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Our Healing with Horses program is nothing without our incredible herd of horses who provide our clients with  friendship, self-confidence, laughter and freedom.

When you sponsor one of our horses, you help offset some of the costs of caring for them and enable us to put more funding into expanding our low-cost programs for individuals in need and support those in our community who wouldn’t otherwise have access to this form of service.

All sponsorship levels receive a tax-deductible donation receipt and acknowledgement on our website. Sponsors are encouraged to visit their horse, and volunteers are always welcome.

The Healing with Horses Sponsorship program offers three levels for contributions for every three-month commitment. When you sponsor a horse, you will receive a certificate with a picture of your horse, as well as an acknowledgement to be included on our website.

Each horse costs approximately $400.00 per month for hay, grain, nutritional supplements, de-worming, bi-annual shots, hoof care, vet care and rent for facilities. We understand that this is a lot! As a result, we offer three different levels of sponsorship for you to choose from.

We hope you will consider sponsoring one of our sweet horses. We are still a growing non-profit and not only will you be helping the clients who come here to heal, but also help provide much needed feed and care for the horses who do most of the work. We appreciate you!

Meet our amazing herd – they are the heart and soul of Healing with Horses.

Bunny

Bunny (CAUSE I SAY SO) is a 7 year old, dark bay Thoroughbred mare who was trained to be a race horse like her sire. After suffering an injury while training for the track, she was put through rehab and considered unsound for racing, but was given the green light for a second career! From there Bunny bounced around auctions until she ended up in the slaughter pipeline. Her kind eyes and sweet nature won over our hearts and we rushed to rescue her and bring her to our farm.

Bunny is now learning how to be a horse again as her anxiety settles. Despite some nervousness, especially away from friends, Bunny loves to come up to say hello to everyone and bat her eyes for that secret treat you have in your pockets. She has done wonderfully with our younger kids and will be joining our riding program alongside Merlin and Maverick verily soon. We’re so excited to welcome a younger horse to our program whose energy can compliment the slower, wisdom of our older geldings!

All sponsorship levels receive a tax-deductible donation receipt and acknowledgement on our website. Sponsors are encouraged to visit their animal, and volunteers are always welcome.

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Donation Total: $250.00

Happy

🎶 Don’t Worry, be Happy! 🎶

Little baby Happy is our other miniature donkey and the newest addition to our herd! Born November 2024, Happy has been a wonderful addition to our herd due to his natural, no pun intended, happy-go-lucky personality! Not much bothers Happy and apart from the occasional bout of stubbornness (he’s still a baby after all), he has fit right into our herd. As we continue to train Happy, he will begin to participate not only in our regular programming, but also hitting the road to visit those who need a dose of happiness.

Maverick

Maverick is a 10 year old Percheron cross who towers over our other horses at 17 hands! His size helps support our Horseback Riding program, by having the capacity to support taller and heavier riders. Maverick did work with the Amish in his early years and then was trained and showed in Dressage! After some mobility restrictions prevented him from showing at the higher levels in Dressage, Maverick vacationed until he made his way to our farm!

Maverick’s beauty is easily matched by his personality. He brings the silly, youthful energy of an oversized puppy and loves being around people. He’s always coming over to check things out in case he’s missing anything exciting. Maverick may be one of the newer additions to our herd, but he has slipped into our hearts like he’s been here since the start!

All sponsorship levels receive a tax-deductible donation receipt and acknowledgement on our website. Sponsors are encouraged to visit their animal, and volunteers are always welcome.

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Donation Total: $250.00

Merlin

Merlin is Cindy’s ‘heart horse.” As a strong and stocky Quarter Horse with some western skills to show off, we believe he used to be a Reining ranch horse in his previous life. After four days of travel from a slaughterhouse in Alabama, Merlin was the first to join our herd, alongside his friend Annabella. Due to his unknown past, we don’t know Merlin’s exact age, but we believe he is about 26 years old. He is sweet, kind, and very loving to all in our Healing with Horses programs.

Merlin shares similar struggles as many of our clients, with anxiety and skittishness. Once you build up trust with him however, you’ve got a bond for life! He is an easy favorite amongst our participants and for those in our riding program, an absolute delight to ride. We are so grateful to Merlin for spearheading our program and showing how love and patience can transform lives.

All sponsorship levels receive a tax-deductible donation receipt and acknowledgement on our website. Sponsors are encouraged to visit their animal, and volunteers are always welcome.

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Donation Total: $250.00

Napoleon

Napoleon (or Nappy for short) is everyone’s best friend! With a puppy dog personality, Nappy will follow you around wherever you go. He might even give you a “hee haw” if you decide not to spend your whole day cuddling him. As 13 year old mini donkey, Nappy is ‘fun sized’ and perfect for children who might feel intimidated by the larger horses.

Nappy spent his previous years babysitting young horses and decided it was time to do the same with our children. He takes his job seriously and if he doesn’t have his head on top of yours, he just might crawl into your lap to let you know there’s more work to do (which is giving him ear scratches of course)!

