Project Horses for Forces

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Project Horses for Forces

Serving Veterans & Active Forces with service-related wounds via partnerships with horses & Veterans We are open for applications for programs.

Project Horses For Forces' mission is to provide opportunities for healing for military veterans of all eras and active service members who have incurred visible or invisible wounds co-incident to their service, including their families and also for military loss and su***de loss survivors. We provide no-charge opportunities to develop horsemanship skills and everything related to horses and their

care, from farm and barn maintenance to horseback riding. All sessions are facilitated by a PATH Intl. Certified Riding Instructor and are designed to enable participants to to experience stress relief, rebuild trust, restore well-being and a sense of hope for the future, through interacting with horses and a supportive Veterans volunteer team.

12/15/2024

Our Horses for Forces family celebrated our 7th year of service this past week at the OMG Burger Restaurant in Long Valley.
We are beyond grateful for our team of volunteers - they make this amazing program possible. Sue Shanley is our volunteer of the year - having served 250 hours in our programs!
We thank our Team of Veterans: Charley, Joe, Ken & Erik (USA); Woody (USAF); & Mike & Carol (USN). Program participants Don, Jackie & Tony (USA), Don & Tracy (USMC) & Carol greatly contributed to our VA programs by working with attendees during those sessions - what a great way to pay it forward!
Our Equine Team kept everyone 100% safe all year: Sue, Jan, Kathy, Mary, Terry & Ruth
Our Hospitality Team kept everyone hydrated and content: Fran, Linda & Lynn

12/14/2024

Horses and their leaders team up to face and overcome obstacles together - and a little play reduces the tension and accelerates success!

12/08/2024

From all of us at Horses for Forces, a HUGE SHOUT OUT to the people of action at Branchburg Rotary for the incredible year of fundraising and the culmination with the Gerald & Elizabeth Geiger Foundation Match! What a celebration for the benefiting organizations: Welcome Home Vets of NJ, NJ Veterans Network, Horses for Forces and Operation Jersey Cares.

12/07/2024

We remember those who defended our country on December 7, 1941. We remember all who served aboard the USS Arizona and in Pearl Harbor 83 years ago. We will never forget their sacrifice and service.

11/28/2024

Wishing everyone a meaningful and grateful Thanksgiving!!

11/27/2024

On Monday our Horses for Forces family got to enjoy a fun day at the Peacefield Farm in Pittstown, where we met their fabulous Clydesdales, Belgians and more horses and goats and enjoyed a Thanksgiving lunch together out on the patio overlooking the Inn, historic barn and the horse paddocks! We all got to enjoy a carriage ride with the spectacular Leroy taking us all through the farm wonderland! Several of our group got to drive the carriage and the overwhelming comment for the ride was: IT WAS JUST SO PEACEFUL!
Thank you, Stacy and Aram and volunteer team, for this magnificent day!

11/23/2024

Some pictures this week of the fabulous horses at Centerline Farm!

11/23/2024

We were so happy to see program alumni Ray (USMC) and Loretta, and 2019-2023 volunteer Vivian on Monday! What a joy for all of us to spend the day together!

11/11/2024

We wish all our Veterans and their families a very blessed Veterans Day today. We are grateful to one and all for serving and keeping our Nation free and safe. Were are grateful for your bravery and love of country. Thank you

11/10/2024

This past week Project Horses for Forces served 35 Veterans & loved ones (most are no-photo groups) - we could not be more grateful and honored to be able to impact so many individuals through partnerships with our Veterans team and the most powerful, gentle, beautiful and trusting horse team (plus our cute adorable kitties) imaginable!

11/10/2024

Happy Birthday USMC
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) birthday is celebrated on November 10th every year. The USMC was established on November 10, 1775 to support the naval forces in the Revolutionary War.
Semper Fidelis

11/02/2024

This past week has been a tough week for our Horses for Forces Family and everyone at EV Performance Horses. One of the most beloved horses we have been so privileged to have on our team, had to be euthanized very unexpectedly.
Our family mourns the loss of a fun, sweet, boisterous but always kind and gentle Phoebe... Run free sweet girl!

10/26/2024

On Thursday it was our absolute privilege to host 10 residents and 2 family members from the Menlo Park NJ Veterans Memorial Home and several staff members. They all loved the horses, the kittens and the puppy dog. The animals loved on them in ways that blew us all away! The group enjoyed the camaraderie with our Veterans Charlie & Joe (USA), Mike (USN) and Woody (USAF) and our equine staff Sue and Ruth, over coffee and snacks and later a scrumptious barn lunch. What a splendid day!

10/25/2024

Perspective to live by - sometimes it does not work. Learn from it.

Afraid Of Messing Up.....?

Sometimes we win, and sometimes we learn. I'm not sure who originally made this statement but an extremely instrumental man in my life had a similar saying. He would say "there is no such thing as failure, there's just the way you realize didn't work."

This idea changed the very way I look at life and freed me from the fear of doing the wrong thing or making the wrong choice.

Now I'm not intending to fit this into the moral realm of true right and wrong, given and spelled out to us from God. But instead of the things in life that are usually up in the air, things like careers and the likes of dailey choices.

This idea of not stressing or even being afraid of making mistakes certainly allows me to keep trying new ideas and methods while constantly striving to improve my methods of my horsemanship and beyond.

How about you? Are you living in fear of "messing up" or failing? Remember, experience is what you gained, right after you needed it.

Usually the best true lessons in life aren't learned from a text book while behind a desk.

Pc Tracey Buyce Photography

10/20/2024

Local friends: The Branchburg Rotary (one of our MAIN SUPPORTERS!!) is having a Bingo night at the Raritan Community College on November 1 at 6pm. Come support the amazing causes they serve, and win some cool designer bags and other goodies!

10/13/2024

With our appreciation for your service to our country and the world

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245A Old Turnpike Road (Route 517)
Califon, NJ
07830

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http://HorsesforForces.weebly.com/

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Project Horses For Forces' mission is to provide opportunities for healing for military veterans of all eras and active service members who have incurred visible or invisible wounds co-incident to their service, and includes their families. We also serve families of actively deployed forces and survivors of military loss and su***de loss. We provide no-charge opportunities to develop horsemanship skills and everything related to horses and their care, from farm and barn maintenance to natural horsemanship and eventually horseback riding. All sessions are facilitated by a PATH Intl. Certified Riding Instructor and are designed to enable participants to to experience stress relief, rebuild trust, restore well-being and a sense of hope for the future, through interacting with horses and a supportive Veterans volunteer team.