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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
18 hours ago
The Fox Moon Farm Project

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.

That's the work. One fence, one halter, one hoof pick at a time. ... See MoreSee Less

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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How do you measure joy?

It's not a number on a chart. It's not something you can graph or quantify in a quarterly report. But if you spent a day here at Fox Moon Farm, you'd see it everywhere — and you'd understand exactly what we mean.

It's the moment a child who struggles to make eye contact looks straight into the eyes of a horse and doesn't look away. It's the quiet pride on a teenager's face after they've mucked a runnin from start to finish, all by themselves. It's a grown adult, laughing out loud, because a goat just decided they were their new best friend.

We serve children and adults of every age and every ability here. They come to us for a hundred different reasons — trauma, anxiety, sensory processing differences, grief, isolation. But underneath all of it, they're looking for the same thing: a little more joy. A little more peace. A place where they're accepted exactly as they are.

So how do we measure it? We measure it in the acts of kindness we see between strangers who just met an hour ago. We measure it in bare feet running through the grass because — for once — nobody's watching to see if they're doing it "right." We measure it in the deep exhale that happens when someone finally feels safe enough to just be.

Joy doesn't always look like a big moment. Sometimes it's small, quiet, and easy to miss. But we see it every single day — and we never stop being grateful for it. ... See MoreSee Less

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How do you measure joy?Its not a number on a chart. Its not something you can graph or quantify in a quarterly report. But if you spent a day here at Fox Moon Farm, youd see it everywhere — and youd understand exactly what we mean.Its the moment a child who struggles to make eye contact looks straight into the eyes of a horse and doesnt look away. Its the quiet pride on a teenagers face after theyve mucked a runnin from start to finish, all by themselves. Its a grown adult, laughing out loud, because a goat just decided they were their new best friend.We serve children and adults of every age and every ability here. They come to us for a hundred different reasons — trauma, anxiety, sensory processing differences, grief, isolation. But underneath all of it, theyre looking for the same thing: a little more joy. A little more peace. A place where theyre accepted exactly as they are.So how do we measure it? We measure it in the acts of kindness we see between strangers who just met an hour ago. We measure it in bare feet running through the grass because — for once — nobodys watching to see if theyre doing it right. We measure it in the deep exhale that happens when someone finally feels safe enough to just be.Joy doesnt always look like a big moment. Sometimes its small, quiet, and easy to miss. But we see it every single day — and we never stop being grateful for it.Image attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment
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The Fox Moon Farm Project
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🐴 A Milestone Worth Celebrating 🐴
Yesterday brought one of those sessions that reminds us exactly why we do this work.

One of our incredible young riders — a 17-year-old who lives with autism and works every day to navigate motor challenges, anxiety, and the world nonverbally — climbed up onto Merlin’s back for a brand-new challenge: threading rings onto cones and hanging them in the trees in the arena.

It looks like a simple game. It isn’t. Every ring placed is a lesson in following multi-step directions, color recognition, fine motor control, and patience — skills that don’t always come easily, practiced here in a way that feels like joy instead of work.

This rider has been part of our Healing with Horses community for over two years, and just recently graduated into our therapeutic riding program. And the growth has been remarkable. Grooming Merlin used to hold no interest at all — now it’s a ritual: twenty brush strokes on each side, every single time, before it’s time to tack up. That kind of focus, that kind of care for another living being, is something we get to witness grow week by week.

Research consistently backs up what we witness on the ground every week: therapeutic horseback riding offers real, measurable benefits for individuals with autism. The horse’s rhythmic, three-dimensional gait mirrors human walking patterns and has a documented calming effect on the nervous system, helping to regulate sensory input and ease anxiety. Physically, riding builds core strength, balance, coordination, and body awareness. Behaviorally and emotionally, studies show reductions in irritability and hyperactivity alongside gains in social communication, focus, and self-confidence — many of these benefits proving durable months after sessions continue.

We couldn’t be prouder of the courage, focus, and heart shown yesterday. And we’re deeply grateful to our team and to Merlin, our steady, patient partner in this work, for making moments like this possible.

This is the power of nature and animals as healers. This is Fox Moon Farm Project. 🍂 ... See MoreSee Less

🐴 A Milestone Worth Celebrating 🐴 Yesterday brought one of those sessions that reminds us exactly why we do this work.One of our incredible young riders — a 17-year-old who lives with autism and works every day to navigate motor challenges, anxiety, and the world nonverbally — climbed up onto Merlin’s back for a brand-new challenge: threading rings onto cones and hanging them in the trees in the arena.It looks like a simple game. It isn’t. Every ring placed is a lesson in following multi-step directions, color recognition, fine motor control, and patience — skills that don’t always come easily, practiced here in a way that feels like joy instead of work.This rider has been part of our Healing with Horses community for over two years, and just recently graduated into our therapeutic riding program. And the growth has been remarkable. Grooming Merlin used to hold no interest at all — now it’s a ritual: twenty brush strokes on each side, every single time, before it’s time to tack up. That kind of focus, that kind of care for another living being, is something we get to witness grow week by week.Research consistently backs up what we witness on the ground every week: therapeutic horseback riding offers real, measurable benefits for individuals with autism. The horse’s rhythmic, three-dimensional gait mirrors human walking patterns and has a documented calming effect on the nervous system, helping to regulate sensory input and ease anxiety. Physically, riding builds core strength, balance, coordination, and body awareness. Behaviorally and emotionally, studies show reductions in irritability and hyperactivity alongside gains in social communication, focus, and self-confidence — many of these benefits proving durable months after sessions continue.We couldn’t be prouder of the courage, focus, and heart shown yesterday. And we’re deeply grateful to our team and to Merlin, our steady, patient partner in this work, for making moments like this possible.This is the power of nature and animals as healers. This is Fox Moon Farm Project. 🍂Image attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment
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