Calling all Essex Bank Customers!

Vote For High Hopes in the 2012 Essex Savings Bank Community Investment Program and help us win funding for our participants.

Click on the Essex Bank logo to learn more.

Chili Open House

Mark your calendar and come one – bring all! 

Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm 

No reservation is required.  Admission is free.   Take a tour of the barn, hear staff talk about the various equine programs High Hopes offers and eat some delicious homemade chili.  To learn more, please give Sara Qua a call at (860) 434-1974 x 122 or email her at squa@highhopestr.org. 

Hope to see you there!

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High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc. selected as a

Citizens Bank Champion in Action recipient for 2012!

Jocelyn Maminta, Connecticut Style WTNH; Ned Handy, President, Citizens Bank;

Kitty Stalsburg, Exectutive Director, High Hopes; Mary Lee Weber, WTNH

Click here to read the press release.

Click on the Connecticut Style links below and view three segments about High Hopes that aired on the Monday, Jan. 30th broadcast:

A Sweet Treat for Horses

High Hopes Helps People with Disabilities

High Hopes A Champion in Action

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The High Hopes Rider

NEW!  The High Hopes Rider Winter 2012 edition has just been published. 

Click here to read about The Power of the Horse, The Spirit of Giving, and much much more!

Other Upcoming Events

2012 Volunteer Enrichment & Winter Lecture Series

Join us this winter for our Volunteer Enrichment Series, free to all volunteers.  Lectures and demonstrations explore the world of therapeutic riding.  Topics to be covered range from horse behavior to visual processing and balance and much more. 

The Winter Lecture Series offers full and half day lectures led by High Hopes staff and professionals.  These lectures are offered for a nominal fee, however, fees may be waived for High Hopes volunteers based on need and hours served.  Choose the series that best suits your interests or “mix and match” between the two.  To register contact our Special Programs Manager at (860) 434-1974 ext 118.   

High Hopes in the Media

Print

"You can't refuse Sandy Thurston" published in The Day, Sunday, December 25, 2011

"Holiday Hoedown" published in Shoreline Times, Friday, December 23, 2011

"Putting the Pieces Together" - Excerpt from Annual Report 2011 Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Television

CPTV "All Things Connecticut" CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SEGMENT "The Power of Giving" Aired on November 17th featuring Kitty Stalsburg, Executive Director, along with our wonderful volunteers, participants, and horses.

WFSB Channel 3 On "Better Connecticut" CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SEGMENT Kitty Stalsburg, Executive Director appeared with Kerra, our Welsh cross pony to talk about High Hopes and Hoedown and Holiday Market