Press Releases

• Thirteen year old client/rider/artist raises $23,500 for SIRE in Live Auction 13 year old Megan Fry uses her eyes to create fabulous artwork about what's important in her world.  She returns the gift to SIRE, Houston's Therapeutic Equestrian Centers, with the donation of an original painting of Rudy, the horse that she rides at SIR...
• A Spectacular Night of Fun and Fundraising! We are planning a spectacular night of fun and fundraising on May 5, 2012 at the Sam Houston Race Park with our Boots and Bonnets Charity Gala, including simulcast of the Kentucky Derby, a band and dance music, fine foods, auction treasures and much, much more!
• SIRE Riders Gallop Away With Prizes from Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Top Hands Competition February means Rodeo in Houston and to SIRE it means Top Hands.  We spent the weekend of February 18th, 19th and 20th at the Reliant Center working hard to earn belt buckles, trophies and ribbons. We took a total of twelve horses from all three sites.  We...
• SIRE in Ft. Bend The Special Needs/Vocational Education class at Clements High School in Missouri City visited the Ft. Bend site on March 2nd.  The students toured the stables.  They reviewed safety practices while working around horses and then were able to groom and lea...
• SIRE: On Stage! SIRE On Stage! is promoting awareness of the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding, as well as encouraging sustainable funding for this program that is supported 75% by community donations. Most demonstrations are given at SIRE’s remote rural sites; the Hobby Center enables SIRE to bring program demonstrations to “Inner-Loopers” who might not traditionally attend a horseback riding event in the country.
• 2012 Top Hands Information for Riders and Volunteers Information for riders and volunteers who will be attending the 2012 Top Hands event at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at Reliant Hall February 17-18, 2012.
• SIRE introduces Silver Saddles If you are over 62 years of age with special medical needs and are looking for a fun format for Exercise, horseback riding may be just right for you! Join SIRE Silver Saddles.
• From the desk of a SIRE Volunteer Coordinator (also known as the Best Job in the World!) From the desk of a SIRE Volunteer Coordinator (also known as the Best Job in the World!)
• Volunteer Power!! Without volunteers, SIRE wouldn’t be able to service all the riders mentioned above! Sidewalkers, Designated Horse People, Barn Buddies…where would we be without them?
• Friends Indeed Sooo...SIRE has a lot of really great friends; people who volunteer with horses and riders, people who plan for SIRE for what will happen five years from now, people who share their lives with us and help us however they can.  Every single day we are than...
• CGG Veritas "Saddle Up for SIRE" RideAThon is only 2 weeks away! Register now! This post is just a short shout-out to all of SIRE’s friends who are considering riding with us for the CGG Veritas "Saddle Up for SIRE: 19th Annual RideAThon on October 8, 2011. Conditions are favorable for the ride at 7IL Trails, with the recent gentle rains doing much to improve the drought conditions that have all of us concerned.
• SIRE receives donated improvements to Hockley facility On Saturday, August 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Hockley SIRE facility will receive a major renovation of the education buildings that will allow them to expand their Instructor Education and Training efforts.
• SIRE Sponsorship Those with disabilities too often live protected lives with little opportunity to engage in challenging physical activities available to others. Therapeutic riding provides carefully controlled and calibrated risk so that confidence can blossom. In short, riding a horse "makes me feel free," in the words of one of our clients.
• MIKE MOLLETT OF COX RADIO INTERVIEWS SIRE ABOUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING Be sure to wake up early on Sunday morning, July 16th, to catch the radio interview by Mike Mollett of SIRE staff members Jimm Williams and Wendy Cook.  The program time and Houston radio stations are listed below: 6:00 AM on Sunday, July 16th – ...
• NARHA Adopts A New Name: PATH Int'l Formerly NARHA (North American Riding for the Handicapped Association), PATH International better expresses the scope of the 42-year-old organization whose 6,300 therapy horses and 3,500 instructors serve 42,000 children and adults with physical, mental and psychological challenges at 800+ member centers around the world.
• PASS THE HAT...to help SIRE Kinsman Lutheran Church in Northwest Houston has selected SIRE as the Charity of Choice during fundraising efforts for their annual summer children’s musical, “KiKi’s Hats”. They will be passing the hat for donation dollars during their presentation of the musical on August 20, 2011 at 7 PM.
• Volunteer Orientation and Training Scheduled for Summer 2011 SIRE, Houston's Therapeutic Equestrian Centers, would like to announce that it will be hosting a volunteer orientation on Wednesday, May 18, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at their sites in Hockley, Spring and Missouri City and a volunteer training on Saturday, May...
• RUN FOR THE ROSES AND JOIN THE WINNING TRADITION OF SIRE, Houston's Therapeutic Equestrian Centers    WHAT:                 A very special afternoon and evening as a salute to the Kentucky Derby and to the horses and riders of SIRE, Houston’s Therapeutic Equestrian Centers. On May 7th, we will celebrate SIRE’s winning tradition at the 2011 Boots and...
• BIRDIES FOR CHARITY helps raise money for SIRE! Dear Friends of SIRE: We are inviting you to take part in a promotion called the Shell Houston Open Birdies for Charity Program.  It centers on the PGA TOUR event set for March 28 - April 3 at the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club.  It doesn’t ma...
• Tell the World What You Think of SIRE and Help Us Win $5,000 to Toward Our Mission SIRE, Houston’s Therapeutic Equestrian Centers needs your help! We have an opportunity to win the $5,000 prize that GuideStar USA, Inc., the leading source of nonprofit information, and KIMBIA, a group that empowers nonprofits and other organizations to ...