 45 kids from North Salinas learning to paint, sketch, and draw all kinds of animals. What a great day! Thanks to partnership from Main Street Galleries, Salvation Army, and a grant from the Monterey Council for the Arts.
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 So excited and grateful to be approved for a Yellow Brick Road Grant this year to support our Hope on Hooves program for at risk kids in Salinas. We love partnering with YBR to reach those who need us the most. And if you're looking for somewhere else to volunteer, considering the YBR shops in Carmel.  Goldfish toss - just one of the many carnival-type games with prizes at our Summer Splash party. Thanks to Studio 3:16/Main Street Gallery, Encounter Church, and Salinas Valley Community Church for partnering with us for this great event for over 100 kids!  Our Hope on Hooves program was featured in The Salinas Californian! Thank you, Cristian Ponce for your wonder-full story! Click on the picture to access the story.  Last Friday we served over 80 homeless kids (and a few homeless parents) with 30-40 volunteers here at the Ranch. What a day! Thanks to all who came out and helped. You guys were amazing. And the kids and parent group leaders were wonder-FULL too!  Big thanks to Stanford Alumni who came out to help for their Beyond the Farm day and served kids from Santa Rita School District. Thanks too to Officers Lopez and Sanchez (SROs for the district) and the Police Activities League for bringing out the kids for a great day at the Ranch!  So excited for the Ranch to be recognized by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and to be given a grant from the Arts Council to start our new Animals & Art program. And special thanks to Jose Moran who encouraged us to think of the power of "Animals & Art" and how the combination could bring hope and healing to kids in our community who need it most.  Partnering with community agencies and other nonprofits to put kids on horses and bring Hope on Hooves to the kids who need it most!  We are SO EXCITED to announce that our Animals & Art program has been funded for 2018. A big THANK YOU to the Arts Council for Monterey County. We will be scheduling 3 courses for 2018 in the near future. Woot!  What a fantastic group of youth we had out today with Young Life! Most had never ridden a horse, and all left with smiles and renewed joy. We LOVED served this group today at the Ranch.  We love having the Rancho Cielo youth out for our Work to Ride program. Today we cleaned the mini pen, brushed and washed horses, and learned how to lead a horse properly. What a great group of youth!  Domino and Dumpling making friends at the Boronda Manor Easter Party. We had a great time, with a break in the rain and sunny skies during the party.  Great time today, despite the rain(!), with Rancho Cielo Youth Corps kids. We cleaned stalls, groomed and learned about horses, had Pioneer rides, visited bunnies, and found a little Hope on Hooves!  Our first event at Borona Manor (low income apartment complex in North Salinas) was a success with 200-250 kids attending, plus many parents. What a great crowd! Valentine visited with the kids, had pictures taken with the kids, and we had crafts, food, balloons, games, and more! A great time for all! If you can support our upcoming once-a-month program at Boronda Manor, we'd appreciate it. There are so many great kids there who could use the Hope on Hooves!  Our brand-new Boronda Manor program, Horses & Hope, launches next week on Feb. 13 with a Valentine's party ... with Valentine, the horse! Exciting times! |
