A brilliant blue sky and friendly hosts greeted two dozen riders from SIRE, their families, and SIRE volunteers at the Sam Houston Race Park on MLK Day. SIRE is a non-profit changing the lives of people with special needs through therapeutic horsemanship in three locations around Houston. So
Thank you to the Houston AREA #1 H.O.G. Chapter, sponsored by Mancuso Harley-Davidson. Last week, they gave us a donation of $4,000. Since 2005, this group has donated almost $20,000 to SIRE. Wow! They have about 250 members and meet at Mancuso Crossroads, another great supporter of SIRE.
Over the past few years SIRE has held a traditional wine pull or raffle at our gala. This year, in honor of our Rootin’ Tootin’ Crap Shootin’ Wild West Casino Night we are having a “Build a Saloon” raffle instead.
Here’s how it works: For just $100 you get a
We have lots of SIRE supporters who are also runners. (See board member Cheryl Nelson, runner and Reason2Race user, below.) Join her!
Register with the Woodlands Marathon and select SIRE as your charity. Better still, also register with Reason2Race and send out eblast to friends and family to
UPDATE
Almost 50 people came, danced, mingled and had a great time. Development Director, Andrea Vickers, says, the roundup “went from 6pm until … well people were still there when our main SIRE crew left at 11.”
We played a video by young Fort Bend volunteer Luisa Lopes. Stay tuned, we’ll post it on the website soon! This
A Farewell to Lili
As the new year begins, we bid farewell to Lili Kellogg, SIRE Executive Director. Lili is returning to Dallas to serve as the Executive Director at Equest at the Texas Horse Park. We appreciate the enthusiasm, energy and expertise that Lili gave
Mark your calendars for January 10th!
Here’s what some volunteers had to say about their volunteering last year:
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Hockley, Texas, October 24, 2014 –
Putting the words of the “Dow Cares” motto into action, 65 employees from The Dow Chemical Company spent an October day making improvements at a nonprofit therapeutic horsemanship facility in Hockley,
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Nine students visited from Holleman Elementary, from nearby Waller ISD, this November. Students have been visiting SIRE as part of an initiative underwritten by “Driven to Care,” a charitable arm of the Discount Tire Company.
The special needs students from Holleman had a great
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Hockley Friends and Family Chairperson Julie McLean (upper righthand photo) estimates around 200 attended the Family Day November 2014. She adds, “Kelly and Bobby Marsh worked so hard!”.
Participants enjoyed cover under a tent donated for the weekend and Pitts and Spitts donated the use of a pit for the weekend.Julie also said,