Happy Memorial Day Weekend! As this newsletter goes out, quarantine is full with new intakes made possible by a busy month of adoptions! Four horses have headed to new homes for adoption trials, and two more head out next week!  

In addition, four horses headed out to Summer Camp at Summit Valley Horse Center! Still available for adoption, these wonderful horses are helping with programs just around the corner for the summer and have the potential to meet their new person while there! Always so many moving part at MVHR! 

For those looking for their next horse to hit the trail with this Summer, we have a number of horses ready to go on adventures with you! Ginger (pictured in the header of this newsletter!), Clementine, Lucky, and Rebel Rose are ready to meet their person! May is ASPCA's Adopt a Horse Month, so what better time to welcome your next best friend. 

Thank you to everyone who came to the ranch for our recent Volunteer Events!  Help a Horse Day ~ Spring Fling, Saturday April 26 was a smashing success, with tons of projects completed around the ranch to help us be ready for a busy summer!  And this weekend's Community Volunteer Day and Orientation got a wonderful group of new helpers off on their poop scooping journeys. Thank you to all who came recently to help care for the horses!!!! Ready to be part of their Journey? find out when the next Community Volunteer Days are coming up in this newsletter! 

Programs have been a blast, and we welcomed 527!!! participants to the ranch this Spring! Summer Day Camp still has some spots available, so click below to register your child so they can spend the summer outside learning about horses! Don't wait to check out what we are offering this year! New this year: Junior Summer Camp Counselor Internships. Are you between 13 and 15 years old and love MVHR and horses? This might be for you! Find details below.

Continue reading for more details and updates from MVHR!

Shadow

Shadow, a black gentle gelding came to MVHR in October 2021, when his owner surrendered him due to being unable to care for him. They shared he had not been ridden in some years, because he bucked and likely had kissing spines, although he never was seen by a vet to confirm this.

As we worked with Shadow through his evaluation, we found no evidence of kissing spines or the inability to be ridden, and although he needed a tune up, this sweet gentleman quickly met two sisters, who had volunteered, come to horse camp and taken lessons at MVHR, who fell in love with him in December 2021. Here is their story:

"My sister and I started volunteering at Mountain Valley Horse Rescue during COVID, and we fell in love with horses, so much that we wanted a horse of our own. Our parents told us that we could get a horse if we paid for it, so my sister and I saved up money from pet sitting, and ended up raising enough money to adopt Shadow"

"When we first got Shadow, we didn’t know much about horses, but Shadow was the perfect teacher. He taught us how to build a valuable relationship with a horse through groundwork, and how to build trust.

Because of MVHR I was able to grow with Shadow and participate in 4H with him and develop an incredible bond. Shadow is currently being leased out to Karla, a wonderful lady at our barn who spoils him endlessly, and he is living his best life.

"Shadow and MVHR are the reason why I have gotten to where I am today, and have taught me everything I know to be able to continue to advance in my riding and groundwork skills. Thank you MVHR for playing a huge part in shaping my life into what it is today." 

Thank you Lily for sharing this update and for adopting Shadow in 2022! We are so glad Shadow is now enjoying his best live with Karla! 

MVHR Community, Events & Programs

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 month. Join us for Glamour Camp, Hope Liberty Camp or Horse Heroes Day Camp to spend the

New in 2025: Junior Camp Counselor Internships for Summer

We are looking for teens, 13 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!  

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!

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