The following information has been provided by Gentle Carousel about their mission and this trip.
Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity. Our teams of tiny therapy horses work with over 18,000 adults and children each year inside hospitals, hospice programs, assisted living programs, schools and libraries. From visiting a child with a life ending illness to working with Alzheimer’s patients or foster children, our horses bring their special love where it is needed most.
Our therapy horse Magic was selected by TIME Magazine one of History’s Ten Most Heroic Animals (the only living animal on the list). She is also AARP‘s Most Heroic Pet in America and was one of Newsweek/The Daily Beast’s Ten Most Heroic Animals in America.
The therapy horses have been busy with many holiday visits and December is always an expensive time of year for our charity. We never dreamed that we would be asked to take such a challenging trip at the end of the month with horses and volunteers. Any help with donations for travel expenses for the horses and volunteers would make a big difference. No donation (or horse) is too small to make a big difference!
www.Horse-Therapy.org
www.facebook.com/TherapyHorses
352-226-9009
Midwest Feed & Farm
3352 NW Blitchton Road
Ocala, FL 34475