Six years ago, Courageous Connections became more than just a dream. To our ever-expanding family of staff, volunteers, donors, and participants who continue to make this dream a reality, thank you from the bottom of our horsey-loving hearts.
Volunteer Hours Look Back
2019 (our first full year)
900 volunteer hours
73 volunteers
2020
1072 volunteer hours
31 Volunteers
2021
3448 volunteer hours
54 volunteers
2022
3,777 volunteer hours
58 volunteers
Participant Hours Look Back
2019
119 hours therapeutic Riding
16 hours unmounted Equine Encounters
2020
44 hours unmounted Equine Encounters
2021
139 class hours / 237 Classes / 21 participants
4 hours workshops / 16 workshop attendees
2022
71 participants / 473 classes
83 Workshop attendees
Courageous Connections Journey
Business license 6/28/2017
Nonprofit Status granted December 2017
First pilot Adaptive Riding class 2018
First full year of services 2019
2020 Closed for COVID March – September
Reopened with a complete focus on Mental Health and wellness discontinuing our Adaptive Riding programs
Since our reopening in 2020 we’ve offered private, semiprivate and group workshops and have partnered with organizations such as Cancer Life Line and Cocoon House. We have experienced year over year growth
5 different barns have contributed to the growth of our programs.
Kathy Sanders, Patty Childers, Cedarbrook, Alpine Ridge and Horse Headquarters