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01/28/2026

Please click below to see the wonderful video provided to us as part of our grant award from the Legacy Foundation!
Thank you Legacy Foundation of Southeast Arizona. And a special thanks too goes to Sheila Foraker at Earth and Sky Productions for capturing and telling our story so beautifully!

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01/28/2026

So very excited to be awarded $25,000 in grant funding from the Legacy Foundation. The Executive Board attended the award ceremony this afternoon where we were honored to be among so many other amazing organizations whose incredible projects were also selected to receive awards. The Foundation’s investment in the organizations seeking to improve the lives of the residents of Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties is amazing.

These funds mean we now have a start date of May on the books for our indoor arena! Stay tuned for updates!

01/21/2026

Classes resumed at CANTER today! The horses were excited to welcome everyone back!

01/19/2026

A horse is never just an image.
It is a memory carved into the path we once walked together.

It is the quiet of the forest that listened when the world grew too loud.
The rhythm of hooves that matched the beat of a restless heart.
A sunset where freedom and peace finally learned how to coexist.

In its silhouette lives the wind, the road behind us, and the dream that kept pulling us forward.
In the mirror of still water, past and future pause—just long enough to breathe together.

A human and a horse.
Two souls aligned.
Moving in the same direction, even when everything else falls silent.

This is not about riding.
It’s about belonging.

About a connection that needs no words.
About inner freedom that cannot be taken, only felt.
About a journey that doesn’t begin on a trail…
but deep within the heart. 🖤

01/05/2026

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01/05/2026

And now last, but certainly not least….

To our supporters and donors: thank you for your time, talents, and financial generosity. Recent grants from SSVEC and the Legacy Foundation have enabled us to reach our dream of building a long-needed indoor arena, but this milestone was only possible because of the many supporters who came prior, especially the Ina Kay Foundation. Your support has sustained our horses and program through recent difficult times. Classes and revenue ceased but the roughly $4200 needed annually to care for each horse did not. It was your generous annual giving that prevented depletion of the reserves. Reserves we had set aside and now have committed to this forthcoming project. So to all of you, it is with deepest gratitude that we again say thank you. We truly could not do this without you.

If there are others who want to join this band of hero’s you can use the link below.

CANTER relies on contributions to cover the expenses involved in our day-to-day operations. These expenses include facilities maintenance, ...

01/04/2026

I want to keep our gratitude going… so

To our devoted human volunteers: you are essential to every student team and to the success of our mission. Your flexibility, especially as we have focused on expanding ground lessons, has allowed the magic of interacting with these therapeutic animals to continue uninterrupted. These ongoing experiences, despite herd and volunteer challenges, have resulted in consistent beneficial learning when it otherwise might have ceased. The instructors and I value and cherish what you add to the CANTER family.

01/03/2026

Let’s keep those New Year bells ringing with more gratitude….

To our incredible equine partners: thank you for the patience, steadiness, and generosity you bring to every lesson. It is hard being a therapeutic riding horse and your work—both mounted and unmounted—is invaluable.

We not only expect you to carry or interact with individuals who are inexperienced with horses, they are often unbalanced upon your back, or by your side, but can be wiggly, send you wrong signals, be loud or inattentive, all of which requires you, dear horse, to be all the more so. We appreciate you deeply and hope you’re enjoying a well-earned break as we head into the new year.

01/02/2026

Don’t forget volunteer training tomorrow or Tuesday. Both from 8 am to 12 pm. See the flyer for full details:

01/02/2026

We just rang out another year at CANTER and the bells are jingling in a new one, so I want to sincerely thank you for your continued support. None of our work would be possible without our stakeholders—both people and horses—and I’m deeply grateful to all who make this program thrive. In order for these posts, not to be too long, I will break them down… 

First, to our beloved participants and students: for 33 years, CANTER has existed for you—your growth, learning, and encouragement. Everything we do, from building a suitable herd to training volunteers, is centered on supporting your success. Thank you as well to your teachers, school districts, parents, and caregivers for making participation possible. We wouldn’t exist without you. We love you all and look forward to the physical and academic progress you’ll make in 2026!

12/27/2025

Please join us and see if this volunteer opportunity might be right for you. It’s very rewarding! 😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from CANTER!