Wednesday, June 21, 2006, saw some of our members being given a tour of SARI Therapeutic Riding stables. We have long been a supporter of this very worthwhile program (found at http://www.sari.ca/) where children and adults with special needs are given riding instruction.  They have a number of very gentle horses, each of which are available for adoption.

Susan Morel, then Executive Director of SARI, had made a video presentation at our business meeting a couple of months ago, and whereas our previous support had always been in the form of paying for lessons, we decided this time to make a larger donation of $5,000, which we presented to Susan during the visit.

Susan had explained by telephone when the tour was being arranged that they had recently purchased a special therapeutic saddle, and with which the staff and volunteers had been extremely impressed; so much so that they wished they would be able to purchase another.  Now they can!

As mentioned above, on June 16, 2010 we once again went to S.A.R.I. to deliver our current year's donation to sponsor a horse, and picked out Vixen with the help of Dianne Blackall, the newest Executive Director. Vixen stands 11 hands tall, she was born New Year's Day 1999 so is much younger than Fanny, who is now enjoying retirement. Vixen is a beautiful chestnut mare who is working hard to fill the large shoes of Fanny.

You can check out Vixen on the S.A.R.I. website found at http://www.sari.ca/