In this month's issue: Wishing all a Happy Mothers Day; Upcoming Events; the Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival and much more...

John and Lin Harrington for their generous donation.

Tracy Stahl for updating the bulletin board.

Easter dinner at the Ranch… Thanks to all who participated!!

Thanks to all who worked the Woodlands Waterway Art Festival.

Julie Payne Parilli Training 3 days!!! Thanks to the Parilli foundation for bringing Julie out! Hopefully we can arrange another training sometime in the Fall.

Harborview generous grant of 30K to help with the capital improvement project towards our new training / office complex.

Wow did this group from Target get a lot done for us yesterday! They completely hand mowed around our back infinity track and pasture, got a bunch of wood from our lumberyard moved and stored away for a project, and one of them even came back yesterday afternoon to brush hog mow our entire back pasture.

We have it back!!! Over a year ago a wonderful guy named Kevin Admire purchased and installed an electric opener on our front gate. It was a dream come true, especially for some of our disabled veterans who had a hard time getting in and out to open and shut the gate each time they came.

Everyone who donated to Fred’s surgery everything was covered by the donations! It is now completed, and he is back with us with a new look. Since he now has no front teeth, his tongue will hang out a bit now. Attach pic of him and tongue out in shared Google album.

A big thank you to Al and Tom for fixing the fence by Chandler and Jinx's gravesite and to Amanda and Jen for making their garden beautiful.

Thank you to Cresencio Quintanilla, Rublam Garcia and GTO Brothers Construction for the donation of 14 truckloads of clay and sand.

Newest golf cart …. Thanks Jason and Lance Packard (lpackard@usadebusk.com) for finding and getting us a great deal!!! Pics This Golf cart is not for work and chores, only for touring and taking visitors around only. Please check with Donna Stedman for key and use.

Our girls here really appreciate all the hard work that goes into getting them, and their 28 herd mates, breakfast every morning, in their own stalls, all at the same time.

We’ve just earned our 2023 Platinum Seal with @CandidDotOrg, what used to be GuideStar and Foundation Center.

Thank you volunteers!

A local Vet and his wife visiting our booth to learn about Henry's Home.

Vietnam Vet leaving a note on the mural that we will be donating at a future date.

Thank you volunteers

Thank you to our volunteers

Visitors to our booth. We had lots of interactive items for the kiddos.

Kathy Phillips

Assistant Equine Instructor

I was born and raised in Washington State. I grew up on a 20-acre farm in eastern Washington. I got my first pony when I was about 5. His name was Powder Puff. I participated in 4-H with multiple horses in Middle School and through High School. I married by High School Sweetheart and have just celebrated 45 years of marriage.

I retired in 2019 from Government service after a little over 29 years of service. In 2020, we moved to Conroe, Texas. I found an ad for Henry’ Home in the local paper. Here is where I was able to return to my first love, horses. I am also a Stage 4 Breast Cancer Survivor and this place helps me keep my live in balance and just enjoy the peace and quiet of good friends and wonderful horses. I also love to trail ride and have recently ridden in Missouri, Utah, and Colorado. I have two more trips scheduled for North Texas this May and Baniff, Alberta Canada in July 2024.

I became an Assistant Instructor approximately 2 years ago and I love sharing my knowledge with new volunteers on the care and handling of this wonderful herd.

Henry’s Home is my second home and sanctuary.

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Horses still available for SPONSORSHIP: Wall-e, Lexi, Willie Nelson, Big John, Dusty, Bailey, Diva, Fleur, Mercy

A wonderful time was had by all when Julie Payne, 3 Star Parelli Instructor visited Henry’s Home Sanctuary mid-April 2023. Three full days of learning and community with Julie rejuvenated the volunteers and students here! Julie reminded us that “Rewarding the Slightest Try” is paramount in relationship with the horses! She instilled the “Parelli-isms” Pat Parelli is so clever to have created: “The horse doesn’t care how much you know, until he knows how much you care”, “take the time it takes, before it takes more time” and “if you can touch, you must”. This visit was funded by a scholarship from the Parelli Foundation.

Our Veterans and First Responders class was a total success with Julie teaching them a ground lesson, then the next day a mounted lesson. The picture provided was one of our beloved veterans with Irish Dancer who became so comfortable and relaxed during Friendly Games that he lay down and took a siesta before playing any more games.

On the third day, Julie gave individual lessons to our volunteers who were private pay clients. We are so grateful to Julie for her time and knowledge to help us all be better humans. Julie just retired from the Austin Mounted Police Department after 23 years of service. She will now pursue her own business of assisting other mounted officers and departments around the US with her new business “Blue Line Horsemanship”. Congratulations Julie! See you in the fall of 2023 for another much-anticipated clinic!

Please contact Donna or Vicki if you can assist with the below:

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Anyone who can help with find and calling companies to get discounts with horse feed and supplies.. See Donna or Vicki

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Have you logged your volunteer hours?

Volunteer hours are important to the sanctuary. If you need assistance with track-it-forward or would prefer a tracking sheet emailed to you, then please reach out to Vicki Huebler or Kristi Bender.

***High Priority In-kind Donations***

Feed/Supplements

Purina Equine Senior Active 50 lb. bags

Ultra Cruz-San Juan Equine Natural Vitamin E powder

Standly or Mountain Sunrise Brands: Alfalfa or Timothy/Alfalfa

Pellets (Spring Creek Feed Cente on FM2978)

Himalayan Salt from our Distributer (Will take non-iodized regular salt)

Supplies

Gallons of Apple Cider Vinegar, Mane&Tail Conditioner

Cowboy Magic Detangler, Neosporin w/ pain reliever, EMT

ointment, Tinactin Powder Spray, Coat Defense Clay, Silver

Honey, ESPREE FLY SPRAY, slick bar (pumice stones), Tiger Tongues, Baking Powder, Zinc Oxide

New set of clippers for Biggies Feathers (ask Krista)

Cat food – “Friskies Shreds”

Cases of water, Popsicles, ice cream bars, sports drinks

Snacks, Watermelon, paper plates, silverware, Soft scrubbers for troughs

Scott’s toilet paper

Carrots for the horses, pigs & dogs

T-shirts and hats in our store for sale!

Purchase your very own Henry's Home swag today at the ranch. T-shirts come in all sizes, and we are working on restocking the hats very soon.

Email: krista@henryshomesanctuary.org or vicki@henryshomesanctuar y.org with your orders or questions.

Traci Stahl and her family donated a AED last year which is being stationed in the barn inside the tack room. We have a training video link below that we want all to watch and we will also conduct some training at Henry's Home too.

https://americanAED.com/dvd/frx

About Us

We provide rescued horses a forever home and meaningful work in our veterans and first responders therapeutic equine learning program, at no cost to them.

New Volunteer Orientations are held the first Wednesday of each month at 9 a.m., and the first Saturday of each month at 3 p.m. To join our herd-mate [civilian] family you must be over the age of 18.

$10 buys a bale of hay

$25 feeds 1 horse for a day

$50 provides monthly hoof trimming for 1 horse or 1 bag of senor feed.

Please remember most companies do match any of your contributions, so remember to ask!!!

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