The Big Ask: A Priceless Gift

Fravel – Our newest addition 

The horse is the main tool we use to connect Square Peg students to a world they are often shut out from.  Autism literally means “Locked within the self.”  Horses, environment, movement and humor are the keys we use to help connect autism and other special needs families so they can share love and joy together.  It’s not unicorns and crystal balls – it’s neuroscience.

Please join us by sponsoring one of these glorious animals. Each Square Peg Horse has a story to tell and something special to offer our families.  Each one has a personality that draws out joy and connection and empowerment from the kids in our program. Everyone deserves a place where they feel Safe, Accepted and Competent.  Our horses do that every single day.

A gift of horse sponsorship is a gift to Square Peg Ranch, to the families we serve, to a loved one AND it’s tax deductible.

Here’s a chance to meet them and to give a unique gift that can never be bought in stores.

Sponsoring a Square Peg horse means covering the costs for one of our horses for a month, a quarter or a year.  Here's the breakdown of what it costs to keep a horse at Square Peg Ranch:

$9228 annually $769 per month
Monthly Breakdown of care and costs (per horse)

• Occupancy: $298 (rent, maintenance, insurance)
  Staff: $158 (care & training)
  Feed: $181 Farrier: $39   Vet: $52  Other: $41 (dentistry, chiropractic, supplements)

Extra Fifty aka “Curtis”

This exquisitely beautiful son of Kentucky Derby Winner Afleet Alex has already in his short

life acquired quite the story – while resting at Harris Farms last year, Extra Fifty saved the life of a foal in need of a blood transfusion. Shortly after that, Extra Fifty lost his left eye in a pasture accident.  He came back to racing, despite an ankle injury and then developed a tendon tear in a front leg. When we picked him up at Golden Gate Fields, the entire barn crew saw him off with tears in their eyes. As you can see from the photos, he’s charming everyone with his beauty, his curiosity and his willingness to learn. We have faith that once you meet this special horse, you will be in love like we are.

 

Sponsoring a Square Peg horse means covering the costs for one of our horses for a month, a quarter or a year.  Here's the breakdown of what it costs to keep a horse at Square Peg Ranch:

$9228 annually $769 per month
Monthly Breakdown of care and costs (per horse)

• Occupancy: $298 (rent, maintenance, insurance)
  Staff: $158 (care & training)
  Feed: $181 Farrier: $39   Vet: $52  Other: $41 (dentistry, chiropractic, supplements)

 

 

Sponsoring a Square Peg horse means covering the costs for one of our horses for a month, a quarter or a year.  Here's the breakdown of what it costs to keep a horse at Square Peg Ranch:

Mythical Storm aka: Hermes

Hermes, the mythical Greek God  was the Olympian god of herds and flocks, travellers and hospitality, roads and trade, thievery and cunning, heralds and diplomacy, language and writing, athletic contests and gymnasiums, astronomy and astrology.

Hermes the horse is even cooler.  Carrier of dreams, deliver of giggles, bearer of twin riders – Hermes delivers the goods with all the style you would associate with one so named. He’s all that and more. 

Sponsoring a Square Peg horse means covering the costs for one of our horses for a month, a quarter or a year.  Here's the breakdown of what it costs to keep a horse at Square Peg Ranch:

$9228 annually $769 per month
Monthly Breakdown of care and costs (per horse)

• Occupancy: $298 (rent, maintenance, insurance)
  Staff: $158 (care & training)
  Feed: $181 Farrier: $39   Vet: $52  Other: $41 (dentistry, chiropractic, supplements)

Success isn’t measured in numbers, but by the sound of a child laughing or reading aloud, or by the smiles on their faces after a ride around the place where Everyone Fits.

We are so grateful for our current horse sponsors – you are our angels!