SIRE “Offering Hope to Many” Heights Pages June 2014
Check out the June issue of Heights Magazine, for stories about some of our supporters, clients, and volunteers who live in the Heights.
You merge onto the freeway, the
11
07, 2014
11
07, 2014
SIRE Supporter Keely McIntosh competing in Young Rider Championships
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Keely McIntosh to represent Texas in the
FEI* North American Junior & Young Rider Championships
SIRE has been very grateful to receive support (and horses) from Keely’s mother, Jenny Booth. We’re so proud of Keely, who as a youngster volunteered at SIRE and supported SIRE events.
By placing in four Grand Prix Show Jumping
9
07, 2014
SIRE Arena Volunteer Training August 2014
SIRE, Houston’s Therapeutic Equestrian Centers, will be hosting volunteer training on Saturday, August 23rd from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM at our sites in Hockley, Spring and Fort Bend.
You’ll be joining a great group doing a fantastic service for people with disabilities. In 2013, 550 SIRE volunteers served 33,268 hours valued at $736,570. Of our volunteers, ¼ are teenagers
9
07, 2014
Whole Foods Market Champions and SIRE Make a Great Team
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Whole Foods Market- Champions Store and SIRE
Whole Foods Champions 1% Day
On June 29th, as part of the Whole Foods Market Champions store Grand Opening, SIRE gave demonstrations and taught how we keep our horses at optimum health for the best experiences for our
7
07, 2014
SIRE Rider & Para-Dressage Athlete Derrick Perkins
All of SIRE watched in awe this spring as SIRE client (and so much more) Derrick Perkins began his campaign to represent the United States in international competition as a para-equestrian. Those of us who follow
23
06, 2014
SIRE Rider Emileigh Marsh featured as “Inspiring Junior”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
SIRE rider awarded with recognition in
“The Wall Street Journal for Horses”
[dt_gap height=”20″ /]
SIRE gets special attention in June 23rd issue of The Chronicle of the Horse. It’s the Junior & Pony Issue, jam-packed with
23
06, 2014
Whole Foods Market Champions Community Giving Day, Helping SIRE Ride Beyond
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Whole Foods Market Community Giving Day!
[dt_gap height=”20″ /]
Join us Sunday, June 29th, at the Grand Opening of the first Whole Foods Market store in North Houston, where we’ll have a horse and Whole Foods Market will be donating 1% of their net proceeds that day to SIRE!
SIRE
21
05, 2014
The 2014 SIRE Ride Beyond Gala Celebrated Horsepower
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Thank you to Beck & Masten Auto Group for sponsoring SIRE’s 2013 Ride Beyond Gala celebrating the Year of the Horse. credit Deborah Sweren, Debbie Doddles
9
05, 2014
Thank you to our 2014 Ride Beyond Gala Donors and Volunteers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
We raised nearly 40% more than the year before in our silent auction!
See photos here.
Thank you to
John and Jane Mancuso,
Ride Beyond Gala Honorary Chairs
Johnny has received longevity awards, dealer excellence awards and accomplished national and world records in Top Fuel Harley Drag Bike Racing
28
04, 2014
Comcast Cares Work Day at Spring Site
SIRE Director Lili Kellogg welcoming the volunteers
The Spring site was a beehive of activity on Saturday, April 26th when volunteers from both Comcast/NBCUniversal and SIRE came together to participate in Comcast Cares Day. The first wave of Comcast employees