:30am-12:30pm
- Saturday, July 19 - 9:30am-12:30pm
- Saturday, August 16 - 9:30am-12:30pm
Bring your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors to our upcoming Community Volunteer Days and Volunteer Training! All ages are welcome and no horse experience is needed. We’ll start the day with a FREE pancake breakfast at 9:30pm. Then we’ll take a tour of the ranch and move into the corrals to muck, fill water troughs, and meet the horses. No need to RSVP, just come on out! After attending the Volunteer Training, you’ll be able to return to the Rescue as your schedule permits to help with chores and spend time with the horses. More information about MVHR's Volunteer Program - click HERE. And mark your calendars for Hay Day, September 13!!! This annual open house event is our largest every year, introducing hundreds of people from our community to the ranch and the horses. But we'll need LOTS of Volunteers to make it a success! Plan to join us to help out with this fun event! Email volunteer@mvhr.net if you can help! | | | | Summer Break Day Camps! MVHR is excited to be offering ages 6 and up the opportunity to spend Summer with horses. Registration is still open, and there are spots left throughout the summer months. Kids can sign up for Glamour Camp, Hope Liberty Camp or Horse Heroes Day Camp to spend the day with horses at the ranch! | | | | | | Mini Horse Heroes! Mini Horse Heroes Sessions for Fall are now open for registration. Come to the ranch for a fun program for preschoolers, age 3-5. We spend time with the rescue herd, learn about horses, groom & lead horses and finish with a ride! Don't miss out, this program fills up fast! More info and to register: | | | | New in 2025: Junior Camp Counselor Internships for Summer We are looking for teens, 12 to 15 years old, who are looking to gain horse experience and to enhance their skillset with both horses and supervising children. This is an unpaid/volunteer internship for the Summer Day Camps, and work days would be Tuesday-Wednesday and/or Thursday, June 10 - August 7. You get to experience the day to day of running a horse rescue and summer camp. If you have attended MVHR camp before, this might be perfect for you, but is an opportunity open to anyone who has a love for horses. Transportation from Wolcott with the Summer Camp Van is included. This role does not need to be full time, and any number of days of help from a multiple of teens is accepted. For questions and if you are interested, please email: marleen@mvhr.net by June 1! | | | | | | | | MVHR Denim Jackets 2025 Anniversary Offer A one time run of beautiful Denim Jackets with the MVHR Heart Logo on the Sleeve in support of the Rescue Herd. These are all size Ladies Medium and are so cute! In honor of 2025 being MVHR's 20th Anniversary Year these are at a 20% discount till the end of June! Get yours today, as this is a limited addition and we will not be restocking once out! | | | | | | | | | | Upcoming 2025 Events - Saturday, June 21 - Community Volunteer Day at MVHR!
- July 4th - Vail America Days Parade - MVHR has a float!
- July 4th - MVHR at the Meeker Range Call!
- Sunday, July 27 - Brunch for Horses in Lake Creek, Edwards TICKETS AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK!
- Saturday, September 13 - 11th Annual Hay Day at MVHR in McCoy
More information on these events will be shared in upcoming newsletters, our website and on social media! And we are working on even more events for this special 20th Anniversary Year! You can visit the event calendar on the website anytime! | | | | Other Ways to Help All Year Round! Donating to help the horses can be done in many different ways! In addition to cash, check and online donations, MVHR has an Endowment Fund as well as an account with Edward Jones to accept Stock donations. Other ways to help the horses is volunteering your time and sharing MVHR's mission with others, there are many other ways to make a huge impact to the sustainability of MVHR for future generations to come! Click HERE to learn more. You can also visit our Other Ways to Help resource page to learn about more ways to help MVHR anytime of year. Looking for MVHR swag? Our MVHR Webshop has several items you can support the horses and show it off to your community! From all of us at Mountain Valley Horse Rescue, thank you for your continued support! | | | | | | Contact Us Mountain Valley Horse Rescue
33933 Colorado River Road
McCoy, Colorado 80463
970-653-0185
info@mvhr.net | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