All sponsorship levels receive a tax-deductible donation receipt and acknowledgement on our website. Sponsors are encouraged to visit their animal, and volunteers are always welcome.

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Donation Total: $250.00

Romeo

“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”

You can find Romeo right here at Fox Moon Farm! Romeo is a 21 year old Paint Horse gelding. As sweet and loving as his namesake, Romeo has shown time and time again his big heart. Although the first to get antsy at the grooming station, Romeo is also the first to pick out a client with heavy weight on their shoulders. He has a keen sense for identifying folks who need more emotional support and has a special connection with younger children. It’s hard not to fall head over heels for this lover boy!

All sponsorship levels receive a tax-deductible donation receipt and acknowledgement on our website. Sponsors are encouraged to visit their animal, and volunteers are always welcome.

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Donation Total: $250.00

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The Fox Moon Farm Project
3 days ago
The Fox Moon Farm Project

We're hiring! 🐴🌿

We're growing our Healing with Horses team — and we're looking for two special people to join us.

At Fox Moon Farm, we believe healing doesn't happen in a sterile office under fluorescent lights. It happens on 60 acres of Virginia farmland, alongside horses who never judge and always respond, in the quiet company of goats and gardens and open sky. If you've ever wondered what it would feel like to do deeply meaningful work in a place like that, we'd love to talk to you.

We're hiring a Licensed clinical social worker or other licensed mental health provider. This role is for someone who wants to bring their clinical skill into a farm setting — designing individualized treatment plans, leading sessions that build life skills, emotional regulation, and self-confidence, and using the horses and the land themselves as therapeutic tools. You'll work alongside our Program Director, Equine Specialist, and Life Skills team to support children, adolescents, and adults with IDD, autism spectrum conditions, and complex trauma. Current certification required; equine experience is a plus but not required — we'll train you there.

We're also hiring a Horseback Riding Instructor. This is a hands-on role for someone who genuinely loves horses and genuinely understands people — someone who can teach a beginner rider with autism just as naturally as they'd teach anyone else, adapting technique and pace to what each individual needs. A minimum of three years teaching experience and demonstrated work with special needs populations are required.

Both roles ask for the same thing, really: patience, warmth, a calm presence in moments of big emotion, and a belief that every person who comes through our gate is capable of more than they've been told.

If that sounds like you, we want to hear from you. Reach out directly to Cindy at cfrei@foxmoonfarm.org.

Come as you are. Leave with more than you imagined. That's what we offer our clients — and it's what we hope this work offers you too.

#FoxMoonFarmProject #NowHiring #HealingWithHorses #RecreationalTherapy #HorsebackRidingInstructor ... See MoreSee Less

Were hiring! 🐴🌿Were growing our Healing with Horses team — and were looking for two special people to join us.At Fox Moon Farm, we believe healing doesnt happen in a sterile office under fluorescent lights. It happens on 60 acres of Virginia farmland, alongside horses who never judge and always respond, in the quiet company of goats and gardens and open sky. If youve ever wondered what it would feel like to do deeply meaningful work in a place like that, wed love to talk to you.Were hiring a Licensed clinical social worker or other licensed mental health provider. This role is for someone who wants to bring their clinical skill into a farm setting — designing individualized treatment plans, leading sessions that build life skills, emotional regulation, and self-confidence, and using the horses and the land themselves as therapeutic tools. Youll work alongside our Program Director, Equine Specialist, and Life Skills team to support children, adolescents, and adults with IDD, autism spectrum conditions, and complex trauma. Current certification required; equine experience is a plus but not required — well train you there.Were also hiring a Horseback Riding Instructor. This is a hands-on role for someone who genuinely loves horses and genuinely understands people — someone who can teach a beginner rider with autism just as naturally as theyd teach anyone else, adapting technique and pace to what each individual needs. A minimum of three years teaching experience and demonstrated work with special needs populations are required.Both roles ask for the same thing, really: patience, warmth, a calm presence in moments of big emotion, and a belief that every person who comes through our gate is capable of more than theyve been told.If that sounds like you, we want to hear from you. Reach out directly to Cindy at cfrei@foxmoonfarm.org.Come as you are. Leave with more than you imagined. Thats what we offer our clients — and its what we hope this work offers you too.#FoxMoonFarmProject #NowHiring #HealingWithHorses #RecreationalTherapy #HorsebackRidingInstructor
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The Fox Moon Farm Project
5 days ago
The Fox Moon Farm Project

One of the most important things we teach at Fox Moon Farm isn't a skill you can see from the outside — it's the ability to recognize what's happening inside.

Many of our children, especially those on the spectrum, feel things intensely. The world moves fast, expects a lot, and rarely explains its own rules. That combination can be overwhelming. And often, kids haven't yet learned to notice a feeling building before it takes over — where anger sits in the chest, where anxiety shows up in the shoulders, what it feels like right before things get too big to manage.

This is where the horses become extraordinary teachers.

Horses are mirrors. They are prey animals, wired to read the smallest shifts in the humans around them — a tense jaw, a held breath, a racing heart — and they respond to it instantly. A child who is spiraling but doesn't know it yet will often see it reflected back first in the horse: pinned ears, a shift in weight, a step away. It's a gentle, honest kind of feedback no lecture could deliver. And once a child understands that connection, something shifts — they start paying attention to their own body, because they want the horse to feel safe with them.

From there, we build skills: deep breathing, mindfulness, "horse breath" exercises done shoulder to shoulder with a horse who breathes right along with them. And the farm itself does quiet work too — something about being near horses calms the nervous system. So does the forest. So does water. So does open air and sunlight. We don't have to manufacture calm here. We just have to make space for it.

Regulation isn't about never feeling big emotions. It's about learning to notice them, name them, and move through them without being swept away. That's a life skill that follows a child far beyond our fences.

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One of the most important things we teach at Fox Moon Farm isnt a skill you can see from the outside — its the ability to recognize whats happening inside.Many of our children, especially those on the spectrum, feel things intensely. The world moves fast, expects a lot, and rarely explains its own rules. That combination can be overwhelming. And often, kids havent yet learned to notice a feeling building before it takes over — where anger sits in the chest, where anxiety shows up in the shoulders, what it feels like right before things get too big to manage.This is where the horses become extraordinary teachers.Horses are mirrors. They are prey animals, wired to read the smallest shifts in the humans around them — a tense jaw, a held breath, a racing heart — and they respond to it instantly. A child who is spiraling but doesnt know it yet will often see it reflected back first in the horse: pinned ears, a shift in weight, a step away. Its a gentle, honest kind of feedback no lecture could deliver. And once a child understands that connection, something shifts — they start paying attention to their own body, because they want the horse to feel safe with them.From there, we build skills: deep breathing, mindfulness, horse breath exercises done shoulder to shoulder with a horse who breathes right along with them. And the farm itself does quiet work too — something about being near horses calms the nervous system. So does the forest. So does water. So does open air and sunlight. We dont have to manufacture calm here. We just have to make space for it.Regulation isnt about never feeling big emotions. Its about learning to notice them, name them, and move through them without being swept away. Thats a life skill that follows a child far beyond our fences.#FoxMoonFarmProject #EmotionalRegulation #HorsesAsMirrors
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There's a moment that happens over and over again at Fox Moon Farm, and we never get tired of watching it.

A child stands at the pasture fence, sure they can't climb it. Or stares at a halter, sure their hands won't figure out the buckle. Or looks up at a horse — enormous, powerful, nothing like them — and is sure, absolutely sure, that this isn't for them.

So many of our kids arrive carrying that certainty. They've spent years being told, in a hundred small ways, that they're different — that they don't move through the world the way other kids do, don't learn the way the classroom expects, don't look or sound or act like what's "typical." That adds up. It settles into a child's sense of self long before they have words for it.

Here, we don't start with big lessons. We start with small, achievable tasks — climbing the pasture fence, hooking a halter, jumping off a rock, grooming a horse, learning to drive the tractor. Nothing flashy. Just one thing, right at the edge of what feels possible.

And when they do it — when the halter clicks, when their feet land on the other side of that fence — we celebrate. Loudly. High-fives, real "good jobs," the kind of recognition that says we saw that, and it mattered.

Confidence isn't built in a single triumphant moment. It's built task by task, the same way trust is built with a horse — slowly, and only through proof. Every small win here becomes evidence a child can carry with them: I did the thing I didn't think I could do. That evidence adds up to something society hasn't handed them: the belief that they are capable.

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Theres a moment that happens over and over again at Fox Moon Farm, and we never get tired of watching it.A child stands at the pasture fence, sure they cant climb it. Or stares at a halter, sure their hands wont figure out the buckle. Or looks up at a horse — enormous, powerful, nothing like them — and is sure, absolutely sure, that this isnt for them.So many of our kids arrive carrying that certainty. Theyve spent years being told, in a hundred small ways, that theyre different — that they dont move through the world the way other kids do, dont learn the way the classroom expects, dont look or sound or act like whats typical. That adds up. It settles into a childs sense of self long before they have words for it.Here, we dont start with big lessons. We start with small, achievable tasks — climbing the pasture fence, hooking a halter, jumping off a rock, grooming a horse, learning to drive the tractor. Nothing flashy. Just one thing, right at the edge of what feels possible.And when they do it — when the halter clicks, when their feet land on the other side of that fence — we celebrate. Loudly. High-fives, real good jobs, the kind of recognition that says we saw that, and it mattered.Confidence isnt built in a single triumphant moment. Its built task by task, the same way trust is built with a horse — slowly, and only through proof. Every small win here becomes evidence a child can carry with them: I did the thing I didnt think I could do. That evidence adds up to something society hasnt handed them: the belief that they are capable.Thats the work. One fence, one halter, one hoof pick at a time.
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